In this blog post by Kathleen Perret on “Learning is Growing”, she gives a list of great ideas for informally assessing the learning of your students. These are quick techniques to use at the end of a lesson just to check if your intended message got across. Although I have used some of these, there are … Read more
“Draw a Stickman” has been one of the most popular posts on this blog. Now, there is an Episode 2! You can play it on the web, or you can play it on an iDevice (and get an alternative ending) for free. Although I found out about the new episode through e-mail, I thought that Kelly … Read more
Puppet Pals is an iDevice app that allows students to make puppet show videos. The free version offers a limited number of characters and backdrops, but can still be fun. For more options, you can pay $2.99 for the Director’s Pass, which you gives many more themes and backgrounds, including Talk Shows and Politics. Once the … Read more
Tap Into The World Of Comics #2:Comic Version View more presentations from S. Hendy Tap Into the World of Comics is a Slideshare presentation by S. Hendy. It not only gives examples of sites for creating comics, along with their links, but also offers 26 suggestions for ways to integrate comics with the curriculum. Presented … Read more
“Our Wish for the World” is a creative art idea using the iPad app WordFoto. Tricia Fuglestad posted about this lesson for third graders on the Pop Art of Robert Indiana. Her post includes more pictures and links to an Artsonia gallery of images and a handout. WordFoto is one of my favorite apps … Read more
When Richard Byrne allowed some of us to guest post on his Free Technology for Teachers blog last week, I was fascinated by the variety in the posts. This one, in particular, struck me. The simplicity of the idea makes me regret that I haven’t tried this before now. But I certainly have plans to incorporate it … Read more