Showing posts with label creativity tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creativity tools. Show all posts

Excellent Collection of Apps and Web Tools to Unlock Kids Creativity

9:29 PM    

October 5, 2014
One of the most exciting abilities that technology can give educators and students is the ability to make stuff. Unlock a world of creativity and engagement with a computer program, interactive canvas, live presentation, bundle of content, or fun game.

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 Give your students a flexible virtual canvas for drawings, photos, sounds, and video with this mobile app.

 Use a Google Chromebook or Google Drive? This app allows you to create live, interactive presentations online.

 Clip any kind of web content - like web pages, photos, videos, and tweets - into bundles that can be shared with colleagues.

 Tired of creating your own Jeopardy games from PowerPoint? Use this handy free online website instead.


Want more? Check out these collections of tools.

Top 8 create and publish apps for iPad 


This list is curated by education consultant Jonathan Nalder.

This list is curated by educator Elizabeth Resnick.


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A Splendid Collection of Apps and Tools for Enhancing Kids Creative Thinking

3:30 PM    

September 24, 2014
Kids are curious by nature and they love to learn and discover new things. This curiosity is key to their learning, and as teachers and educators, we definitely need to provide them with a nurturing environment where they can give vent to their curiosity and thrive. Technology today can do wonders when it comes to engaging kids in authentic learning experiences.

There are all sorts of web tools and mobile apps that you can use with your students to help them explore new ideas and experiment with different learning concepts. When they are given the needed tools and the appropriate environment, students can really fascinate you in terms of the depth of their thinking and innovative ideas they can come up with. Enhancing kids creative thinking can be  as simple as encouraging them to  experiment with  everyday items and draw conclusions and make connections. To this end, the selection I have for you below (curated by Graphite) provides you with some excellent tools and apps to enhance students creative thinking. "These splendid sites seed ideas for fun, safe experiments and encourage students to try them".

Check out the full list from this LINK.


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Web Tools to Enhance Kids Creativity

9:20 PM    

September, 2014
We are all makers, whether it's a clay pot, apple pie, paper airplane, digital movie, personal essay, or computer program. Watch any toddler with a set of building blocks and you will see its earliest incarnation. Educators play an important role in fostering these skills. Here are a set of tools that will help you create an environment of makers.



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DIY 
 Make everything from soap to leaf jewelry to sound-activated electronic signs in this student-friendly community.
Bring computer science to your high school students with video tutorials, code examples, and coding puzzles.
Add audio tracks to ebooks, like sound effects, music, or even spoken words to make the stories come to life.
Convert your video files into animated GIF images, which you can use on your blog or tweets.

Want more? Check out these collections of tools.

MakerEd 
This selection is  curated by technology activist Kim Wilkens.
This one is curated by high school district librarian

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