You’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.
Read MoreYou can use an adapter and a cable to mirror exactly what's on your iPad's display onto a projector or television screen. When picking out an adapter, you need to know if your device has a Lightning or 30-pin Dock connector. You also need to know if your projector has HDMI or VGA input. Use this flowchart to help you choose from among the four possible adapters.
Read MoreA great management tip for school or class sets of iPads, tablets, and iPods is to number each device. Setting the lock screen wallpaper to an image with each device's number will make it easy to identify devices. Just press the home or power button and the lock screen instantly lights up and displays the number.
Read MoreUp in Pieces turns photos into playable jigsaw puzzles. I've been using the app with students and in workshops for years. It has now been updated as a universal iPad and iPhone app. The update also adds building and sharing options that makes it much more useful in classrooms.
You can import any image from your Photo Library into Up in Pieces. This means your puzzles could come from...
Read MoreReflection is an essential part of learning. Yes, it often hard to fit in the time for reflection. It's also challenging to make reflection something that doesn't seem boring and tedious. To help make reflection a little more fun, I've made a reflection question generator and dice that can help students express their responses. Both the generator and dice use QR codes and serendipity to call up reflection questions and avenues for responding.
Read MorePadlet and Lino are the two best online sticky note services around. They are web-based and work great on iPads, PCs, Macs, Chromebooks smartphones, and tablets. Walls can be set up so that students can use them without logins or passwords, making them easy to infuse into lessons.
Read MoreExplain Everything is a favorite iPad app. It's developed by MorrisCooke, a company devoted to supporting ingenuity. I've been working with the geniuses at MorrisCooke for a year on a big project. I'm not yet spilling the details about our mighty undertaking, but I do have a little teaser image for you...
Read MoreIt's my pleasure to be on the team organizing Mobile Learning Experience 2013. It's the third year of this fantastic conference. If you'd like to get a feel for 2012's conference, then check out the Mobile 2012 Program and Mobile 2012 Speakers' Resource Wiki.
Read MoreHey, teacher! Got an iPad? Then you've got a toolbox that you can fill to help you be an even better teacher! Spend some time with this infographic to discover how your iPad can be your handy assistant. It's filled with apps and services that you'll wonder how you ever lived without.
Read MoreInterested in mobile learning? Want to hear what other educators are saying about new digital tools? Ready to discover the latest and greatest iPad apps for teaching and learning? If so, I've got two audio programs for you!
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