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Monthly Archives: June 2012

Autodesk ForceEffect

We always look for good, instructional Android apps. You can find lots and lots of drill and kill games, but I still do not see a large number of genuine educational apps.  Found one recently though, that will be welcome in physics classes, STEM schools, and a lot of in between.  Autodesk’s Force Effect: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.autodesk.fbd.activities In [...]

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Nike+ Running App

Ok, so this will be sort of a stretch to relate this app to education, but I will still try.  I run.  My wife got be started years ago and I since completed three marathons and ready for the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon.  I just enjoy the time to think and listen to music out on [...]

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Twitter for Educators

We battle the ‘block it all’ mentality each day.  As we realize students need these tools, we need to come up with ways to use them educationally.  Twitter is one of those sites for us.  We realize the potential for our students, so we unblocked it.  Now we have many teachers asking for us to [...]

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Songify…Put Lessons to Music

So you want your students to enjoy writing and speaking?  Can’t think of a way to make it entertaining for him though?  Maybe you want to take a look at Songify.  Songify, a semi-free app on the Google Play store (here), allows you or your students to record themselves reading pretty much anything.  Then the [...]

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Another School Year Gone…

And no tears in my school district.  No tears because the real work starts now.  We use these precious weeks to clean up the mess our teachers and students left behind.  Well, that, and get ready for the next year.  Busy time–we are getting geared up for our school system’s Race to the Top project–complete [...]

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