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Top 100 Tools for Education | Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies. iPads in the Classroom. EdTechTeacher | Unleashing Creativity: Greg Kulowiec App Smashing – from Beth Holland. Greg Kulowiec begins his session by asking, “Why limit our students to one tool at one time?” With App Smashing, students can create content with a variety of apps and then publish it to the web – don’t let content “die on your iPad.” The general concept between App Smashing is merging content from a variety of apps. Greg likes the word App Smash, but Lisa Johnson (@techchef4u) calls it App Synergy.

Toolkit for App Smashing – keep it simple! The key to App Smashing is the camera roll – use apps that can save to camera roll or take screen captures and bring them in. While the concept is to create content, get it into a central location, and make something with it, now, what can you do???? App Smash Creations Create a multimedia book about whatever concept, topic or idea is happening in class. Create a published web-book that can be exported to the web as a PDF. “Making books if fun, but advanced video can be more fun,” says Greg. The ThingLink Smash is one of Greg’s favorites. Related Save. Presentazioni multimediali. Assessment Tools & SQ3R. Game Based Learning. Slide sharing Platforms. Cover creators. Creating MultiMedia eBooks. Datenglish: How we started creating our own textbooks.

As we don't follow a textbook in class, I started to think that my students could create their own e-textbooks. I shared the idea with some of them, and they are more than excited about it. We are in the process of editing their Google Documents that is basically where they collect their works. How do we plan the learning journey? 1. We define learning goals together. 2. Recording Tools: a. Digital StoryTelling Tools: a. Presentation Tools: a. Note: Some of my students are still reluctant to use technology by themselves. Important: If students are going to generate their own content, asking questions becomes the starting point in the process. Example of a lesson plan we designed 1. I’d like to learn about the new role of women 2. Who were some women that made a change? Why did women become so powerful? How do men feel about this new role? Why did the role of the woman change?

What are women doing? How did women become so powerful? How do women feel about their new role? 3. 4. A. B. C. 24 Essential Mind Mapping and Brainstorming Tools. Mind mapping is the process of using visual diagrams to show the relationships between ideas or information. Its popular uses include project planning, collecting and organizing thoughts, brainstorming and presentations — all in order to help solve problems, map out resources and uncover new ideas. It can be more useful than trying to keep track of our ideas by scribbling them on paper, and can aid in manipulating and generating concepts. We've compiled a list of 24 mind mapping tools to help you organize, summarize and visualize information, with both free and paid versions available to suit any budget or requirement. The tools mentioned are either browser- or desktop-based, with a selection of mind mapping mobile apps at the end of the article for use on iOS and Android devices.

Is there a particular mind mapping tool you would recommend? 1. MindMeister was built to facilitate collaboration for mind mapping and brainstorming, with an intuitive, easy-to-use interface. 2. iMindMap 3. 4. PowerPoint Templates, Transitions & Animations. The Definitive Guide to Finding Images for Blog Posts and Content. You get it, I know. Content is important for marketing your business, ranking in search engines and attracting well-qualified, eager-to-buy customers. What you may not realize is the value of images in that content. We’re not talking about infographics, videos or memes, here. We’re talking about 2D images used to illustrate your content. Take a look at these findings from a study by Skyword: Content containing related images get more views and tend to perform better across all content categories.On average, total views increased by 94% if a published article contained a relevant photograph or infographic, as compared to articles without an image in the same category.

Notice the stat in the second bullet. Clearly, content alone isn’t the golden goose for your marketing. That’s what you’ll find in this Crazy Egg guide. Here’s what’s inside: Table of Contents Introduction: Why You Need Images Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. 5.1. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Useful resources 1. 2. Presentation Software that Inspires | Haiku Deck. UtellStory - Tell Stories, Share Topics, Make Impact. Digital badges. Best Website Builder Reviews for 2014. SiteBuilderReport. Top 10 best list of website builder to create free website. Last updated on by Shivaji Mitra in Blog Top 20 best list of website builder reviews to create website, 9.6 out of 10 based on 78 ratings Few years back, one of my friend tried making his own website with very little coding knowledge of HTML, CSS and looks for several list of top free website builder reviews and also Shopping Cart Builder Reviews or Store Builder Reviews, which are very easy to use, with a modern drag and drop facility and flexibility of designs, but unfortunately, none of them satisfied my friend and he never tried to publish his websites on any of the free web hosting providers as suggested by me.

With his knowledge, he need a good user interface to quickly built websites with drag and drop features maintaining modern search engine optimized responsive website, professional looks and feels, and a quality user interface. Standard websites no longer meet the needs of Web users – that’s where responsive design come in handy. WebsiteBuilder.com SimpleWebStores.com MoonFruit.