September 9, 2013
Polling
- Teachers can quickly get a pulse of the class.
- All students can have a say.
- PollEverywhere.com is a free service for making polls.
4 Cs
- From the Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Communication & Collaboration
- Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
- Creativity & Innovation
- Career & Life Skills
More Opportunities Belong in Learning Environments
QR Codes
- Scan QR codes with the i-nigma app for iOS and Android.
- QR Code Quotes
App Store
- Nearly 900,000 apps. 95,000 in the Education category. 473 added every on an average day.
- There are apps for just about everything.
- App won't replace teachers, but offer students a great toolkit for processing their learning by explaining, retelling, and expressing their knowledge.
- Great opportunities for creativity and for students to make something.
Collages
- The free app Pic Collage is available for iPad, iPhone, and Android.
- Combine images and text into one large image.
- Share online or print.
- Great for vacation photos and vocabulary words.
Narrations
- Students can explain a series of photos with the 30hands app.
- Students can record puppet show with the Puppet Pals HD app.
Clean the screen with water. Clear fingerprints with microfiber clothes. Sanitize the screen with a UV sanitizing light.
Make short videos with a voice over using the Videolicious app.
Green Guardians offers free and premium lessons for K-5 students about environmental literacy.