Squishy Circuits
Squishy Circuits is a hands-on way for students to explore electrical circuitry using simple, readily available materials including dough (conductive and non-conductive playdough), LED lights and batteries. Students can construct their understanding of electric circuits and even design and create their own inventions. Through a play based approach students can discover simple, parallel and series […]
Google Classroom: A digital content management system
Google Classroom is a content management system that teachers use to create, organize, and evaluate their courses. With Google Classroom, teachers can track students’ progress, monitor how are students doing with their tasks, share feedback, and answer students’ questions outside of the classroom. Check out the short video below to see examples of how teachers […]
Ear Training Apps
Ear training is a skill that enables musicians to identify different musical elements such as melodies, pitches, and chords solely through hearing. This skill is invaluable to musicians and as a result, numerous apps have been developed to improve listening skills. Some apps focus on being able to decode notes, intervals, and chords, which can help […]
Verbally: Text-to-Speech
Verbally is a convenient, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), text-to-speech app that can be used to help your students with challenges in communication. Currently (August 2017) it is only available for iPad and iPhone. With Verbally, your students can either choose from the word clouds provided to create sentences or they can type in a […]
Musicnotes
Musicnotes app has over 300,000 music sheets from a variety of genres. If you are a music teacher searching for music sheets to use in your class, go to the Musicnotes website and select the music sheet and arrangement you would like. You will then be given the option of buying and downloading it for […]