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Category Applications for Education
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FlipQuiz – Gameshow-style boards
FlipQuiz – it’s a new online services for teachers to create the quiz.
Just having a quick try, it satisfied for me! As Flipquiz is easy to use, sign up then all gets to work!
You can simply enter your board’s name. Entering the question and answer, the rest leave it to Flipquiz. All done in a second!
Then you can login in any devices PC/MAC, iPad or Android to start your board and review what you talk with students!
PixiClip – share online sketches message
PixiClip – it’s an online services let you send online message with your sketches or record voice and webcam for your PC/MAC.
Applications for Education
For flipped classroom, for personal tutorial use.
The Playground of Mathematics
The Playground of Mathematics – it’s an online service about math exercise. You can choose your language (13 types) to do the exercises in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
After you choose your right languages at the top of website, you can start your exercise.
Also, you can set the difficulty on different types of math.
After all the settings done, you can do your exercise via keyboard or just through the web!
Application for Education
Just a quick try of the web. I really love this web so much. Easy to use and helpful. You can use it right on your desktop or mobile devices. And, it’s free!
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Picozu – online Photo editor with layer support
Picozu – it’s a new online image editor which is support layer!
Application for Education
After a short trial, I feel really awesome about this online service. If you know how to use Photoshop, you should give a try with free.
After you edited your image, you can save as various kinds of image format. That’s good for teachers and students to handle their stuff.
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Flaticon – Free vectors icons
Flaticon – it can download Free vector icons in a second.
It divided into 33 categories for you to choose the icons.
All you have to do is choose the right one. You can download as “svg” or “png” Which can use it in illustrator or Photoshop. Or, you can download it both.
Also, you can click “trending icons” to see what icons are in trend. Really convenient for us.
Application for Education
This is suitable for students to handle their homework with license free. Really Great!
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Free Printables for teachers
Makebeliefscomix have many worksheets for teachers to download and use. It has over 50 topics to let you choose it.
Application for Education
This website provided many useful worksheets for download. Most of them really useful and catch your eyes. And…Free!
DeskConnect – Transfer your files between Mac and IOS
DeskConnect – it’s a new service to transfer your files, like photos, doc, Websites, to your Mac or iDevices.
The workflow is really simple: 1) installs the app from Mac store on your Mac 2) install the app from App Store.
The advantages of DeskConnect is Free and convenient. No need to upgrade to IOS 7 but has the same functions on AirDrop.
After a short try, I like its speed which is really fast.
Application for Education
Teachers can use this app to transfer the files to students easily. I used this app to share the “Flash” content to my students’ devices and open it from “Puffin” directly!
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DictaNote – Dict your voice in Note
DictaNote – It is an online editor to type your text , insert the pictures. But this services not just that simple, it can turn your voice into test function!
Before you want the system to turn your voice into text. You should change the settings before.
The result is really amazing: fast and accurate!
Check this out! You will love it!
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Recordmp3 – record online
Recordmp3 is an online service to let you recording mp3 online. After giving permission to use your computer’s mic and a video cam. You can start to record your voice.
After your recording, you can save it as mp3 or share the link to others. Really simple to use.
Applications for Education
Now Teachers can record their own voice to instruct student their homework after school. Students can record their conclusion of the report. Really easy to use and useful! No sign up is required.
QuestBase – online multi-platform assessment system
QuestBase provided an online assessment platform. It supports various platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, IOS, etc.
Teachers need to sign up an account. It used to create the test and questions through their platform.
This platform can let you create many types of question: MC/ True & False, Fill-in-the-blank, Essay, etc.
This platform support chinese characters(view only, not support printed version) and the most important features: Equation!
After you key in all the questions, you can output as online test (multi-platform), or print it as traditional test paper.
Then you can prepare to publish the online test.
After you finished the online test. You can “double-click” the online test that you prepared. You can find the “pin” cod e for students to join in. Student can go to QuestBase website. Type in the right “Pin” code and start the online test.
Application for Education
Teachers can be used to create an online test for student for Free. Easy to use and can output as traditional test paper. Awesome!
Shaolan – Learning Chinese Characters
Local Cloud – Your personal Cloud storage on Mac/PC
Local Cloud a new cloud storage concepts powered by Delite studio. The concepts : storage files right on your computer, view and edit on them via mobile devices.
