With a name like Cargobot, you might think this iPad programming puzzle would be rather boring. I mean who wants to move cargo around? Strangely enough, a lot of students do. Especially those with an engineering mindset. You know, the ones that look at cranes for hours and wonder how they work. Cargobot is essentially […]
Adobe Slate Aids You With Awesome Design | Audio Review # 123
Adobe Slate is an easy to use and intuitive iPad app that makes telling a visual and textual story simple. With limited menu choices and a clear workflow/path, students will quickly master the story and be up going right away. Students open up the app and have a blank slate with four choices for adding […]
Audio Review #115 | Touch Physics Lets Students Digitally Interact With Pushes and Pulls
Touch Physics is an iPad or Android app. It’s designed to teach students physics through challenges that become increasingly harder the more they solve. Each challenge requires students to apply the concepts of force and motion to solve. In order to solve the challenges students draw shapes on the screen to cause actions. For example […]
Audio Review # 109 | Who Has What Lets Me Know Who Has My Stuff
Teachers are givers. That is just what we are all about. We give, give, give. Sometimes, however, we want the things we give to be returned to us. This might include classroom books, equipment, pencils or even our car. The Who Has What app helps keep loaned items organized and more likely to be returned. […]
Audio Review # 76 | Learner Mosaic Lets You Customize Your Preschooler’s iPad App Interactions
Overview If you are a parent or teacher to a preschooler, you might find Learner Mosaic a helpful app to providing insights into how your child or student interacts with various iOS Mobile apps. The app gives you a detailed report on what parts of Kidadaptive apps your child or student has been involved in. […]
Audio Review #62 | Math Chat Brings Your Friends To You When your Need Math Help
Overview Math Chat is a nifty iOS app that allows students to collaborate on math problems. Conceptually it is fairly simple: create a platform where students (or anybody really) can easily share, discuss and chat about math problems. Students take a picture or draw out a math problem then send it to a friend who […]
Audio Review # 58 | Skaffl Allows Teachers to Distribute, Grade and Monitor Student Assignments
Overview Skaffl is a workflow system aimed at teachers in the classroom ready for a workflow system. But… you need a class set of iPads or you won’t want to use this app. Skaffl lets you upload then distribute assignments for students to complete using the Skaffl on their iPads. They can complete their work […]
Audio Review # 23 | ShowMe
Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard! ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It’s an amazingly simple app that anyone can use, no matter how young or old. Use it in your classroom to help your students better communicate their learning. For more, head to their website. […]
EDTech Talk Round Table 36 | If Only Custer Had Re-tweeted
Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the five best excuses for not using tech and share their edtech tips. Articles of the Week Why L.A.’s iPad Rollout Was Doomed | MindShift kqed.org arcely a month ago, on August 27, the Los Angeles County Unified School District placed the first iPads in students’ hands at the outset of a $1 billion […]
TechTalk Roundtable 26 | Five Things I Learned With Our iPad Rollout
Chris, Jamie and Michael devote this show to iPad rollouts. A departure from our usual article driven discussion. Concordia rolled out iPads to all grade five and six students. Overall, I think we did a pretty good job. Of course, I was part of the rollout, so I may be floating my own boat. I did, however, learn some great […]
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