During the summer, several of my favorite bloggers, including Richard Byrne at Free Tech 4 Teachers and Kelly Tenkely at iLearn Technology, posted about a new tool that is in Beta right now, called PowToon. If you have advanced from Powerpoint to Prezi, and are looking for a new presentation tool, PowToon might be your … Read more
Thanks to our principal, Mr. Hinds, for showing “Bring on the Learning Revolution!” during our final staff meeting of the school year today. I had seen Sir Ken Robinson’s other TED video, “Schools Kill Creativity”, but had somehow missed this later lecture from Sir Ken Robinson. I really loved everything about this inspirational speech, but … Read more
“Classroom Game Design“, a TEDx video presented by Paul Andersen, suggests an interesting idea for organizing your classroom. Why not leverage the fascination that many youngsters today have with gaming by making your own classroom a video game? Have your students earn Experience Points to “level up” and gain new freedoms (and responsibilities) in the … Read more
You are probably familiar with the “Talking” apps. There are a variety that are available for free, and work on iPhone, iTouch, and iPad. This particular one is only compatible with the iPad at the moment, and is free (though there is an offer for an in-app purchase). My Multimedia club students had fun playing … Read more