As the screenshot above, you need to install the client program on your Mac or PC. Both of these are free. Then you need to download your IOS APPS to your iPhone/ iPad which is cost $9.99. I download it on free when they have promotion. You may use “Appshopper” to monitor the sale (web / apps).
After a quick trial, I pretty awesome on their speed. Really fast and smooth. When you view the files through “local Cloud” via your idevices. Local Cloud need to download it first (of course both computer and idevices using the same WiFi network). Then you can view or using other third-party apps to view it. Some of you may concern “Can it use multi-devices at the same time?”, the answer is yes! It suit for classroom use!
Here is the intro video about Local Cloud:
Application for Education
Local Cloud suitable for classroom (be careful the classroom’s computer ip, static ip is advised). Teachers can save the files/ video on the shared folder of Local Cloud on the PC. Students can use/ download it by themselves. Safe, fast and convenient ! Offical FAQ is here.
Sketchlot – create & share sketches
Sketchlot – A new web 2.0 services that you can create , share your sketch to others. But this tool is specially designed for educational use. It can also support share student’s sketch to peer (all or selected) or teachers!
The flow is : teacher needs to sign up account, add students account (just need name and password).
Then, teacher can create his/her sketchlot first, then pass share and choose the selected student to share. After it, students will received the teacher’s sketch or student can create their own piece and share to peer.
All flow can be done within the browser. Really good for school in teaching!
1) Create teacher’s account, remember need to create a “class code” with letter and number.
2) Then you will see a control panel. Now, you should create student list.
3) Student account password can be same on saving. But I did not recommend the same password as you can’t access it except the first student.
4) Create your own sketch , then press share sketch button.
5) Student can use browser to login into sketchlot website (using class code you assigned and students password). If students share their own sketch to you. You will see them on the control panel( refresh the browser in case no can’t see anything).
Application for Education
Teachers can use them inside the classroom. I just found that you can use it on “Nearpod” share function. It works well.
ABCya Animate – Create GIF online
ABCya! Animate – It’s powered by ABCya.com. They launched an online animation engine to create GIF easily.
All you have is : a browser with Flash support (sorry for iPad, except Puffin browser).
The UI is wonderful. Really attractive to students. You can draw with pen, type your text, paste with stickers. Also, you can copy the pervious frame to create your GIF. All functions in one UI with easy control.
After that, you can save it as GIF. Here is my examples:
Application for Education
No sign up with easy tools to create your own GIF. Great for students to explore their creativity!
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Postach.io – Evernote as Blog
Postach.io is a new blog services but gives it in a new way – using Evernote.
Unlike Blogger, WordPress etc, Postach.io connected with Evernote as CMS (Content Management System). Blogger and WordPress using their own storage to post the blog. Postach.io use other web services – Evernote. All your content still keep it on your Evernote account.
Postach.io has two functions that I really like it : can using with Skitch for everyone and IFTTT services. Using Skitch for Evernote that means you can draw something on your blog. Also, Evernote can support share folders to others. Your blog changed multi-author’s blog(example). Using IFTTT services just changed all posting activates automatically!
Application for Educaiton
Free, no setup. All you have to do is using your Evernote account. Just imagine that create the class blog during school picnic or field trip. Each student can post what they learn and see. Cool!
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Nearpod Business – Launched!
Nearpod Business launched at July, 2013. A new and enhanced version of Nearpod for Education.
It still free. All features can be used on Nearpod Business version. Yes! Would you see the bright point? Yes, all features! If you an old user of Nearpod (mostly of us less than 1-year using), you might know that both “sideshow” & “Browse the Internet” can’t use for Free user. It just provided several times to use under free account.
But now, Nearpod Business version, you can use it ! Thanks Nearpod Team.
Besides, this Nearpod Team gives us “On Demand” and “Live” functions. “Live” likes the pervious “Launch” function. You can control audience. But this time free account only support 3 per session (like 3 students).
For “On demand” , you can share via email / pin to audience up to 100 per month. That’s really flexible for presenter. Also, the audience can view the NPP(Nearpod presentation) by themselves. i.e. no control functions like “Homework for education Nearpod version”.
This version supports “web app”. That means you can “join session” via PC/MAC. As this features only included on school account when it’s at Nearpod for Education Version. I have no idea when they switch back. Hope that this feature can keep it forever. I use it from September last year to now. Nearpod Team work very hard of it and always gives us surprise. Love Nearpod and their hard work!
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