For the last three years, I have used Dymo®/Mimio® products in our classrooms in place of other commercial interactive whiteboards. The response from teachers has been fantastic, as we are continuing to purchase them for each of our schools. One of the schools went so far to install the Mimio products in each of their [...]
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The States is a simple and to the point application, great for any student trying to learn their states and capitals. I like to think of this App as “Flash Card Killer” for traditional flash cards. With everything all in one, it takes away the painstaking hours of filling out individual flash cards. Kids will no longer [...]
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Since the first computer was made, the relationship between human interaction and machine has been hand in hand. However, now programs like Dragon Dictation allow you to interact with the machine in the palm of your hand. Dragon Dictation allows you to dictate words which will then be translated into text. This utility is great for [...]
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Evernote Anyone who has ever used will tell you that it is much more than just a note-taking application. While it has the capabilities to take notes, what sets Evernote apart is ability to give users ubiquitous access to any kind of note they can create. Evernote comes in many different shapes and sizes. There [...]
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For those users familiar with BrainPop, this app is an extension of some of the videos made for kids in a variety of different subjects. BrainPop is a subscription site for kids and educators that offers free content as well. The site is very interactive for kids, and includes videos and quizzes for many different [...]
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Edmodo for iPhone allows teachers and students to connect to each other using the Edmodo website. For those not familiar with Edmodo, it is essentially social network for students and teachers. The site looks very much like Facebook, but it incorporates many features of other CMS services such as Blackboard or Moodle. Edmodo allows teachers [...]
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For the fortunate few, the iPod Touch is already being used in the classroom, but in the not too distant future, this minority may soon become the majority. Let’s find out why as we explore the use of the iPod Touch in education. Introduction The iPod Touch was not designed to be used in an [...]
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Goodbye computer mouse, keyboard and monitor. Say hello to a new, simpler era of human-computer interaction — this time, with no clunky hardware standing between you and digital information. In this new world, there are options aplenty. Instead of sliding a mouse across your desk, you could just point at whatever you’d like to select. [...]
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Traditional professional development has often been centered around teaching software and or tech integration methods. One of the problems we have found with this, is that once the training is complete, it is very hard for teachers to find practical uses for what they learned, or they have a hard time recalling all of the [...]
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I went over to a friend’s house the other week for dinner. When I got there, I saw something that amazed me. At the kitchen table, there was his three year old son, on a MacBook, watching YouTube videos. It seems that his son figured out that clips from all of his favorite cartoons were [...]
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