I believe I was in a Twitter chat a couple of months ago where we discussed the use of iPads and apps in education. Of course the conversation headed towards app smashing; the workflow of merging different apps to use…
Category: Apps
These posts are describing a particular app’s features and/or uses in the classroom.
Biz World Commerical
Third graders are engaging, at the end of the school year, in an entrepreneur group project called Biz World. They form ‘companies’; select jobs like CEO or VP of Marketing; produce a product; pitch to investors; apply for loans; advertise; and much more. In addition to participating as a Venture Capitalist or Loan Manager, I was also ‘hired’ as Commercial Producer. I worked with students on concepts of product placement, slogans, ‘celebrity’ endorsements, etc. Once students are finished editing their productions, I hope to be able to add some of them on here. Below is the commercial I directed, did voice-over work & produced to play during the school’s morning news show a couple of times prior to the third graders’ sale.
EdCamp Philly 2015 or ‘How I Met Some of the Greatest Twitter Educators in Person, Finally!
This past weekend was the 6th annual EdCamp Philly! I attended, making this my fifth in Philadelphia. I had a blast! I was able to meet, in person, some educators who I follow and/or follow me on Twitter. Quick shout-out…
Take a Road Trip using a Green Screen
After some students completed a Social Studies unit on the Northeast Region of the United States, the classroom teacher and I wanted them to pick five locations to “visit”. Using a few apps: Comic Life, Green Screen, LayerPic HD, and…
100th Day of School
About a week ago we, celebrated the 100th day of school. On the 101st day I ran into a third grade colleague who described a surprise he did for his students. He had head shots of his students for their…
#ettiPad eBook Contributions
Earlier this past month, I saw a tweet asking for contributions from teachers using iPads. So I thought I would try submitting a couple ideas. I have never contributed to an eBook before, but I would definitely do it again.…
Getting Creative with a Free Friday App
Paper Camera is a creative way to take pictures or video and make it look like it is a comic. They have an assortment of filters which are applied in real-time, no waiting or delays. This could be a nice…
Catching Up on Past Friday Apps
I’ve been a little lax in my posting. Here are two Free Friday Apps that I missed posting on the blog. Friday, December 5th Last year, I shared with my teachers a Free Friday Apps, Math Duel($2.99), an app that…
Sizing Up a Free Friday ‘App’etizer
SAMR is currently a huge buzz word! And I don’t claim to be an expert on this model, so I may be incorrect with the rest of this post (comment to help me set the record straight). I believe that…
A Heritage Project Idea
This was originally posted on the ThingLink Blog For the last several weeks, I have been working with third grade teachers and their students on their heritage project. As part of their social studies curriculum, the students researched their family’s…