Not only does project based learning motivate students because it is an authentic use of technology, it facilitates active learning, critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity. Projects begin with a driving question–an open-ended question that sets the stage for the project by creating interest and curiosity.
Read MoreLearning in Hand Show #29 tells you about three websites that are great for finding clipart, photos, symbols, and icons. These sites feature images that you already have permission to use on your website, blog, poster, slideshow, video, animation, etc., etc. Also, get tips on how to download these images and advice for finding images to illustrate your ideas.
Read MoreQR codes can make classrooms more efficient and interactive. QR codes store information in an image made up of tiny squares, and anyone can create them. It’s been a couple years since I blogged about QR codes so it’s time for some updated information.
Read MoreLearning in Hand Show #28 is about some of what's new in Apple's iOS 8. Instead of showing you the major features you might already know about, I demonstrate the lesser known additions that teachers, students, and parents will be interested in.
Read MoreDownload fillable PDFs to help in planning an iMovie trailer project. Also watch example trailers made by students and teachers, and read tips for making movie trailers.
Read MoreI thought I’d share my top paid app picks for students' iPads. These apps are all open-ended and empower students to create something with their learning. I've included tips and examples for each app.
Read MoreLearning in Hand #27 is all about the Stick Around app for iPad. The idea behind Stick Around is simple: players move stickers onto the correct spots on a background. The thing is, you not only use Stick Around to play these sticker puzzles, but you use it to create them as well! Watch the 9 minute video to get a taste of what you can create with Stick Around.
Read MoreOne of my favorite iPad apps, Book Creator has been released for Android. I made a list of some favorite educational iPad apps that are also available for Android, including the new-to-Android Book Creator.
Read MoreYou’ve surely seen an animated GIF. It’s an image file that contains multiple frames. They play automatically and can be viewed in any web browser. They are almost always set to continuously loop. Read about a new Mac app for creating animated GIFs from videos.
Read MoreSteve Bambury and Luke Rees wrote Redefining the Task: Constructive Apps for the 21st Century Classroom and Redefining the Task Again: More Constructivist Apps for the Modern Educator. They are pull of apps and ideas for teaching and learning.
Read MoreI had the pleasure of attending the EdTechTeam Arizona Summit. I’d like to tell you a little about the Day One of the conference
Read MoreWhile there are so many iPad apps that deliver content, I think the one of the best uses for technology in education is to make something with what you're learning. This might include producing a video, authoring a digital book, recording a puppet show, creating a college, narrating a slideshow, designing a comic book, or somehow making your own media and study aids.
Read MoreIf you haven’t heard, my educational iPad app, Stick Around, is now available in the App Store! I worked with MorrisCooke the design studio behind Explain Everything to make an app I wish I had when I was a classroom teacher. Stick Around invites teachers and students to design, play, and share their own sorting, matching, and labeling puzzles. Watch the 99 second preview video to get a taste of what Stick Around can do.
Read MoreCraig Badura, a PK-12 Integration Specialist in Aurora, Nebraska, has developed a series of App Task Challenges. Each Challenge is a an easy to follow guide that gives teachers the opportunity to create products with an app.
Read MoreIt is time for my yearly post about the technology I've purchased during the past year. You can view my previous posts for 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009 Since I make presentations and facilitate workshops about all sorts of different technologies, I try to get my hands on devices and gadgets that I think might be helpful to teachers. Some of these items I highly recommend. Others are ones I wish I didn’t waste my money on. Some things are stupidly expensive while a few are pretty cheap.
Read MoreI have been tweeting tech tips on Tuesday mornings. The tips have mostly about iPads and iPhones, but there are other techie tips sprinkled in there as well.
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Read MoreTeachers! We now have a variety of ways to start a slideshow presentation on our computer, tablet, or phone and have it appear on student devices. And, as you advance to the next slide your students’ devices follow right along.
You can make this happen using one of several different online services. In honor of LiveSlide’s launch, I’m writing about five websites that can push your presentations to your students’ screens.
Studio B Productions asked 35 top education experts the same simple question: “What are the most effective uses of technology in online and mobile education?” Each of the 35 responses were put into a slideshow. The introduction to this project spells out the common theme that emerged from the short essays: advances in mobile and online tools, social networks, and content are putting students at the center of learning.
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