Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software | Open Source Alternative - osalt.com ToonDoo - World's fastest way to create cartoons! Tech Integration Ideas with Jen Legatt Reality New York (CNN) --- At this funky middle school in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, pretty much every class period begins this way: "What we're going to do today is play a really cool game." That's Ameer Mourad, a spiky-haired 20-something who teaches a sixth-grade class called "The Way Things Work," which is a blend of science and math. His school, Quest to Learn (also called Q2L or just "Quest"), is one of only two public schools in the United States that bases its curriculum on game theory and game mechanics. On this spring morning, Ameer -- the kids here call teachers by their first names -- didn't spend too much time lecturing students on the topic at hand: the metric system. Sitting near a wall of lockers in this high-ceilinged classroom, with a view of the New York City skyline, one of Ameer's students, Duke Tsapalas, is wearing soccer garb and a floppy mop of brown hair. At first, his mother worried about the decision. They decided it was worth the gamble. Heads nodded. "OK.
Ed Tech Ideas home Tina's Teaching Treasures Back to School App-pack The image above was created using PhotoshopTouch on an iPad and was then uploaded to Thinglink to create the hotspots. The summer is quickly winding down & a number of teachers will be returning to their classroom with new mobile devices (iPads). Throughout the summer I have been conducting workshops on iPad integration with EdTechTeacher and I thought it might be helpful to pull together a back to school list of apps structured around specific classroom goals. I want my students to create & publish video: iMovie (4.99) - record, edit and publish movies directly to the web from iMovie. I want my students to respond to polls / take quizzes: Socrative (teacher & student app - free) - This free platform allows for teachers to create and begin quizzes directly from an iPad. I want my students to edit images:Skitch (free) - An extremely easy and intuitive image editing app allows you to insert shapes, arrows and text on any image that is saved to the iPad camera roll.
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