Many of you are probably familiar with the iPad app, Haiku Deck (options for editing on the web are coming soon). It can be used to create presentations (similar to Powerpoint, but more graphically appealing, in my opinion), and is very user-friendly. One of the things that I like about Haiku Deck is that it … Read more
I love the power of Twitter! The other day, I was skimming through my Twitter stream, and noticed an intriguing reference to something called “Canva” in a tweet from @shannonmmiller. I went to the link, and was immediately hooked. Unfortunately, Canva was not immediately hooked on me. The site is in Beta testing, so you … Read more
TouchCast is a new, revolutionary iTunes app that has huge potential for the classroom and beyond. It allows you to create interactive videos. I’m not talking about the kind of videos you see on YouTube that have links that lead you to other sites or videos, though you could certainly do that with TouchCast. I … Read more
After I wrote the post about telling a magical tale, I ran across an Edutopia article called, “Why Teachers Need to Be Great Storytellers.” The last part of Suzie Boss’ article really resonated with me because I had recently talked with a fellow ISTE attendant who had suggested nearly the same thing: “Make Ignite talks … Read more
As an advocate for Genius Hour, I am very passionate about the concept. But, I will be the first to admit that my facilitation of Genius Hour often does not go well. One area that has been somewhat unsatisfying has been the final presentation stage. Many of my students get bored listening to the other … Read more
“rvl.io (pronounced reveal) is an online editor and platform for the popular open-source presentation framework reveal.js. The original framework requires content to be written as HTML but rvl.io aims to simplify that by providing a visual editor.” To be honest, I don’t really understand all of the above, which is a quote from the rvl.io … Read more