Knewton - The Next Revolution in Education

What if you could learn everything?

"Knewton is the world's leading adaptive learning company. Knewton partners with pioneering learning companies, publishers, content providers, and educational institutions to enable personalization at massive scale."

Just click on How Newton Works on the page below and prepare to be blown away. Personalized learning is the future.

http://www.knewton.com/about

Use your iPad or iPhone as a Document Camera!

"App"solutely Awesome K-8 Apps for your iPad!

Carrie Johnson from Minnehaha Academy shared with her best of list from the "Best Use of iPads, iPad Apps and Other Technology Tools to Increase Student Learning (Grades K-8)" conference. Her are her notes along with mine:


Tiny Tap - Could be used for any grade level. A way to create personalized games for kids on the iPad
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tinytap-moments-into-games/id493868874?mt=8

Reading Timer (Scholastic) - A fun and functional reading timer to use throughout the year.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scholastic-reading-timer/id520196131?mt=8

Speakeasy - Good for timed readings. When you sync your device to your computer, it will put all the recordings into iTunes.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speakeasy-voice-recorder/id284652710?mt=8

Kid’s Journal - Can make a writing journal for every child, which can be exported.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kids-journal/id528173573?mt=8

Toontastic - Especially good for students who have a hard time initiating writing
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toontastic-free/id404693282?mt=8

Seven Little Words - Played with my fifth graders. The adult version was challenging...the kid version was easy, but they liked it.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/7-little-words/id431434152?mt=8

Word Warp - is a challenging anagram type of word game in which you try to form as many words as you can out of the six letters you are given before time runs out.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-word-warp/id291374609?mt=8

Stick Pick - "can of sticks" with student names on them.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stick-pick/id436682059?mt=8

Tools4Students - graphic organizers.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tools-4-students/id472911218?mt=8

Skitch - can import pics and draw on them, also has a map feature where you can zoom in and then can annotate on the map.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skitch/id490505997?mt=8

Some resources:

Tween Tribune - Reading Material http://tweentribune.com/

Read Write Think website - http://www.readwritethink.org/

Kid Blog - http://kidblog.org/home/
Give all of the kids the secret code at the same time, they will set up their blog under your class. We saw examples of lower grade kids blogging.

Infuse Learning - Similar to Socrative, but capable of doing more
http://www.infuselearning.com/

Best of the Best: Top 100 Web Resources for Educators!

You know how you go to those conferences and the workshops that are always packed are the ones like "50 most awesome websites" or "100 totally fantastic links"?

Well we go again. At an iPad in Education workshop we got the Top 100 Web Resources for Educators. And it is worth clicking through. This link was shared with me by my colleague Mary Jo Severson from Minnehaha Academy.

Gobble it up here: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listteacherde1.html

Atlas Obscura - discover curious and wonderful places!

Beautifully laid out website with a database of curious and different places to explore like miniature cities, glass flowers, books bound in human skin, gigantic flaming holes in the ground, bone churches, balancing pagodas, or homes built entirely out of paper. The list goes on. Check it out at www.atlasobscura.com

"Subtext is a free iPad app that allows classroom groups to exchange ideas in the pages of digital texts. You can also layer in enrichment materials, assignments and quizzes—opening up almost limitless opportunities to engage students and foster analysis and writing skills."

Click to see 1 minute video:

http://www.subtext.com

Discovery Digital Textbooks

Supplement your traditional textbooks with Discovery Digital Textbooks. Discovery Education is offering educators throughout America a free trial to use its Techbook™ service through the end of June. I looked into it and they have some really good stuff for Science and Social Studies. Give it a whirl, it's well done and free for now!

Click here to check it out...

McGraw-Hill - Grammar Wonderland App - Elelementary and Primary Grades

"Students can fly, swim, feed, and toss their way to grammar mastery. Characters can be led through many adventures as they practice using nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more; a quick and easy way to practice and reinforce different grammar concepts to enhance reading, writing, and parts of speech."

Grammar Wonderland is available in two versions: k-2 and 3-6

Click here for Elementary App

Click here for Primary App

Hey cool! Now I can print a new liver!

Scientists use 3D printing to produce stem cells. Designer organs right around the corner? Read about it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21328109

Doceri - The iPad Whiteboard Tool

The best iPad interactive whiteboard out there. Check it out at: http://doceri.com

Art - Be your own Jackson Pollack

http://www.jacksonpollock.org

 

Your mind and immortality in an Avatar by 2045

What do you think? (click on the image)

700 Free Online Courses From Top Universities

Open Culture has hundreds of free online courses in just about any subject area, from history to physics, languages, literature, music and on and on. Don't miss this valuable resource. Just go to: www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses

My new favorite Physics site!

http://www.physicscentral.com

Students at Minnehaha Academy go "old school" with tech

Students got to play around with some early tech machines. They were really into it! I like the contrast with the iPads...