Jan 23, 2018
What is TAP Wearable Keyboard?
TAP is a Bluetooth wearable keyboard, mouse, and air gesture controller that turns anything you touch into a smart surface. From controlling robots to making music, people from 65+ countries around the world are using TAP in many new, innovative & creative ways.
How Does it Work?
TAP Wearable Keyboard Modes
- Keyboard Mode – Type letters, numbers, symbols and characters into your smart devices. Use any surface!
- AirMouse Mode – Input & control using Air Gestures into any Bluetooth device
- Optical Mouse Mode – Precise 1,000 DPI optical mouse enables on the go navigation, selection, scrolling, dragging and dropping in any environment using any surface.
- Controller Mode – Turn complex commands into simple finger taps and air gesture swipes to control your favorite apps, games and devices.
- Custom Mode – your Tap Strap 2 is 100% customizable. Use our free, simple & quick TapMapper web tool, open-source SDKs, API’s or Unity plugin to tailor your Taps to your needs.
TAP Wearable Keyboard Specifications
- 5 Accelerometers – Tapping
- 1 IMU – Air Gestures
- 1000 DPI Optical Mouse
- Battery life: 10 Hours (45 mAH)
- Soft Skin TPU
- Bluetooth 4.0+
- HID Commands
What Can You Do With TAP Wearable Keyboard?
It works with nearly every Bluetooth enabled device that accepts HID input and is an ideal product for:
- Texting on your phone, tablet, and computers
- Typing up emails, letters, poems, papers
- Searching on SmartTV’s, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Virtual Reality, Phones,
- Tablets, Computers & Laptops
- Editing spreadsheets on laptops, tablets, and computers
- Controlling PowerPoint Presentation
- Navigate around your computer, tablet & smartphones with the mouse unit
- Select, Copy, Paste, Drag & Drop files, folders, and apps using the mouse
- Creating loops and other effects in music product applications
- Turning complex macros into simple finger taps
- Controlling your favorite videos games on PC and Mac
- Controlling CAD Modeling software
- And much more
What Can You Use TAP Wearable Keyboard With?
It is compatible with the following type of products that accept Bluetooth and HID inputs:
- Android & iOS Smartphones
- Tablets
- Personal Computers (PC’s)
- Laptops
- Projectors
- SmartTV’s
- Apple TV (HD & 4K)
- Amazon Fire Stick
- Xbox One
- Virtual Reality headsets: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive
- Augmented Reality headsets: Microsoft Hololens, Epson Moverio
- Mixed Reality headsets: Microsoft WMR, MagicLeap
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Jan 14, 2018
What is Octopus Watch?
Octopus Watch V2 is the first icon-based watch that empowers kids by teaching good habits and the concept of time, while also encouraging them to stay active with its new fitness tracker.
Parents program visual reminders on their smartphones that will pop up on the watch at certain times. e.g. “Prepare your bag for the swimming lesson.” This watch fosters independence, responsibility, and self-esteem.
How Does this smartwatch for kids Work?
About Octopus Watch V2
• It links time to events thru 2000+ icons*, making it the first clock that young kids can actually read and understand.
(*Additional icons and photo-to-icon tool available with an active Octopus Premium subscription)
• It’s a scheduler for children that fosters responsibility, independence, and self-esteem.
• It’s an assistant that helps parents prioritize expectations and stay consistent with daily routines.
• It’s a fitness tracker that tracks physical activity and more.
Characteristics of the Octopus Watch V2
The smallest and the lightest smartwatch for kids on the market (40mm case, 12mm thin, only 11 grams)
- Dimension (casing only): 1.26 x 1.38 x 0.47 in (3.2 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm)
- Battery: rechargeable 75mAh that lasts 15 days with normal use
- Battery life: 3-5 days with motion-activated, 15 days without motion activated
- Motion sensor: 3-axis digital accelerometer & 3-axis digital gyroscope
- Memory/history: ~2 years of events; 700+ alarms; 1300+ concurrent icons
- Hypoallergenic and swappable wristband
- Band fits wrists with a circumference ranging from 4.92 in to 7.87 in (12.5 cm to 20 cm)
Octopus Watch Motion Edition is not:
- It doesn’t emit sounds.
