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News: XYZprinting da Vinci miniMaker 3D printer available for $229.99 pre-order – Armchair Arcade

Byryan July 5, 2016July 4, 2016

XYZprinting today announced that their upcoming da Vinci miniMaker 3D printer is now available for pre-order. Amazon presently has it listed for just $229.99 with free Prime Shipping. Expected release is October of this year.

Although this company’s da Vinci Jr. has been available for under $300 for quite some time now and will no doubt eventually see further price drops, the miniMaker offers the same type of feature-set with the important benefit of an auto-calibration system that adjusts the extruder and print bed for better prints. For those who’ve used other 3D printers, like the da Vinci Jr., which require manual calibration, you can understand why that’s such a big deal.

Source: News: XYZprinting da Vinci miniMaker 3D printer available for $229.99 pre-order – Armchair Arcade

Although the filament required for the printer is proprietary, the price is competitive.

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Collabrify Suite is a great set of free apps from the Intergalactic Mobile Learning Center

Byryan September 21, 2016September 28, 2016

The Collabrify Suite from the Intergalactice Mobile Learning Center is a collection of free apps for use in the primary and middle school classroom. The suite consists of the follow 5 apps: Collabrify Chart looks a little like a spreadsheet, but with slightly easier options to make charting easier. Collabrify KWL allows the easy creation of Know/Want/Learn…

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Remove the background from a video for free with Unscreen

Byryan June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Source: Remove Video Background – Unscreen Unscreen can remove the background of short video clips(less than 5 seconds). It works pretty well. I took a video from Coverr and here is the result: Not bad.

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Create interactive multimedia easily with Buncee

Byryan June 9, 2016June 9, 2016

Although I’m a little torn on the name, Buncee offers a drag and drop interface for creating multimedia. The projects can then be view-able on the web or on the iOS apps. The gallery has some great examples of seeing how you could use the tool in your classroom. While there is a free tier,…

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Fact Monster is a reference site designed for kids

Byryan January 16, 2020January 16, 2020

Source: Fact Monster – A Trusted Reference Site for Kids Fact Monster is a reference site to be used with students in grades 3 or 4 on up. Some content may be usable in the lower grades, but a lot of the references pull from sources such as the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. The site pulls…

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Create 3-D models with Usecubes and then order or 3-D print your creation

Byryan June 14, 2016June 13, 2016

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…

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Focus on the video in any browser with Turn Off the Lights

Byryan September 5, 2019September 5, 2019

Source: Turn Off the Lights Extension enhance your YouTube Videos I could see this extension being very useful for the teacher when using Youtube or other video in the classroom, along with students who may be distracted when watching video.

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