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Padlet – cloud-based collaboration

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, English, K-3, Not Subject Specific, Resource | Tagged with app, Assessment, brainstorm, brainstorming, co-create, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative, feedback collection, Free, group work, interactive whiteboards, map, mapping, mind map, mind mapping, multimedia, padlet, sketch, sketching, student response systems, survey, Teacher Use

UPDATE: As of April 2018, Padlet has changed to a paid subscription model. Free access is now limited to 3 boards. Once you’ve deleted a board, you can create additional boards. For those interested in exploring Open Educational options, you may wish to try a suite of apps from apps.opened.ca hosted in the ‘Sandstorm’ ecosystem […]

Universe Sandbox

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, AR & VR Tools, English, K-3, Paid, Resource | Tagged with app, interactive, physics, resources, science, simulation, Simulations, Teacher Use, virtual reality

Universe Sandbox is a physics-based Virtual Reality (VR) platform that offers users access to various advanced simulations. Using this software, you will be able to explore what happens if two galaxies collide or an asteroid crashes into earth with great detail and accuracy and you have the option of viewing this on VR headsets. EDUCATOR […]

Explain Everything: Collaborative Interactive Whiteboard App

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, Assistive Technology, English, K-3, Not Subject Specific, Resource | Tagged with app, digital storytelling, interactive, interactive whiteboards, Language Arts, multimodal, Presentation, Teacher Use, video editing

Explain Everything is a “whiteboard style” presentation app you can use to create tutorials and presentations. It is also a powerful storytelling and learning tool that allows your students to work on the same project collaboratively. Using Explain Everything, you and your students can design, screen cast and create multimedia content with video, audio, imported […]

ThingLink: Annotate Images and Videos

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, AR & VR Tools, English, Not Subject Specific, Paid, Resource | Tagged with apps, augmented reality, design, field trip, Free, interactivity, iPad, multimedia, Presentation, Teacher Use, Thinglink

Thinglink is a web-based and iOS / Android application that allows you to embed audio, video and other rich media links directly into images and share them across the web. Using Thinglink, you can engage your students with images text, video, songs and sound clips allowing them to explore the concept or big idea of a unit […]

Answer Garden

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, English, Not Subject Specific, Resource | Tagged with app, apps, Assessment, brianstorm, feedback collection, Free, multimedia, student response systems, Teacher Use

AnswerGarden is an IOS and web-based tool that can be used as a quick and convenient way to collect some brief feedback from a group of students. No teacher or student login is needed, though teachers can set up an admin password and can also ‘moderate’ responses so that only those approve ‘go live’. Among […]