Each spring, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation dedicate a week to celebrating the protected spaces in our communities. Today, we’re bringing the national parks to you in a Google Earth guided tour through 31 different parks around the country.
Source: Explore U.S. National Parks in Google Earth
What a cool set up. These tours would work with a lot of different classwork, from social studies to language arts.
Source: Lospec If you have students that are working on programming their own game, or maybe they just want to create some clip art for a presentation, Lospec provides an online editor that doesn’t require a log in. There are also tutorials and other materials to help you or your students travel down the pixel…
Source: Voiceflow I signed up with Voiceflow to get a feel for the tool, and it is pretty cool. Voiceflow allows you to create an assistant for Alexa or Google, all without learning any code. It’s a little like scratch, but with an elegant feel. There are multiple controls and blocks you can use. What…
Source: Shtick – Do more with lists I love checklists. I also love collaboration. That’s why I was pretty excited to stumble upon Shtick. To get started, you can create an account with your Google, Twitter, or Facebook account. From there, you can quickly create a list. The list items can contain text and pictures,…
Source: fablement You may already be using Twine, Inklewriter, Netstory, or Squiffy to write interactive fiction, and here’s another option. Fablement is not only a platform for creating interactive fiction, but it is also a source for stories written by others. Signing up can be done with a Google, Facebook, or Apple sign in, or…
Source: Anchor – The easiest way to make a podcast I’ve mentioned Anchor before, but their latest update demanded another post. It is still free to use, and now you can use a web interface or a mobile app to record your audio. Each snippet of audio can be edited together to form a podcast, which…
Play Run Marco! an epic adventure game and learn to code i.e. program computers! Designed for 6 to 12 y.o. kids. Source: Allcancode – Run Marco! Have you been through all of the exercises at code.org and want more? Or do you want something different to start your students on programming? Then All Can Code…