education

Green Screen Magic with Do Ink

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If you are not making fun green screen adventures with your students yet – what are you waiting for? Go find a green blanket, grab your iPad, download Green Screen by Do Ink and jump on this bandwagon before you miss out! If you are not familiar with green screen effect, or chroma key effect, here … Read more

Beautiful Web Pages Made Easy With Adobe Spark Page

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This is not the first time I have written about Adobe Spark. For last year’s 30 tools in 30 days, I reviewed both Spark Post and Spark Video. You can read my review of Post and Video by following the links. However, I did not review the final tool in this suite – Spark Page. … Read more

HoloGLOBE: A World of Data in the Palm of Your Hand

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I’ve already written about the MERGE Cube but we have only touched on the different MERGE Cube apps you can use in the classroom. If real-time data visualization is your thing then you need to get HoloGLOBE by Institute for Earth Observations at Palmyra Cove. Data in Your Hand Using the MERGE Cube, HoloGLOBE uses satellite … Read more

CoSpaces Edu: Virtual Reality Builder

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I want to build amazing worlds. I’m a little intimidated by virtual world builders and 3D modeling tools. Fortunately for me, and other aspiring world builders, there are new tools out there that are easy to use and can help us create our spaces. CoSpaces Edu is one of those tools. CoSpaces Edu Overview I … Read more

Make your classroom eLibrary Epic! – Epic! Books for Kids

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This post goes out to all you bibliophiles out there who can’t seem to get enough books for your classroom. Epic! is a digital library with, according to the website, “over 25,000 books, videos, quizzes, and more!” Build Your eLibrary Anyone can create an account and start reading some of today’s most popular picture books … Read more

Travel the World with Google VR Tour Creator

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Virtual field trips are my new obsession. I love them. They curb my wanderlust just a little. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at creating my own but my lack of a 360 camera makes it difficult. And, no matter how much I beg, no one will buy me one. (Not sure what I’m … Read more

Interactive Lessons with Nearpod

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I create a lot of presentations and facilitate a lot of learning sessions. I’m always looking for new ways to spice up my sessions and engage my students. Nearpod is a web application that might be the answer to my engagement challenge. Nearpod Overview I’ve been hearing about Nearpod for quite some time now but … Read more

Create Interactive Lessons from any Web Page with InsertLearning

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The internet is filled with amazing content. I am always assigning web articles, blog posts, and other web content to my students. I hope they read it deeply and critically think about what they are reading but, I can’t really be sure. Insert, InsertLearning, formally known as DocentEDU. Add Interactivity InsertLearning is a Chrome extension … Read more

An Interactive Story with 57° North for MERGE Cube

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This app goes out to all my fellow children of the 80s who loved a good Choose Your Own Adventure book. The team at Mighty Coconut have created a beautiful augment reality choose your own adventure story for the MERGE Cube called 57° North. The Story 57° North is the story of two cousins who are … Read more