Overview Screencast-O-Matic is a screen-capture service that has a highly functional free version, and a powerful and easy subscription plan that doesn’t break the bank. If you use, or wish to use, screen capture technology, for flipping your class for example, please try this tool. You can record your screen, yourself, or both, and alternate […]
Audio Review # 100 | Tellagami’s Telemetry Will Not Achieve High Orbit With Teachers
Overview Tellagami is a mobile app for both Apple and Android products that lets you create animated avatars that speak your own voice, or a voice of your choosing through text-to-speech, with many accents to choose from. You can choose the background of the animated avatar from the few that are preloaded, or you can […]
Audio Review #93 | Twitter Now Allows You to Tweet Video and Photos From Your Phone!
Overview I think basically everyone knows about twitter now, but you may not know that twitter has recently come out with a new feature that makes tweeting more fun. You can now tweet video! You have to have the app on your mobile device to make this work but all you need to do is […]
Audio Review # 87 | PlaceIt Puts Your Photo On An Electronic Device
Overview Have you ever wished there was an easy way for you to place your picture into a professional setting? Such as on a laptop or mobile device? Maybe you wished you could record a video and see it play virtually on an iPhone? Thanks to PlaceIt, you can do that! PlaceIt lets you take […]
Audio Review # 77 | TeachingChannel taught me all I know … Well, sot of
Overview TeachingChannel is a non-profit website run by and for teachers that shares effective pedagogical practices through the use of videos and PLN support. “Watch, Share, Learn” is the mantra of the site, and TeachingChannel does a superb job of supporting that creed. This site is an example of teacher collaboration at its best. Any […]
Audio Review # 75 | MoveNote Moved Me … to Flip!
Overview MoveNote is an online presentation tool that allows you to record your voice and/or face while presenting slides. The result is a screen that shows one’s slides, one’s face, and a computer-generated “laser pointer” on the presentation. Presentations saved as PDFs worked fine for me. A created presentation can be shared with a link […]
Audio Review # 57 | This is Your Brain on Pop
Overview BrainPop “creates animated, curricular content that engages students, supports educators, and bolsters achievement.” Tom and Moby, the latter being a mischievous robot who communicates through beeps, give richly visual and common sense explanations for complex concepts in all major elementary and middle school academic fields. If this resource were only about the videos, I […]
Audio Review # 46 | Green Screen App makes creating green screen videos easier than ever.
Overview Sometimes we get really stuck with having students do presentations in the same way over and over. But using the green screen allows you to have students actually “step into” their presentation and present like they are really there. This is a simple, but powerful app that can allow you to do that. All […]
Audio Review # 15 |Hyperlapse
Create amazing time lapse videos with Hyperlapse. Using Instagram’s in-house stabilization, Hyperlapse shoots polished time lapse videos that were previously impossible without bulky tripods and expensive equipment. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS Like this:Like Loading…
Tech Talk Roundtable 15 | Game Based Learning: Get Your Game On!
Chris, Jamie and Michael talk all about GBL, Game Based Learning. Articles of the week http://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_bavelier_your_brain_on_video_games.html I appreciate the fact that this research scientist actually uses data rather than hearsay and common wisdom. http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html?source=twitter&awesm=on.ted.com_dYQn#.UYjDDZopR7t.twitter Simply an impressive TED Talk! http://blog.cengage.com/?p=862 Games – whether casual or immersive, single player or multi-player – demand the full focus of the participant on […]
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