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I love to create with images and multimedia so today I am excited to discover Bunce. Here is the official description of Buncee.
“Buncee gives teachers and students a whole new way of creating interactive lessons, project, and presentations, by incorporating digital media in a fun and easy way.” –www.buncee.com/home
I created a Buncee to illustrate all the things you can do with Buncee. My brain is spinning with ideas for teaching and learning. At first glance, it is certainly a nice image creation tool.
This year Google has brought us a multimedia rich Santa Tracker which will use street-view technology to help us follow Santa’s big journey on Tuesday evening.
Now there is an alternative to tracking Santa through the NORAD cameras. Which will you chose?
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If you want a few genuine laughs this season, why not take a few minutes to put those camera photos to use and Elf Yourself? Choose your music and create an elf dance with the ones you love.
You can use your your laptop to easily share a link to your video for free, or create an elf dance right on your mobile device and purchase the inexpensive video clip to download and share on the spot.
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Badge – I Teach Above the Line |
Class Badges is a free online tool designed to help teachers use digital badges as rewards for accomplishing learning goals. The badges can be a useful tool for teachers to keep track of individual student accomplishments as they help learners focus on making progress.
I really like Class Badges because the badges serve as a useful reminder for teachers to work with students on an individual level to set goals and assess progress. If used appropriately, they can improve students’ self-esteem as they work towards attainable goals. I believe this tool that can help teachers get a little closer to a 1-1 learning environment.
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A Playlist to Guide the Learning
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Teachers can request a free account to generate a class code for students. Just add your students and design your badges. Try it yourself at ClassBadges.com
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Please view this extraordinary collaborative slideshow created by my talented friend, Donna Baumbach and follow her on Twitter @AuntyTech
It’s no secret that ThingLink EDU is one of my favorite and most frequently used tools. I love ThingLink because it provides users with the ability to turn any image into a multimedia rich interactive graphic. Add video, images, audio, and links to any content on the web with the click of a button. Pack a lot of content into a small space and embed it into a variety of online learning platforms for easy access, 24/7. ThingLink is a user friendly and flexible tool that’s just gotten better for educators!
We live in a computer powered world. Coding is the language our computers speak.
Computer science is a top-paying college degree. Jobs in this market are growing at 2 x’s the national average, yet the number of students pursuing computer science degrees has dropped in the last decade. In fact, it is estimated that by 2020 there will be 400,000 computer science students in the United States and 1.4 million computer science jobs. Women and minorities are extremely underrepresented in this group. Why such an enormous gap?
Have you ever encouraged a student to try coding?
The Hour of Code is a weeklong global awareness endeavor to introduce students to the world of coding in as little as one hour. More importantly, it is designed to encourage schools to offer students opportunities to learn this important language. Currently 9 out of 10 high schools don’t offer computer programming classes. In fact, in 36 states, computer science doesn’t even count towards required math and science requirements. The goal is to involve 10 million students.
I learned all of this and more from the resources found on the Hour of Code website and it is my hope to encourage readers of this blog to check them out and participate too. If you don’t have an hour to spare next week, perhaps you can schedule one hour at another time this winter. Our students deserve to be introduced to Hour of Code and the activities provide us with a fun way to help students develop problem-solving skills.
I had a lot of fun presenting a webinar today for Infinitec. Here is a link to the slideshow for review!
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