Usecubes is a website and iOS app that allows the user to create 3D models out of blocks. What is really cool is that after the model is created, it can be ordered as a kit or downloaded for 3-D printing. The kit looks like a specialized Lego bricks kit, but made up of the…
Google’s developer conference is going on this week, so that means a lot of announcements out of Google. Yesterday Google showed off Allo and Duo, an instant messaging and video chat app. Both apps require the use of your cell phone number for identification, so they will not be of much use when working with…
Yesterday Google released Spaces, a web and mobile app, designed to facilitate sharing in small groups. It’s not to be confused with another instant messaging client, but more along the lines of a way to share links, pictures, and videos with a small group of people. I installed the mobile app and took the web…
Google has added to big updates to Google Docs this week, epub export and outline mode. EPub export EPub is the file format used for eBooks and is readable on just about every system in use today. Basically everything except for Amazon’s Kindles. The advantages of the ePub file format is the ability to distribute…
Everyone once in a while, you may need a timer for an activity in your classroom. I prefer to project a timer instead of setting a time because it’s more noticeable for the students. Here are three quick and dirty online timers. Google Timer In the Google search box or in the Chrome URL field…
I ran across this review of GIF Brewery 3 and was blown away at the app. When creating tutorials for posts, I prefer to use animated gifs since they will play right in the browser and are lighter then including video clips. Unfortunately, my workflow for creating them required me to record a screencast in Screenflow,…
Inklewriter is an online service that allows the user to write interactive fiction. What is interactive fiction? In its simplest form you can think of interactive fiction as the old choose your own adventure books. Inklewriter lets you or your students create their own interactive fiction online. This could be used with students as they author…
Movenote is a website, Chrome web app, Android, and iOS app that allows you to create narrated presentations. The app supports Google authentication, so students don’t have to create accounts, and there is also an education version that removes the ads. It’s the easiest app I’ve found for allowing students (or teachers!) to record narrated slide…
Picasa is Google’s desktop app to manage photos, and on March 15th, will be discontinuing the application and support. It’s kinda of sad, because it was a good desktop competitor for users not on OS X and didn’t have access to the Photos app. Users of Picasa will find their photos already stored in Google…
This isn’t a big deal with Google Apps for Education accounts, since they have unlimited space, but for your personal Google accounts, Google is offering 2GB additional storage for completing a security check up on your Google account. Head on over to Google’s Security Checkup for yours.