Our Internet-driven society has seen a decline in book reading, though not necessarily a decline in reading altogether. Despite book readers being less common than in past decades, we all do a fair amount of reading each day on our smartphones – reading messages from friends, or tweets, emails, Facebook posts, notifications, articles, and so…
Today, we are excited to announce we’re bringing the magic of Minecraft: Education Edition to iPad. Now, students can tap into the power of iPad to build historic monuments, swim through coral reefs with the Update Aquatic, bring creative stories to life, experiment with chemistry, and document their learning with the camera and portfolio features….
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French schoolchildren will have to leave their smartphones switched off or at home as the new academic year begins in September, after lawmakers voted for a ban on Monday. The ban on smartphones, tablets and other connected devices, which will apply to pupils up to the age of 14-15, fulfills a campaign promise by…
Using Minecraft to promote literacy. Source: Treasure Island | Minecraft: Education Edition What do you get when you combine Minecraft with Treasure Island? You get a very cool way to dive deep into the book. Litcraft has recreated Treasure Island in Minecraft, and Microsoft has put together several resources on using Minecraft in your classroom.
Practice math in grades 1-5 with ADDieMath. Source: ADDieMath ADDieMath is strictly drill and kill software, but with math, sometimes you just need a little practice. Once adding a user, the user can select a program to practice. There is addition, subtraction, multiply, divide, and specific multiplication factors. This might be a quick and dirty site…
Docs365 Gifmaker creates animated gifs from a Google Slides presentation. Source: Docs365 GIFmaker – Google Slides add-on To use Docs365 GIFmaker, first add the add-on to your Google Slides presentation. In your presentation, create each frame of your animation as a slide. Once your masterpiece is finished, run the add-on to create an animated gif. The result…
Little Big City is an experiment in web 3D graphics using the openstreet map database You can navigate to different locations using the map in the lower right. Unfortunately, there is no search, so you’re stuck either panning across the world or inputing the coordinates. Pretty nifty visualization if you are teaching maps or map reading.
