Technology Tuesday
11.12.13
Free Apps
VoiceThread
Educreations Interactive Whiteboard
Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play...
ScreenChomp
Share a great idea... Explain a tricky concept... Help kids with their homework...
ScreenChomp for iPad helps you do it all.
Just - Record It. Sketch It. Share It. - to create a sharable, replay-able video that tells your story clearly.
STUDENTS: Help each other with homework and work together on projects.
TEACHERS: Tutor kids while away from school, or record a few tips to send home with them.
MENTORS: Tutor youngsters from afar, without buying desktop recording software.
KIDS: Share doodles and ideas with friends.
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Teacher Web Tools
Khan Academy
Free, educational video tutorials for all levels of Mathematics, Science & Economics, Humanities, Computer Science, and Test Preps (available through web browser and iTunes app). Check out the about section to learn more about what Khan Academy can offer students, parents, and teachers!
Smore
Smore is a free, online flyer-making site with paid packages for extra features. You can create news bulletins, event flyers, and more with Smore! Students can use Smore to present information to their peers or to show what they have learned as a form of creative assessment. It's fast and easy to use for all ages. Smore flyers can be shared on Facebook, Twitter, through email, Google+, Craigslist, and Pinterest all directly from the Smore site. The Technology Tuesday flyers are created on Smore along with the ERC flyer!
ed.voicethread
VoiceThread is a cloud application, so there is no software to install. The only system requirement is an up-to-date version of Adobe Flash. VoiceThread will work in any modern web browser and on almost any internet connection.
Creating
Upload, share and discuss documents, presentations, images, audio files and videos. Over 50 different types of media can be used in a VoiceThread.
Commenting
Comment on VoiceThread slides using one of five powerful commenting options: microphone, webcam, text, phone, and audio-file upload.
Sharing
Keep a VoiceThread private, share it with specific people, or open it up to the entire world.