It’s been a little while in the making, but I have now become a published Nearpod Author! It took a little time because I typically used Nearpod as an assessment/activity tool. I didn’t use it in a classroom for explaining…
Category: iPads
These posts concern iPads.
Half Day PD for Third Grade
I offered, last school year, an opportunity for third grade teachers to really get hands-on with how to incorporate iPads into their classroom. The grade level leader asked if I could create, with her, a half day training for her…
App Review: Truss Me!
Physics Teachers and Students need to Truss Me! cross posted at: classthink.com Truss Me! is an iOS app which is taking the educational market by storm. It fits into the ideology of Gamification; using an engaging method to solve problems.…
Thinglink Project in 3rd Grade
Recently, Thinglink has started to provide resources for educators. They now have a teacher account which can create linked student accounts. Thinglink generates usernames and passwords for the students. They can use the web or app version to create their…
Star Chart & Educreations Apps Project in 3rd Grade
Using two apps: Star Chart & Educreations and working with a few Third Grade classes I was able to create a project which targeted on presenting research gathered from multiple resources on a Constellation of their choosing through a screencast.…
App Review: Easy Annotate for iPad
Originally posted at: ClassThink.com Easy Annotate is an app for the iPad designed to do just what it says — allow the user to easily annotate PDFs. But what makes this app stand out from other PDF annotating apps is…
Follow-up to Nearpod Oct. Post
I’ve recently started to expand my lesson integrations when using Nearpod to include other apps. My first grade teachers, that I’ve been working with, have been using Nearpod as another assessment piece at the end of their Math units. The…
Nearpod App adds Exciting NEW Feature
A few years ago when I was a classroom teacher, I discovered Nearpod. I wrote a post back in May of 2013 titled, How Nearpod Brought Active Learning To My Classroom. Nearpod is an excellent tool, which they only want…
How Nearpod Brought Active Learning To My Classroom
Engaging instruction is the goal of every educator. So when I was introduced to an app that promised such a lofty ideal, I had to try it. At the time, I was teaching sixth grade math and social studies in…
SMART Notebook App for iPad Benefits Absent Students: Dan Explains
You and your students enjoyed a great collaborative learning experience with your students using SMART products, but one or two students were absent. You’d like to share the content from that class but know the experience isn’t the same social…