Screen Chomp

Screen Chomp is a great app for making videos on your iPad to use in a flipped classroom. Screen Chomp has a white board that you can use to write one. You can also bring in other content to mark on as well.

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Ed Puzzle

EdPuzzle is a great new site I found. You can use videos found on You Tube, Khan Academy, Learn Zillion, and other sites. You first select your video you want to use.  You can then voice over to add your comments as you need to.  This sites is great for flipped classrooms. Pin It

Liberio

Liberio is a great new site I recently learned about. This site allows you to write your stories in Google Drive and then export your files into various ebook formats.  Liberio is perfect for people who love to use Google Drive. Pin It

Daisy the Dinosaur

Daisy the Dinosaur is a great free app for student wanting to learn how to code. This app has a drag and drop interface that shows basic computer programming. Pin It

WeVideo

WeVideo is a great online collaborative video editing tool for students. WeVideo can be accessed through handheld devices as well.  WeVideo has a free subscription as well as paid subscriptions as well.

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Best and Next Digital Magazine for Teachers

I recently came across the Best and Next Digital Magazine for Teachers.  Each edition has an app review introducing new apps to education and a web tool review as well.  There are other interesting topic for integration of technology into education. Check out Best and Next Digital Magazine. Pin It

Next Vista for Learning

Next Vista for Learning is a great site comprised of student  and teacher made videos from around the world.  This site also holds contests for student as well. Check out Next Vista for a place for students to publish work on line. Pin It

buncee

buncee is a great Web 2.0 tool for making presentations, eCards, posters, and more. buncee has a free version which allows educators to create bunees with 2 slides, sharing, and saving as jpegs.  buncee does offer a paid version that costs $59.99 a year which allows teachers to manage a class of students. Pin It

fotobabble

fotobabble is a great site for creating talking pictures and slideshows.  fotobabble is a free site. Students could use fotobabble to upload a picture or pictures to create projects that talk. What a great way to present information on famous person or character from a book.  fotobabble could also be used as book report tool. Pin It

Socrative

Socrative is a great student response website and app. Teachers can make their own classroom code. Next, simply create your test. Then give the students the classroom code. Lastly, students go to Socrative and type in the classroom code. Once the teacher starts the quiz students can respond to the questions. Socrative then will show the results for each questions in a bar graph. I like to use a Smartboard to project the results so we can see what questions we need to review. Pin It

Scrawlar

Scrawlar is a great tool for writing.  Scrawlar allows students to collaborate on the same document. Students who have a hard time getting their thoughts down on paper can use the microphone and dictate their stories. Scrawlar will then type the student's stories as they dictate it. Pin It

Pow Toons

PowToons is a fantastic animated video maker.  What I like about Pow Toons is the easy features. Students can search for pictures to incorporate into their videos using the built in picture library. Students find a picture and simply click to copy the credit. 

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Morfo

Morfo is a great app for presentations. Simply take a picture with Morfo, align the head, nose, eyes, and mouth, record your voice and push play. Morfo is great for character studies in reading. Students can also use Morfo to record reports on famous people. Morfo has a free version and a paid version. Pin It

Todays Meet

Todays Meet is a great back channel program.  Students can access via computer or mobile device.  Todays Meet allows students to then comment on class activities.

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Door 24 Math

Door 24 is a great free app for iPads for grades 4-8.  This app is aligned to the Common Core standards and targets basic Math facts, number sense, and logical/alegebraic thinking.

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Creatorverse

Creatorverse is a fantastic program available on Apple of Android devices.  Creatorverse allows students to make inventions using motors,joints, pulleys, levers, and other kinds of simple machines.  Students can also test their machine and watch it work.

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Aurasma

Aurasma is a wonderful augmented reality app.  It can be downloaded onto iPads, iPhones, and Android devices.  Aurasma makes things come to life.  You have a trigger image you want to make "cooler".  You then choice and overlay that you want to come out of the trigger image.  I like to use a video to pop out of the photo.  Students love Aurasma.

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Calendly

I have been looking for awhile for an on-line scheduling site to use with scheduling conferences.  I recently was introduced to Calendly.  Calendly is a tool that will integrate with my Google Calendar and makes it easy to schedule appointments.  People who want to schedule appointment just click on your calendar and enter their time on your calendar.  You can also set up time slots that people can sign up for.

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ThingLink

ThingLink is a great site that allows you to make your photos interactive and come alive. Students could make their own ThingLink photo as a project for Reading, Social Studies, or even Science. ThingLink is a fun free app.


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BiblioNasium

One of the best free reading websites of 2013 is a site called BibioNasium.  BiblioNasium offers students a safe environment to recommend and rate books they have read.  BiblioNasium has a book leveling feature that allows students to pick books at their reading level.

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Wordsmyth

Looking for a kid friendly, on-line dictionary?  Wordsmyth is a great tool for students.  This on line dictionary is in Beta form. Pin It