Weekly Geekly
Vol. 4 September 16-20, 2013
What's Important This Week
App of the Week: Teach-Knowmia
Knowmia is a free app used to create video lessons from the ipad. There is a companion site Knowmia.com that houses lessons created and shared by teachers. You can use knowmia to record yourself drawing on a whiteboard, and you can import your own images to use in your lesson. You can even turn on the camera so your students can see you as you are teaching the lesson. It is similar to apps like Educreations, but it's free which makes it a more viable option for students to put on their own devices. This does require account creation, which means your kids under 13 won't be able to make their own account.
This would be a great tool to give kids as an option for creating lessons to share with your class.
Is this app available on the school devices? Yes! It is available on all iPads (not available on iPods)
Is there an Android version? No
BYOD Tip
Check out one set of ipads or ipads to fill in gaps for students who don't have a device. Remember, the student to device ratio doesn't always have to be 1:1.
I Spy...
Way to go Mrs. Pierce!