Three Maker Apps to Spark Young Imaginations
…Their comments highlight what the maker movement is and isn’t. It’s not about the stuff: the 3-D printers, the soldering irons, the sewing machines, the iPads, or the craft materials. A successful experience is about learning and innovation.
The first one, Foldify, works well even with a limited number of iPads and the characters created can be used for all sorts of project, like stop motion videos.
MindPane is a Chrome extension that can create a MindMap of a website. Installing Navigate to the MindPane page on the Chrome Webstore and tap the Add to Chrome button. Once installed, click the puzzle piece and pin the extension to the toolbar. Using MindPane is a nice way to help you or your students…
Flashcard Stash is yet another online flashcard builder. Students can play games on the pre-build flashcards or create their own. There are several different ways to use the flashcards to help remember the terms. Teachers can create an account and then assign lists to students. Unfortunately, the site does not allow Google or Microsoft accounts to…
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.
As you browse books and e-books, the Library Extension can check your library’s online catalog and display the availability of that item on the same page. Source: Library Extension – See book availability from your local library | Library Extension This is, without a doubt, one of the coolest extensions I’ve covered. After installing the extension,…
Source: Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker – Chrome Web Store The tracking of you across the web is getting worse, but there are extensions that can help you with that. Ghostery is one such add-on for Google Chrome. Once installed, it goes to work. As I was testing Ghostery, I came across sites that had 20-30…
“Think, Khan Academy on steroids.” “This isn’t ‘drag and drop’ programming. We’re teaching [kids] to use Python, a text-based programming language that is the most widely taught language at the university level.” Professor David Kosbie Currently, CMU’s CS Academy is running its second pilot program of its initial course offering, a 9th grade CS1, Intro…