- It’s not a GPS tracker nor a phone (it does not require a SIM card or phone plan).
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Oct 26, 2017
I Just Sued the School System! School System Speech by Prince Ea
I just sued the school system! By Prince Ea
“Albert Einstein once said: “Everyone’s a genius But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, today on trial we have modern day schooling Glad you could come. Not only does he make fish climb trees, he also makes them climb down and make them do a 10 mile run
Tell me, school, are you proud of the things you’ve done?
Turning millions of people into robots Do you find that fun?
Do you realize how many children relate to that fish swimming upstream in class believing they are useless?
Well the time has come; no more excuses.
I call school the to the stand and accuse him of killing creativity, individuality and being inequality abusive he’s ancient institution has outlived his usage
So, your honor, this concludes my open statement and if I may present the opening of my case I will prove it
Proceed
Exhibit A: here’s a modern day phone; recognize it?
Now here’s a phone from 150 years ago
Big difference, right?
Stay with me, all right
Here’s a car today and here’s a car from 150 years ago?
Big difference right?
Well get this: here’s a classroom of today and here’s a classroom we used 150 years ago
Now isn’t that a shame
In literary over a century, nothing has changed
Yet you claim to prepare students for the future
But with evidence like that I must ask: do you prepare students for the future, or the past?
I did a background check on you and the records show that you were made to trade people to work in factories, which explains why you put students in straight rows nice and neat. Raise your hand if you want to speak, give them a short break to eat, and for eight hours a day tell them what to think
Oh, and make the compete to get an A a letter that determines a product quality hint grade A of meat
I get it, back then times were different
We all have a past; I myself am no Ghandi
But today, we don’t need to make robot zombies
The world had progressed, and now we need people
Who think creatively, innovatively, critically, interdependently, with the ability to connect
You see, every scientist will tell you no two brains are the same
And every parents with two or more children will confirm that claim
So please explain why you treat students like cookie cutter frames
Or snap back caps, giving this one size fits all crap
Watch your language!
Sorry, your honor
But if a doctor prescribed the exact same medicine to all of his patient
The results would be tragic; so many people would get sick
Yet when it comes to school this is exactly what happens.
This educational malpractice where one teacher stands in front of 20 children each one having different strengths different needs different gifts different dreams and you teach the same thing the same way. that’s horrific lady gentlemen the defendant the gentlemen should not be acquitted
This may be one of the worst criminal offenses ever to be committed.
And let’s mention the way you treat your employees
Objection!
Overruled I want to hear this!
It’s a shame I mean teachers have the most important job on the planet yet they are underpaid no wonder why so many students are shortchanged. Let’s be honest teachers should earn just as much as doctors because a doctor can do heart surgery and save the life of a child. But a great teacher can reach the heart of that child and allow him to truly live
You see teachers are heroes that often get blamed. But they aren’t the problem they work in a system with not many options or rights curriculum’s are created by policy makers where most of them haven’t taught a day in their life. Just obsessed with standardized tests they think bubbling in ga multiple choice question will determine success
That’s how outlandish in fact these test are to cruel to be used and should be abandoned. But don’t take my word for it. take Fredrick J Keely and man who invented standardized testing who said and I quote “These tests are too crude to be used and should be abandoned” Ladies and gentlemen of the jury if we continue down this road the results will be literal
I don’t have much faith in in school but I do have faith in people. and if we can customize health care, cars and Facebook pages then it is our duty to do the same for education to upgrade change and do way with school spirit. Because that’s uses unless we are working to bring the spirit out of each and every student that should be our task. No more common core instead let’s reach the core of every heart in every class
Sure math is important but no more than art or dance let’s give every gift an equal chance I know this sounds like a dream but countries like Finland are doing impressive things they have shorter days, teachers make a decent wage homework is non existent they focus on collaboration instead of competition. But here’s the kicker boys and girls there educational outperforms every other country in the world. Other places like Singapore are succeeding rapidly schools like Montessori programs like Khan Academy there is no single solution
But let’s get moving because while students maybe 20% of our population
They are 100% of our future so let’s attend to their dreams and there’s no telling what we can achieve this is a world in which I believe a world where fish are no longer forced to climb trees
I rest my case”
I Just Sued The School System! By Prince Ea
I just sued the school system! By Prince Ea
I just sued the school system! By Prince Ea
I just sued the school system! By Prince Ea
I just sued the school system! By Prince Ea
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Aug 9, 2017
What is Animaker?
