Coding is a fundamental skill for children to learn in school, but it is more than just feeding programming into a computer. Learning to code teaches valuable cognitive skills like critical thinking and problem solving. As coding moves from school to home, many toy manufacturers are responding with gadgets that turn homework into a game….
One important skill that students need to learn is to how to view a website and critically evaluate its validity. A site that has been around for awhile is Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division, a website that shows the danger of water. Another site I stumbled across this week is Chemtrail Vaccines, a website that “sells” a vaccine…
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Children have an amazing imagination! A powerful way to motivate children to read and write is by getting them to animate their stories in a digital storybook. Web tools digitally preserve stories and make it easy for learners to share with peers and family members. Source: 12 Web Tools and Apps for Children to Create Digital…
Source: Fastest Way to Create Comic Strips and Cartoons – Toondoo This is a pretty cool tool, the big downside is that it will create students to create accounts.
Source: Sploder – Make your own Games, Play Free Games Before learning Scratch, Sploder could be a good introduction to game programming for students. There are 5 types of games that can be created, and one, Retro Arcade, has a version that runs on iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire devices. To save and share games, students will…
Writing a multimedia ebook or magazine can be a good way for students to illustrate and or further explain portions of fiction and non-fiction stories that they develop. Multimedia publishing tools that include a collaboration component can further help students as they work together with each other or with you to improve their work. Source: Free…
Story Speaker lets anyone create talking, interactive stories with no coding required. Just write your story in a Google Doc, push a button, and every Google Home device linked to your account can play it, instantly. Source: Story Speaker by Mike Lacher & Nicole He – Voice Experiments This is very, very cool!