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.
3Doodler has also partnered with robotic insect toy company Hexbugs to launch a “Make Your Own Hexbug” set, which lets kids draw insect body parts and legs on a custom DoodleMold. The little motor inside the completed Hexbug lets the robotic insects hop and scurry across, which kids can put inside mazes or race against…
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…
Source: Kalidoface – Become a Virtual Character I sometimes find sites that are cool tech demos, and much like Magic Painter, Kalidoface is one of those. No accounts are needed to use Kalidoface, you maneuver to the site and give it access to your camera. From there, you can pick different avatars. As you speak…
Source: Free Word Cloud Generator – MonkeyLearn Sure, word cloud generators are a dime a dozen, but how many are powered by artificial intelligence? MonkeyLearn Free Word Cloud Generator using AI to help it create the word cloud. You can see above the word cloud generated from the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of…
Source: Zamzar – video converter, audio converter, image converter, eBook converter I’ve talked about using CloudConvert to convert files to different formats, and Zamzar is another service that will convert a file from one format to another. Using Zamzar is straightfoward. Add the file you want to convert (50MB size limit for free account), select…
Create interactive picture books and stories with Elementari. Source: Elementari: Write, share, read interactive stories Via: “Elementari” Might Have Potential As A Story-Creating Tool For Students | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… What a cool site! They supply the tools, which include graphics, sounds, and music, and you supply the story. The stories can be like…