Animaker is an online free video maker that allows users to create and share animated videos. Using this software, teachers can make creative educational videos with an easy drag-and-drop interface. Also, they can use the ready-to-edit educational video templates to create both animated and live-action videos in no time!
Characteristic Features
- The video-making app is easy to use and does not require any prior experience in video making. Learning to use the app is a breeze.
- Simply drag and drop characters and other assets to create animated videos.
- You can directly download your video in HD or full HD or share it on Youtube.
- The app supports all major browsers.
- First animated video-making app to use camera movement and object movement together in a smooth manner (you will get to know as you use Animaker).
- The library has a huge collection of characters, backgrounds, properties, effects, sounds, and music to choose from.
- Other features include 2.5D animation, In-built SFX, and multimove. You can either record voice-over or upload a pre-recorded one.
How to Make Educational Videos?
1. Start with a template
Pick an educational video template that suits what you want to teach and customize it quickly. You can also create a video on your own from scratch.
2. Entirely customize the selected template
Customize the selected template as much as you like – swap out every color, font, music, and more with assets in the Animaker library or with your own uploaded assets.
3. Add music to make your lessons interesting
Add music tracks to your videos from the collection of royalty-free music in the Animaker library or by uploading your own music tracks.
4. Download or share your educational videos
Export or directly share it on various social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook pages, Youtube channels to name a few.
Teachers’ Benefits
- Ridiculously easy drag-and-drop interface
Make your educational videos come to life exactly the way you want. Simply drag and drop or swap stuff in pre-made educational video templates, and publish stunning educational videos in a snap.
- Hundreds of stunning, free educational video templates
Choose from over 100+ pre-made, professionally designed educational video templates to create professional, modern educational videos in minutes. All the educational video templates are entirely customizable.
- Create custom characters for every lesson
Make your lessons engaging with animated characters. Create custom characters by altering facial features, expressions, accessories, and more to make them look exactly the way you want!
- Let go of complex animations with advanced features
You don’t have to spend a lot of time animating your characters and properties. With features like smart move and action plus, advanced animations are just a few clicks away.
- Access over 100M stock assets
Find stock assets no matter what topic you are teaching about. With over 100M stock assets in the library, you can find images and videos for any topic that you want!
- Tons of educational properties
Animaker offers a huge library of 30,000+ pre-made animated characters, backgrounds, properties, effects, sounds, and transitions. With a wide range of choices available, you can customize your educational videos to fit any topic.
Get Started
Ready to create educational videos that will skyrocket student engagement?
Take Animaker’s animated educational video maker for a spin today and make your students learn better & remember longer. Get Started here!
Pricing Plan
Get the power, control, and customization you need to manage your team’s & organization’s projects. Compare the pricing plans here.
- Free
- Basic: 10$/month
- Starter: 19$/month
- Pro: 49$/month
- Enterprise: custom pricing
If you are a Student or a Non-Profit Organization looking for a growth plan, contact them here.
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Aug 8, 2017
What is 3D Organon Anatomy?
3D Organon VR Anatomy is an immersive self-discovery experience into the human body where learners can manipulate bones, muscles, vessels, organs, and other anatomical structures in 3D and examine them closely using the virtual reality technology. They will also delve into the body systems, peek under the skin to see what they are made of while reading or hearing anatomical terminology, and studying descriptive texts.
