Game Changing Tools and Apps!

Seesaw is one of the most meaningful and impactful tools used in the classroom today!  

Watch the video below to see classroom application 

thanks to @topdogteacher & @topdogkids 

https://web.seesaw.me

Pixel Press: Floors

Pixel Press Floors is changing the way we experience mobile games by letting anyone be the creator, publisher and player of their own video game. With our creator platform, you can literally draw your own video game - no coding required.

Imagine playing games from around the world that all began from just an idea on paper! 

By recognizing the shapes (“glyphs”) you draw on paper or in the app using our “Draw-in-App” tools, we instantly turn your level blueprint into a game that can be tested, designed, played - and most importantly, published to the “Arcade” where others can enjoy your level and you can track how many times it’s played.

   

Adobe Spark consists of:

• Adobe Spark web app: a browser-based web experience for creating social posts and graphics, web stories and animated videos.
• Spark Post: an iOS mobile app that enables anyone to create stunning social posts and graphics in seconds. (previously Adobe Post)
• Spark Page: an iOS mobile app that helps users create beautiful web stories. (previously Adobe Slate)
• Spark Video: an iOS mobile app that enables users to create compelling animated videos in minutes. (previously Adobe Voice)

Gravity Sketch

Making 3D creation fun, free and enjoyable. With Gravity Sketch, create beautiful 3D models in a matter of seconds. Characters, planes, spaceships, furniture, glassware, rings, pendants everything that you build can be 3D printed in plastic, metal or ceramics.

The Gravity Sketch app is perfect for students and teachers who want to illustrate their projects, kids who want to create their own toys. 

Mystery Word Town

Mystery Word Town uses 3 different levels of difficulty to accommodate a wide range of students. Level 1 "Easy" helps students master a foundation of sight words before increasing to Level 2 "Medium" and Level 3 "Hard" for in depth spelling practice. I love how the word list for each level is included. 

Another great feature is the ability to spell your own words, or listen to the word first, then spell it. This feature helps those students who need an audio cue. 

kills targeted in Mystery Word Town:

• Spelling practice integrated with a rich, immersive game experience
• Unlimited user accounts - create your own avatar and save your game progress
• 3 skill levels and 2 game modes provide a highly customizable and flexible learning experience for a range of ages
• Optional audio hints speak the words from the selected word list
• Visual hints provide scaffolding for difficult words
• Quirky characters and backstory are revealed as you recover the missing gold and capture the outlaws
• Promotes strategic and critical thinking

123D Catch 

Turn ordinary photos into extraordinary 3D models. Capture places, people and things in 3D using your iPad, iPhone, Android device, or any camera. Share your catches, or 3D print a real object!

Quick Start Guide and Video Tutorials her

Morphi

Morphi is a new 3D modeling and printing app for all! In Morphi, anyone can create printable 3D models (STL files) on the go using touch, without wifi or a mouse. Try the app for free and buy additional tools and features in our In-App Store.

Tinkerplay (Formerly Modio)

Modio has been acquired by Autodesk and renamed as Tinkerplay. According to the Modio website, this is the reason for the new name:

"You may be wondering why the name change? Well, Tinkercad is an incredible web app from Autodesk that allows you to create custom 3D parts and we will be working on making Tinkercad and Tinkerplay work closely together in the future. As a first step, we’ve added a number of Tinkerplay parts and connectors to Tinkercad so you can start to experiment with making your own parts. "

Tinkerplay gives you the ability to unleash your creativity and design 3D characters. Tinkerplay has a large built in library of shapes, textures,  and colors to design and personalize your character. Also included are character templates that walk you through you how to create. Full multi-touch support allows you to design and build with friends. You can modify and move each part and your finished creation can be exported to work with any desktop 3D printer.  

Canva

Canva makes it easy for everyone to create like a professional graphic designer! Canva started out as web tool but recently has released their first app for the iPad. Using a drag and drop interface, you can select from a wide variety of templates with a library of over 1 million images. Canva recently introduced Design School. Design School has a large collection of design essential tutorials that guide you through the creation process. The Design School a blog with many helping posts, and a teaching materials section with lessons on different elements of graphic design. Teachers and students can use Canva to create newsletters, posters, social media posts, invitations to open house or parent/teacher conferences, presentations, and much more! I absolutely love this tool and the new app works amazing. 

TinkerCAD

Tinkercad is a great web tool to teach students how to build various 3D models. It has many short lessons to teaching students how to create:

• Home Decor
• Figures
• Mini Boat
• Model Train
• Jewelry
• Buttons
• Personalized Luggage Tag
• Die
• Ruler
• Glasses
• Cufflinks
• Key Ring

Once the students are done creating their 3D model, Tinkercad gives them the option to download for 3D Printing, download for Minecraft, order a 3D Print, or upload to Thingiverse. 

A 3D Model of Sylvester created with Structure Sensor and uploaded to Tinkercad 

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Mystery Math Museum

If you like Mystery Math Town, you’re really going to like the sequel.
Featuring a brand new town with 8 themed museums and an entirely new cast of quirky characters (along with some old friends) to add to your gallery. And...we’ve added division to the math practice options.

Your mission: Help a friendly and curious little ghost rescue the dragonflies that are hidden in Mystery Math Museum. Players use math skills to unlock rooms and passages on their epic journey. Along the way, you can also earn talking portraits for your Gallery. Every picture has a story to tell and the colorful cast of characters in the museums have plenty to say. 
(summery and picture from http://www.mysterymathmuseum.com)

Download iOS App HERE

Remind

Remind is a safe, fast, and easy way from teachers to communicate with students and parents. Teachers never see students' phone numbers and students' never see theirs. Remind 101 allows you to send a text or email to every student and parent in your classes. It also allows you to schedule messages ahead of time and view the history or messages sent! We were lucky to meet Brett Kopf and his team at ISTE. 

They were great people who are helping change the way teachers communicate with students and parents. They are continuously working to improve Remind and enjoy hearing feedback from teachers. Check out the short introduction video below and don't wait to sign up for your FREE account HERE!

Download free Remind app

Explain Everything

Cargo-Bot

The first game programmed entirely on the iPad using the Codea app. Cargo-Bot is a puzzle game where you teach a robot how to move crates. Sounds simple, right?

It features 36 fiendishly clever puzzles, haunting music and stunning retina graphics. You can even record your solutions and share them on YouTube to show your friends.(Information from http://twolivesleft.com/CargoBot/)
We have used this application in our classroom to promote teamwork, problem solving, persistence, and coding. 

Mystery Math Town

I remember reading about Mystery Math Town a couple weeks ago before it came out. Today was the first chance I was able to get it in the hands of my students and they LOVED it! Below is some information from www.mysterymathtown.com

Your mission: Help a friendly and curious little ghost rescue the fireflies that are hidden in Mystery Math Town. Players use math skills to unlock rooms and passages on their enchanting journey. Along the way, you can also earn talking portraits of the townspeople for your Gallery. Every picture has a story to tell and the colorful cast of characters in this town have plenty to say.

• Math practice integrated with a rich, immersive game experience

• Multiple user accounts – create your own avatar

• Customizable math skills for each player:

- Addition

- Subtraction

- Multiplication

- Varied Number Representations (dice and tallies)

• Players develop math thought by building equations, not just tapping answers

• Bonus challenges for extended gameplay

• Unique rewards reveal characters and backstory

• Requires strategy and critical thinking