Blogging from the iPad Part 2

Remember an eternity ago when I posted about the amazing app I used to blog from my ipad? If not, here is the post. If so, remember I also said I would be back with more tips for blogging from your ipad? Well... I know it has been a long long time, but I am back to share another app that I use to blog directly from my ipad.

This is another FREE app called Aviary. (Or Photo Editor by Aviary...but on my iPad it just says aviary.) This is the app that I use to add the borders around my pictures, stickers to cover up my students' faces, crop, brighten, etc.
When you first open the app, it will show your last picture taken. You can scroll through all the pictures in your gallery until you come to the one you want to edit.

When you get to the picture, click "edit this photo"

Then you will get a bunch of options...

Now, I didn't open up each and every option and take screen shots because that would just become redundant. But I can tell you what I use the most... I use the frames all the time (now that I found it) to make the black borders around my pictures (I didn't do it on all of these since it is pictures of pictures of pictures and it would have made me dizzy... but you can see examples in my post about story elements). I also use the stickers to cover up my students' faces.
Here is an example of how that works... you click stickers, scroll through the options (I only use the free ones but there are others you can purchase) and choose the one you want. It will pop up in the picture and you drag it to the place you want it and the apprpriate size.

Hit apply when you are done and it locks in. If you have more than one face to cover up, just add the stickers as many times as you need before hitting apply. If you hit apply after you add one sticker, you have to go through the steps to find and add the sticker. I figured that out the long way.
The other thing I use is the draw feature. I use it to draw the arrows that you see in my picture (though as I am typing this I am now seeing there is an arrow sticker that I suppose I could be using...but I get to choose the colors if I draw my sloppy arrows myself).
As you can see there is a TON you can do with this app. The effects menu lets you change the color as you can see in the picture below.

If you blog from your ipad (or have always wanted to but couldn't figure it out) I highly recommend you grab this app.
(As mentioned the last time, I was not given anything in exchange for this post. I posted this on my own in order to share something that works with all my amazing readers.)

And don't forget about the AMAZING educents bundle!!

Testing a post from my ipad

I downloaded a new app to my ipad so I am just testing out some features to see if it works. Don't mind this nonsense post. 

My TpT Store link  (this is just to see how I can do hyperlink)

Don't forget about our book study coming up. Posts will start on Tuesday! 

Google Reader is going away...

Do you use google reader to read all the blogs you follow? I will admit, I didn't even know this was an option until news broke that it was going away for good. And then I went and checked it out. And I shouldn't have. Because I loved it. Since it is going away I had to find a different way to read all my blogs. And here are the solutions I have found.

First- before finding out that google reader existed, I would simply go to my blogger dashboard and just read the posts at the bottom where it lists all the blogs I follow and all their posts.

This is a simple option if you use a blogger account.

Then someone mentioned feedly. I downloaded this app on my ipad and enjoyed it. Once you create an account, you can import all your blogs you follow from your google reader account with the click of a button. Simple.

And then I heard about bloglovin. It seems this was everyone's favorite. So I went and checked it out. Same idea as feedly. Create an account and it will transfer all your blogs you follow with the click of a button.

Now, I want you to look carefully at the titles of the posts that show up in each picture. You will notice that feedly directly matches what I would see on my blogger dashboard. But bloglovin is missing a couple posts and I also found out today that while my settings SHOW I am following someone's blog, their posts don't show up in my feed.

ETA... when I just went to bloglovin to look something up, my feed changed. I now see this...

This one directly matches my blogger feed without things missing. About 20 minutes ago when I looked the Book Study post was missing (as well as the one on top but I have been told it takes a little time delay to get the posts published).  I think I will continue to play around with both to see what works best for me...

I just found something else I like about bloglovin. When you click on one of the blogs (say I clicked on the top post up there), it will open in a new tab and you will find this at the top...

I can click the "older" button and it will take me right to the next post on my list (in this case it would be the True Story post).

What I don't love... when I try to leave a comment, it leaves that bloglovin page and I have to either go back or head back to the bloglovin main page and start again. But I think that is something I can get over because I wasn't having good luck posting comments from feedly on my ipad (I haven't tried from the computer yet).

I think this one just comes down to personal preference. They both have their perks, I suggest just trying them out and seeing which one you like best. If you already use one, which one do you use?
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