How to Use the 3D Organon VR Anatomy?
Delve into the Future
Organon’s multi-award-winning software platform facilitates accelerated learning and teaching in medical sciences and anatomy across desktop, mobile, and virtual reality devices.
Hands-on Remote Delivery
The multi-user and cross-platform module allow educators to deliver 3D anatomy sessions where students can interact via voice and text chat and will be able to follow the anatomy instruction in real-time.
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Jul 26, 2017
What is Hootsuite?
Hootsuite is a social media management tool where teachers and schools can manage several social media accounts from one dashboard (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.)
They can post and comment from a single dashboard instead of logging into multiple accounts and updating multiple posts. Moreover, this social media management tool allows users to schedule their posts and updates.
How Does it Work?
Features
- Publish – Share and schedule engaging content to your profiles.
- Engage – Address incoming messages and deliver timely replies.
- Monitor – Stay informed about marketing trends and competitors.
- Advertise – Promote your organic and managed paid ads.
- Analyze – Manage your results across all social networks.
Networks / Integrations
- Facebook – A faster way to grow your Facebook audience
- Instagram – Instantly schedule and publish to Instagram
- YouTube – A simpler way to manage YouTube
- LinkedIn – A smarter way to manage your LinkedIn Page
- Twitter – A simpler way to boost your impact on Twitter
- Pinterest – Schedule, publish and inspire with Pinterest
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Jul 6, 2017
What is Trading Card Creator?
The Trading Card Creator tool by ReadWriteThink gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their literacy knowledge and skill when writing about popular culture texts or real-world examples. This interactive allows students to create their own trading card about a real or fictional person, place, object, event, or abstract concept.
These cards can be used with any type of book students are reading or subjects that they are studying, and make for an excellent prewriting exercise for students who are writing narrative stories and need to consider characters, setting, and plot. Specific prompts guide students through the various types of cards, expanding students’ thinking from the basic information and description of the topic to making personal connections to the subject.
The save capability, on ReadWriteThink website or app, gives students a way to work on a draft of their card and come back to it to rework and revise as necessary, and to save their finished product to share with friends and family. Images can be uploaded into the card to give the finished product a complete and polished look.
How Does Trading Card Creator Work?
Samples of Lessons
Grades 1-2: Amelia Bedelia Up Close! Closely Reading a Classic Story
Grades 2-8: Captioning the Civil Rights Movement: Reading the Images, Writing the Words
Grades 3-6: The Houdini Box: What Did Houdini Hide? Writing Creative Endings
Grades 6-8: Trading Information about Minerals Through Trading Cards
Grades K-8: Trading Cards to Comic Strips: Popular Culture Texts and Literacy Learning in Grades K-8
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Apr 30, 2017
What is Animal 4D+ App?
The Animal 4D+ app is created to highlight the beauty and importance of wildlife on Earth. By scanning the flashcards, various animals are magically brought to life in realistic 3D animation through the magic of Augmented Reality for the children to observe, along with their unique sounds and movements.
This series is designed to contribute in building children’s awareness about the diversity of animal species and the importance of preserving, protecting, and saving the ecological balance.
How does it work?
Instructions
1. Download Animal 4D+ app from the App Store or Play Store
2. Open the AR animal app
3. Place the card on a surface and scan it with your device’s camera
4. Input the serial number in the pop up serial box
5. After the authorization is completed, you can directly see the images come alive!
Flashcards’ Specifications
- Language: English
- Cards : 27 pieces (26 Animal Cards + 1 Instructions Card)
- Weight : 90 grams | 0.19 lbs
- Dimension : 11.7 cm x 7.2 cm x 1.1 cm | 4.6 inch x 2.8 inch x 0.4 inch
- Paper Finish: Durable Thick Art Paper (Doff Laminated)
Animal 4D App Details
- Platform : iOS | Android
- Age : 4+
- App Size : 246.3 MB (iOS) | 83 MB (Android)
- Min OS: iOS 7.0 | Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
- Languages: English (US), English (UK), Turkish, Korean, Arabic, Persian, French, Hebrew, Japanese, Spanish, Thai, German, Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia, Italian, Russian, Dutch
Lesson Plan, Case Studies, and Brochure
- Lesson plan:
- Case studies:
- Brochure:
Get The Flashcards
Order your flashcards here: https://technologyeduc.com/product/animal-4d/
Samples of AR Animals Flashcards
Download the Animal 4D app, scan the samples below, and enjoy the experience!
