How To Turn Your iBook Into A Video In 3 Easy Steps We often get asked by teachers how they can share the books they have made using Book Creator for iPad or any other iBooks with people who don’t own an Apple device. A common example might be to share the work of their students with parents, or on the school’s blog. Although there are a few workarounds for sharing iBooks, this article explores an excellent way to convert your iBook into a video format, which can easily be shared across a number of platforms. Step 1: Create a screencast of your iPad A really useful tool for screencasting and recording your iPad is Reflector , and at $12.99 it’s much cheaper than buying Apple TV! Reflector is available for Mac and Windows, and we found it pretty simple to get up and running. You can screencast live but if you want to record your screencast, press CTRL & R (Command & R on a Mac) and the app will start recording. Above: A screencast of an iPad onto a Mac desktop (Book: Human Body Systems iBook Project by Mrs. Step 2: Edit the video
(Mapul) The 30 Best Web 2.0 Tools For Teachers (2012 Edition) Looking for the best cloud computing software for your school? What about a way to remotely store homework and other assignments? It’s time to figure out which web 2.0 tool is right for you! The following presentation contains dozens of the most popular tools being used in classrooms right now. See Also: The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You Each slide in the below presentation by Rafael Scapin contains the name, description, link, and screenshot of what each tool looks like and does. Edudemic’s Recommendations If you’re looking to try out some of these tools, here are the top 5 tools we recommend you try out (if you haven’t already). Slideshare - Get the credit and audience you deserve for your presentations! Scoop.it - A stellar social bookmarking service that is being used by a ton of teachers right now. PlanBoard - It’s an online lesson planner made for teachers. Evernote - Featured in Edudemic Magazine numerous times, we love all things Evernote.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 6 Excellent New Web Tools Teachers should Try This Summer I have been doing a lot of curation of educational web tools and have been looking particularly for tools that teachers and educators can explore and use during this summer. I came across some wonderful titles from Getting Smart and included them in the selection below. Check it out and share with us if you have new titles to add to this list: 1- Graphite There are no limits to what a great educator can achieve when they have the right tools. 2- Cyberwise CyberWise is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art resources for BUSY grownups who want to understand how to use digital media confidently and safely. 3- Teachley Teachley creates apps based on cognitive science research. 4- Ujam Make your own song within minutes and sound like a pro. This is a good reading community for kids where they get to improve their reading bar and connect with other kids. 6- Scoot and Doodle
WebList - The place to find the best web lists on the web Top 100 Web 2.0 sites list! | Koporc's webmaster resources Top 100 Web 2.0 sites list! Do you want to create more backlinks? Well then i recommend that you start posting links and content with your site url to sites known as “Web 2.0″ sites. Web 2.0. site is basically a website that allows user-generated content and also allows you to post your site link in your Web 2.0 profile. I have created a great list of Web 2.0 sites that have high PR and a lot of traffic. In 2014 I have updated the list you can view it here: Top 90 Web 2.0 sites You can also download a .csv file which can be easily imported in any of the SEO tools on the market. This download url is locked! Please support us, use one of the buttons below to unlock the download link of this file. Get on my email list to receive special items and blog updates!
15 Apps for the One iPad Classroom Hooray! You have a brand new, shiny iPad to use in your classroom this year. Boo—there's only one iPad and 35 eager kids ready to use it. No need to worry—there are lots of amazing things you can do with a single iPad in your classroom, and it doesn't have to be a classroom management nightmare either. Here are 15 of our favorite apps that work great with a one iPad setup AND help to keep kids on task and engaged with what you are learning. No more squabbles: Use Stick Pick to help kids take turns. Looking for more iPad teaching help? What are your favorite apps for the one iPad classroom? a free app that helps you remember
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