Overview The Knotted Line is an ambitious effort to build a timeline of American History that brings to light complex relationships and parallels between and among seemingly unrelated events. Knotted Line manages to pull off this work of art by viewing history through the related prisms of freedom and power. To use this timeline is […]
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 # 90 | Weebly Will Not Wobble, nor will it fall down
Overview Weebly is a free web hosting service that allows teaches and students to build attractive, surprisingly sophisticated websites by the use of their walk-through upon setting up an account, and an engine built around a highly effective drag-and-drop design. If you have heard of WordPress, then you understand what Weebly is. So what sets […]
Audio Review # 89 | Dream Box Learning Provides Adaptive Online Math Learning
Overview I don’t know if you’d agree, but I think that the hardest thing about teaching is trying to effectively differentiate so that you meet all the different needs in your room. It’s so hard to know how to tailor the curriculum for your room and to adjust that with each new concept and topic […]
Audio Review # 85 | Animoto Actively Animates and Creates Videos from Your Photos
Overview Animoto is one of the early players in the upload your photos, toss in some music and create a nice slideshow like magic crowd. I have been using it off and on for eight or more years! Time sure flies. The core functionality has not really changed, but the ease of access to your […]
Audio Review # 82 | Wicked Easy Digital Space for your Classroom in Wikispaces Classroom
Wikispaces Classroom Overview Wikispaces Classroom provides teachers with the power of wikispaces with additional structure and tools necessary to assist teachers in creating interactive web-space for their classes. Wikispaces Classroom is attractive for its intuitive ease of use, visual appeal, and staying power. A product of Wikispaces, an old favorite of mine, Wikispaces Classroom incorporates […]
Audio Review # 31| Thinglink
Overview Thinglink is a web tool that allows you to “link” any part of a page to a video, audio, website, etc. Videos can be imbedded directly onto a ThingLink page. Basically, ThingLink creates hot links over any image or webpage that you wish. The fact that ThingLink is versatile and easy learn makes it […]
Audio Review # 6: Udemy
The world’s online learning marketplace, where 4 million+ students are taking courses in everything from programming to yoga to photography–and much, much more. Each of the 18,000+ courses are taught by an expert instructor, and every course is available on-demand, so students can learn at their own pace, on their own time, and on any […]
Tech Talk Roundtable 23 | Brush Your eTeeth When Using eSuites
Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week and share their tech tips. Articles of the Week 9 Characteristics Of 21st Century Learning The label of “21st Century learning” is vague… Some educators seek out the ideal of a 21st century learning environment constantly, while others prefer that we lose the phrase altogether, insisting that learning hasn’t changed, […]
Interview 16 | Michael Furdyk of TakingITGlobal
Jamie Willet and Michael Boll talk with Michael Furdyk of TakingITGlobal. From their website: TakingITGlobal’s mission is to empower youth to understand and act on the world’s greatest challenges. We use the power of online community to facilitate global education, social entrepreneurship, and civic engagement for millions of youth worldwide. Founded in 1999, our award-winning www.tigweb.org […]
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