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Duolingo is launching an iOS app to teach young kids how to read

Byryan April 4, 2020April 4, 2020

Source: ‎Duolingo ABC – Learn to Read on the App Store

Duolingo is known for it’s line of language learning apps, and now they are getting into the learning to read arena. Due to the numerous school closures, Duolingo is making the reading app available early.

The app has no ads or in-app purchases and is free to download. It also works offline, so kids with iPads will be able to use the app without an internet connection. Duolingo ABC has over 300 lessons for kids ages 3-6 on the alphabet, phonics, and sight words.

Although the app is iOS only at this point, the company plans to bring Duolingo ABC to Android in the future.

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Google’s Canvas is a whiteboard for your projector and a canvas for your students

Byryan May 2, 2019May 2, 2019

Canvas is a free drawing tool from Google that is pretty cool. Students can use it to draw and sketch, while teachers can use it as a chalkboard or sketch noting with a projector. The tools are limited to sketch, there isn’t a text tool or any shape tools. That being said, if you have…

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Help your students evaluate internet resources with the Britannica Insights Chrome extension

Byryan June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

Help your students evaluate internet resources with the Britannica Insights Chrome extension. Source: Britannica Insights – Chrome Web Store The Britannica Insights extends the Google search results with an additional panel of information that links to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Google has already been doing this with Wikipedia links. The extension doesn’t show for all search results. For example,…

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Online flashcards with Flip to Mind

Byryan November 24, 2021November 24, 2021

Source: FlipToMind Here’s another flashcard utility to throw in your toolkit, FlipToMind. The site is pretty easy to get started, you can create an account with your email, Google login, or Facebook login. After you sign in, you can create your flashcards. It’s not as full featured as something like Quizlet, but sometimes you don’t…

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Blur and redact an image with Redacted

Byryan July 18, 2019July 10, 2019

Source: Redacted Sometimes you just want to quickly do one thing to an image, and launch a full blown image editor seems to be a waste. Here’s one of those tools that you can quickly use to blur out parts of an image. I’ve covered another tool in the past, Image Blur. Redacted does one…

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ggle.io is an URL shortener for Google Services & other sites

Byryan December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

Source: A Cloud URL Shortening Service For Google I stumbled upon ggle.io when I was learning about the Amazon URL shortner. ggle.io is another URL shortner that is designed to make short URLs for Google services, but also makes short URLs for other sites. It would be a good alternative when you are in a…

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Create your own augmented reality field trip with Waypoint EDU

Byryan January 26, 2018January 26, 2018

Matthew Braun, developer of SketchParty TV (one of my favorite Apple TV games), released a new app to do just that. Waypoint EDU uses AR to make the phone not only a learning tool, but a truly interactive experience that can take place outdoors. Or anywhere. Source: Field Trips Just Got Cooler: Waypoint EDU This looks…

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