Curvy in HTML5 Curvy is a HTML5 puzzle game using the canvas element. Just rotate the tiles so that like colors connect. Modernizr tells me you don't have canvas support in your browser. TPACK iPad Project In Schools (TIPS) iPads are an excellent way to provide individualized learning materials and re-inforcement for students with a wide range of learning abilities. Differentiating Instruction The iPads provide a way for teachers to provide each learner with activities suited to their learning needs.Teachers can use Dropbox to send documents and links to individual students’ folders, which contain their individualized learning materials.They can also be used to provide extension activities for students who need higher-order thinking challenges. These can take the form of webquests, quizzes and polling (Socrative), treasure hunts with QR Codes (QRafter), and geocaching. Scaffolding Learning iPads can be used to scaffold learning for students who need additional support.
Three Awesome Educational Games Hiding in Plain Sight By Tanner Higgin, Graphite When I was in school, game-based learning was a novelty. This was the era of Math Blaster! Reindeer Portraits My Grade One class painted these reindeer portraits this week! I am so pleased with how they turned out! Here is how we drew them: Sky Map – Android-appar på Google Play Sky Map is a hand-held planetarium for your Android device. Use it to identify stars, planets, nebulae and more. Originally developed as Google Sky Map, it has now been donated and open sourced.Troubleshooting/FAQThe Map doesn't move/points in the wrong placeMake sure you haven't switched into manual mode. Does your phone have a compass? If not, Sky Map cannot tell your orientation. Look it up here: Try calibrating your compass by moving it in a figure of 8 motion or as described here there any magnets or metal nearby that might interfere with the compass?
AppShow Technical Preview Version 1.0 (112) 27 Oct 2014, 23:35 148ac58f19fe74ec9317fb59f295fd39 53 Colorized Black & White Photos From History Will Blow You Away Subscribe Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Share Tweet Easter Bunny Here is a cute and simple little art activity my Grade 1/2 class did for Easter. We did a directed drawing of these whimsical bunny rabbits on paper trimmed to 7 X 12. Then we used oil pastels for colour and outlining. The final step was to paint around the rabbits with water color paints. Here is the step by step, similar to my Reindeer Portraits step by step: Students put their non-drawing hand at the bottom of the paper and draw around their hand (not tracing their hand) to make the head shape.
SkyView® Free – Android-appar på Google Play You don't need to be an astronomer to find stars or constellations in the sky, just open SkyView® Free and let it guide you to their location and identify them. SkyView Free is a beautiful and intuitive stargazing app that uses your camera to precisely spot and identify celestial objects in sky, day or night. Find popular constellations as they fade in and out while you scan across the sky, locate planets in our solar system, discover distant galaxies, and witness satellite fly-bys. Du behöver inte vara en astronom att hitta stjärnor eller konstellationer på himlen, bara öppna SkyView® gratis och låt den guida dig till deras placering och identifiera dem. SkyView Free är en vacker och intuitiv stjärnorna app som använder kameran för att exakt upptäcka och identifiera himlakroppar i himlen, dag eller natt.
7 Great iPad Apps to Promote Visual Thinking Today while I was looking for a citation from " Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners " , it dawned on me to compile a list of the popular iPad apps that promote visual thinking. Making Thinking Visible is by all means a must read for those of you interested in knowing how thinking can be made visible at any grade level and across all subject areas through the use of effective questioning, listening, documentation, and facilitative structures called thinking routines. Another book I have in my shelf and which is more or less similar to the one cited above is " Blah Blah Blah: What To Do When Words Don't Work " in which Dan walks his readers through the different practices of making thinking vivid with less words. Based on these reads and to the best of my knowledge, the apps I selected for you today will defnitely help you, your kids and students think visually and visibly.
The 15 Best iPad Apps For The World Language Classroom The iPad has fundamentally changed how and what I teach in my Spanish classes. First of all, I no longer use textbooks. Ever. Why would I when everything I need and more is available online or through an app? As educators, we are often told to teach students “21st century skills”, but let’s be honest, more often than not; it is the teachers who need to become more proficient in how to reach young people through technology. Essential Apps for Teachers Here are all the direct links to my reviews for my Apps for Teachers: App #1: Music (free) App #2: Dropbox (free)
Geography and Science - Cross over apps There are a number of apps that are being released that give us direct and instant access to real time data to events and happenings around the world. These apps allow the students in the classroom to have the same data and information that authorities, scientists and researcher have. This is important form the students point of view as it makes the learning more real. Other apps have been designed to get students to think about their own environment and how their decision have an impact not only on the environment now but into the future. TrailMaps: $2.99 AU