Saturday, March 24, 2012

Citizen Science from Smithsonian: Shout

The Shout conference series is an excellent FREE way to engage your students. Your class can participate in live webinars to meet with experts. Here is a description from the website:

"Shout invites educators and students to take an active role in global environmental issues. Connect online to interact with experts in the field, share ideas, and collaborate with people around the world who, like you, are committed to solving environmental challenges. Shout gives participants a framework for success, with resources and tools for exercising social responsibility while building the 21st-century skills of collaboration, innovation, and critical thinking. When students are connected through technology and empowered to build activities in their own way the learning experience extends far beyond the four walls of a classroom."

Learn more about Shout here: http://www.smithsonianconference.org/shout/

Friday, March 23, 2012

Flash on Ipad

Installed this great new app called Rover that allows you to use Flash based sites on the iPad. Used it with my iPad 2 today and it worked great! You just open the app and either use the app suggested sites or surf for your own. I tried Word Dynamo and was able to play the flash based games. I also tried Starfall. Both worked like a charm. There is a small keyboard icon in the upper right corner of the browser in case the ipad keyboard doesn't open. The app is free for now. Try it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rover/id483262612?mt=8