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Students can create multimedia ebooks with these 5 tools

Byryan January 10, 2018January 17, 2018

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 Technology for Teachers: 5 Ways for Students to Create Multimedia eBooks

Book Creator is my favorite. If you are on a Mac, be sure to check out iBooks Author and Apple Pages. iBook is specifically designed to create ebooks. Although designed for word processing, Apple Pages has several page layout and graphics tools, along with export for epub that makes it a worth contender for creating ebooks. Both Apple products create epub files that are readable on all platforms.

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Number Frames is an interactive math site for teaching with frames

Byryan July 31, 2017August 2, 2017

Number Frames is an interactive math site for teaching frames. Using frames, students can learn how to count by 5,10,20, and 100 with a drag and drop interface. Users can change colors, use different shapes for counting, and draw directly onto the surface. This site could be used by the teacher to introduce math concepts to…

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Pink Trombone is an interactive speech synthesizer

Byryan May 4, 2017May 3, 2017

Interactive articulatory speech synthesizer Source: Chrome Experiments – Pink Trombone by Neil Thapen For all of the speech pathologists and vocal coaches out there comes the Pink Trombone. It is an interactive speech synthesizer where the user modifies the tongue, pitch, and lip position to create sounds. A great way to visualize what is going…

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Full page screenshot in Chrome without an extension

Byryan June 27, 2019June 13, 2019

Google Chrome has a hidden feature tucked away inside Developer Tools that lets you take full-sized screenshots of any web page. This feature captures the entirety of a page, similar to a scrolling screenshot, without the use of a third-party extension. Source: How to Take Full Page Screenshots in Google Chrome Without Using an Extension…

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Story starters and more with this free dungeon creator tool

Byryan November 7, 2019November 7, 2019

Source: One Page Dungeon by watabou One Page Dungeon is exactly what the title says, it creates a dungeon map all on one page. The dungeon is created with a random name, subtitle, and various objects placed in the rooms. This tool could be used as a starting point for stories. For example, in picture…

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Create end of year slideshows in Google Photos

Byryan May 15, 2018May 21, 2018

Google Photos allows you to create your end of year slideshow in a few steps. Google Photos is a great way to manage your classroom photos. Besides offering unlimited space, Google Photos allows you to collaborate on photo albums with other teachers. To get started with a slideshow, click on the Albums icon on the left…

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KeyKey Typing Tutor for the Mac teaches touch typing through muscle memory

Byryan May 30, 2018May 29, 2018

KeyKey Typing Tutor for the Mac teaches touch typing through muscle memory I am intrigued by the method KeyKey Typing Tutor uses to teach touch typing. Instead of focusing on the home row and the location of the keys, KeyKey Typing Tutor wants the learned to develop the muscle memory to type words.quickly and accurately. If you or your…

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