ThingLink Video is a new web tool (sorry, no app yet) that allows a person to add ‘tags’ to a video. ThingLink has now made videos interactive. I can place tags anywhere within a video which I either upload or…
Category: Education
Posts in this category deal with general education musings of mine.
Third Grade Logo Project
Today I am starting a project with a couple of 3rd grade classes. Their task is to create a logo which represents themselves. I’ll be introducing this project with this Google presentation: We will be using a variety of apps…
Free Webinars on ThingLink
Update Here is an image for Tomorrow’s ThingLink Interactive Image Share: This past summer, I participated in a Teacher Challenge… but that’s for another post. Now ThingLink wants to promote all the wondrous work created through the challenge that…
My Experiences with Symbaloo
Symbaloo is a wonderful tool! It allows a user to share links to other resources easily and visually. It is quite easy to setup and there are a ton of tutorial resources available. I have been using Symbaloo in three…
Nearpod Author’s Program Accepts ME!
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…
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…
10 Weeks of Professional Development you can ‘touch’
This summer I had the opportunity to take part in a PD Teacher Challenge. Each week, for ten weeks, a new task was proposed using ThingLink as our medium. Sometimes it was to learn how to incorporate various media types…
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.…
What Does Being a Connected Educator Mean to Me?
My position includes finding and recommending apps for the teachers I assist. I’ve learned that many of the app makers/designers look for feedback on how to improve. Nearpod has a community section on their site where anyone can contact them…