Episode #24 - Make It Big App

SHOW NOTES: Make It Big App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/make-it-big/id479282584 If you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five. TRANSCRIPT: (full transcript link) Hello and welcome to episode number twenty-four of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks. In this week’s episode, I will be talking about the iOS app called “Make It Big” - this is a quirky little iPhone or iPad app that might fill a few needs in your personal and professional life! Once you install the free app - there are no ads or in-app purchases. You simply type text and the app will make it big. The text will fill the size of the screen it goes on in landscape or portrait modes. Now you may be thinking to yourself, how would I use an app like this? Well, for your personal life you could put it on your phone or ipad and use it to communicate with people that are a little distance from you – you can even shake your device and the screen will flash. This is a great tool for accessibility as well - if you happen upon someone with a hearing impairment, you can communicate quickly with this app in a pinch. In the classroom, you can install this app on iPads and then students can use it to answer questions silently. They can type their text and then show the ipad screen to the teacher and you can visually see right/wrong answers. This would be a fun review game or even use it for a silent spelling bee! The app remembers your messages so you can even bring them back from the menu without retyping! Use this app in conjunction with Apple Classroom or other screen management tools and you can lock students into this app and they cannot utilize the other resources (web, etc.) on the device. You can do a little customizing of your big message by changing the font and the text & background colors. There is even a widget for the app, so it will display your latest message in that widget and now even in lock screen widgets on your iPhone with iOS 16. This app does not have a lot of bells and whistles, but it is a fun little app that you can utilize in your personal life and in unique ways in your learning environment! Do you want to learn more about edtech in your learning environment? Check out my website - tricialouis.com. There you can explore my resources, subscribe to my weekly email newsletter, and contact me. And if you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five. Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!