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Feb 15, 2017
Integrating Technology in Sports Classes
In the concept of integrating technology in sports classes, this virtual throwing activity was executed by Lindsay Dillon at West Elementary School using the Friskies JitterBug app. The game was projected from an iPhone using an Apple TV connected to the projector. Teachers controlled when the bugs blow up since it was projected on the wall and not on a touchable screen, but the kids didn’t have to know that and they loved the game!
How Do Kids Play this Game?
Download the Friskies JitterBug App
Download the App from Apple Store or from Google Play.
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Dec 5, 2016
What is Santa’s World App?
Santa’s World app is a Christmas app for kids that allows learners to help Santa and his elves make toys in the workshop, learn the alphabet, choose ornaments for the tree, and pack the toys for the sleigh! It is a fun Christmas-themed game that encourages learning through task-based activities.
How Does this Christmas App for Kids Work?
Santa’s World App Features
Dress Santa!
Help dress Santa for Christmas, you choose the outfit, hairstyle, hat, and mustache color! Every year is different, he needs your help to be ready for the sleigh.
Learn the Alphabet
As balloons shoot across the sky, pop them and discover what type of Christmas present they are holding. Every letter is a Christmas present, learn all the letters of the alphabet with this interesting Christmas app for kids!
Help the Elves in the workshop
The elves are on strict deadlines and need your help! Build toys for Christmas, choose the building tools, numbers, colors, and musical instruments for Santa’s Sleigh!
Prepare the Christmas tree for Santa
Make the Christmas tree perfect this year, there are countless types of ornaments and colored bulbs to help Santa make it beautiful. Match all the ornaments on the tree, can you match them all?
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Jul 29, 2016
What is this Game?
Let your students enjoy this engaging Shot Clock Math basketball Game by Roomrecess.com and learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division! Ask them to shoot the ball into the basket that shows the correct answer!
How Does it Work?
Instructions
How good is your aim? Look at the problem, then shoot the ball into the correct basket. Shots made at the end are worth 3 points! Keep an eye on the shot clock and use good shooting form.
Play the Game
Play the math game here.
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Jun 19, 2016
What is Powtoon?
Powtoon is a free video maker that allows teachers to easily create animated videos and presentations by selecting live-action videos, images, designed backgrounds, soundtracks, and moving graphics from royalty-free libraries of animation, or by using their own visual content and voiceover.
Students can also use this tool to create quality animated video presentations to showcase their understanding of a specific topic.
Powtoon Education Package
Choose from a huge selection of school-friendly footage, scenes, animations, characters, fonts, and music to create videos and presentations that keep your students on the edge of their seats.
You can also add it to your current classroom tech stack to work alongside tools you already love like Google Classroom, SlideShare, PowerPoint, Wistia, Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.
Find more info about the Education Package here.
QuickStart Guide
Learn quick ways to make engaging and exciting videos here!
11 Ways to Integrate this Tool in Your Classroom
Find 11 quick & amazing ways to use this tool in your classroom here. You will also enjoy 8 bonus lesson ideas!
Why teachers & Students Love this Tool?
- Endless use cases for both teachers and students in a blended learning environment
- Creativity is unleashed and class content is more memorable and impactful
- Co-teachers can easily collaborate and reuse templates again and again
- Students can develop lifelong skills such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration
- Students help students learn through cooperative projects
- This video maker tool makes class FUN!
Samples of Powtoon Education Videos
School Rules by Mrs. Andrea Soriano
Elements of Drama by Mrs. Alicea
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