Applications for the Classroom

Free brain breaks kids love and teachers request.

Canva makes design simple for everyone. Create designs for Web or print: blog graphics, presentations, Facebook covers, flyers, posters, invitations and so much more.

In the middle of October, we invited educators to tell us about the "apps, games, and websites that are helping to tranform their classrooms this year." We asked that you submit your responses in the form of Field Notes and we received more than 700 submissions! 43 products...

BaiBoard enables users to collaborate via integrated online whiteboard, PDF annotation and VoIP solutions across the Internet from iPad and Mac

Below are 5 good Chrome extensions that I want to bring to your attention . These are particularly useful in boosting students productivity. I have included only the 5 extensions which have not been featured in my past posts here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning.

Buncee lets you create amazing things to share with everyone

Spelling Monster is an Android app (free and paid versions available) that students will enjoy using to practice spelling words. On Spelling Monster students can create their own lists of words or use lists shared with them (sharing only available in paid version).

Easily create GIF animations online with webcam and images using our GIF maker. No signup or flash needed.

A collection of interactive and engaging resources for students and teachers: from interactive eBooks to Videos and Classroom Activities.

My third graders are incubating chicken eggs in their classrooms. I always have them do a labeling the egg activity and found this AMAZING YouTube video! I've embedded the video here: (if you are an email subscriber you will need to click the post title to see the video) I...

Welcome to the official guide to technology and learning by Edudemic! This part of Edudemic is meant to offer you, the teacher, some of the best and most popular resources available today. We've combed through hundreds of resources in order to narrow down our guides into something easy to read, easy to use, and easy to share.

Easily Turn Google™ Spreadsheets into Online Flashcards

Uploading images to Tagxedo can be very helpful when having students create curriculum projects. Tagxedo has many pre-made shapes to choose from, but there are so many other shapes students might want for a project. I have found clip art images to work the best. I start by doing a...

Easily Turn Google™ Spreadsheets into Online Flashcards

This free QR Code Generator creates QR Codes with logo-images. Generate your QR Code for urls, vcard, facebook, youtube and more. Download in print quality as PNG, SVG, PDF, EPS.

You've used many different websites when planning your lessons, but this website is different. Why? Because it's the result of a unique collaboration: a dedicated science teacher joined with a friend who is an expert programmer to create the website that he always wanted as a science teacher. My name is Doug.

Over 300 FREE tools!

A classroom tool that lets every student communicate how well they understand to their teacher in real time.

Wiggio is a completely free, online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups. With Wiggio you can: - keep shared calendar (with text message reminders) - poll group in real-time - send mass text messages - store files in one common folder - setup group conference call - many others!

Want to promote something online but don't know how? Smore makes it easy. It's also fun, for a change.

The district wide iPad committee that I served on was tasked with creating a list of core apps for the iPads. There was significant thought and care put into making the list. We wanted to stick with free apps, developmentally appropriate, focused on creation yet considering space limitations on the device.

I started my day working with 3rd graders on publishing their poetry. Because we only had a short amount of time, I knew we needed a quick and easy app. We chose to use the app ChatterPix Kids to bring the object of their poetry to life.

Differentiated Math Instruction on the iPad

May , 2014 Pixiclip is an excellent free web tool that provides users with a canvas where they can draw, sketch, narrate, and record their creations. This is an ideal whiteboard tool that you can use with your students to record explanations of processes or to create tutorials for flipped classroom materials.

A couple of weeks ago, Adobe released a new iPad app called, "Adobe Voice." It reminds me a bit of Microsoft's Photo Story - a free piece of software that allows you to create a video out of images. Like Photo Story, Adobe Voice allows you to add photos, text, narration, and music.