Techgab1415
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Timers, Scoreboards, Dice and Meters
Below are three free apps that might be handy with end-of-the-year activities, contests and games:
Digital Dice
Never search for missing dice again! These online dice are awesome!
Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/classroom-dice-lite/id600560907?mt=8Score Keeper and Timer
Use this quiz scorer to track points for two different teams at the same time, points can be both awarded and taken away. Fun and interesting sound effects as well as a question timer are included.
Noise Meter
Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-meter-lite/id686938209?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Federal Troops vs. the People a Century Ago
Confrontations between civilians and the government/police are nothing new The Battle of Blair Mountain, for example, was — and still is — the most violent labor confrontation in history, in which union-supporting coal miners fought against local government and a coal company-funded militia, eventually involving the U.S. Army.LInk: http://www.upworthy.com/ever-heard-of-the-battle-of-blair-mountain-federal-troops-were-called-against-13000-miners-yep?c=upw1&u=0bd9e9449603278ee40cba0eb1500bfc25d667ad
Interactive Decision-Making Simulation
Link: http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/english/alien-invasion.html
Animated Volcano
Link: http://www.curriculumbits.com/geography/natural-disasters-volcanoes/
PeaceMaker Game
"PeaceMaker challenges you to succeed as a leader where others have failed. Experience the joy of bringing peace to the Middle East or the agony of plunging the region into disaster. PeaceMaker will test your skills, assumptions, and prior knowledge. Play it and you will never read the news the same way again."