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New iPad App Lets Brooklyn Students Learn Chemistry With Greater Ease – NY1.com

keithfiore — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:32:34 +0000

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New iPad App Lets Brooklyn Students Learn Chemistry With Greater Ease | NY1 News delivers comprehensive coverage of New York City education, as well as breaking news and features.
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App Store – Stack the States

keithfiore — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:55:50 +0000

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Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about Stack the States on the App Store. Download Stack the States and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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Hackety Hack!

keithfiore — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:15:33 +0000

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Hackety Hack is an open source application that teaches the basics of programming in the popular Ruby language. Hackety Hack offers an interactive tutorial that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. While both Scratch and Alice use a graphical programming language with “blocks,” Hackety Hack teaches the basics of Ruby syntax. The tutorial and the text editor are well-integrated, so there isn’t any flipping back-and-forth to move between the How-To guide and the actual coding. Hackety Hack gives students a solid foundation in the language so they can quickly and easily start building their own apps in Ruby.
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Scratch the STEM Itch

keithfiore — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:21:53 +0000

Programming in Scratch

I think it is about time more of our students start applying mathematics and logic earlier in life. It would be great if there was a simplified programming application that would inspire young minds to develop a computer game instead of always buying someone else’s hard work. Does that sound familiar? Have you too secretly been chanting “Let’s stop consuming and start producing?” Great, then you know what I am typing into WordPress then.

Here it is, simplified and ready for your *gasp* third grade class. It is called Scratch, and it is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web.

As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

Scratch is designed with learning and education in mind. As young people create and share projects in Scratch, they develop important design and problem-solving skills, learning how to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

Scratch can be used in many different settings: schools, museums, community centers, and homes. It is intended especially for 8 to 16-year-olds, but younger children can work on Scratch projects with their parents or older siblings, and college students use Scratch in some introductory computer science classes.

If you too want to inspire young minds to think creatively and problem-solve, then you should keep reading!

To learn more about the educational ideas underlying Scratch, there are a lot of resources including a collection of handouts, articles, and papers available:

A collection of one-page overviews on what and how people can create, learn and program with Scratch

Programming Concepts in Scratch
An overview of the computational concepts and skills young people can develop by creating with Scratch

Scratch and 21st Century Learning Skills
An overview of the learning skills young people can develop by creating with Scratch

Learning by Designing
A brief introduction to design-based approaches to learning

If you are an educator, please visit http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources for research and resources, and to explore other Scratch uses in the classroom.

Check out this additional MIT alias for Scratch as well – http://clutter.scratch.mit.edu/
Keep Scratch-in!

Atmosphir

keithfiore — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:21:15 +0000

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Design and play your own adventures for free at http://atmosphir.com ! For those who teach video game classes … a 3D RPG. It is a free 3D world creator with pre-built worlds to customize.
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After the Deadline – Spell, Style, and Grammar Checker for WordPress, Firefox, TinyMCE, jQuery, and CKEditor

keithfiore — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:31:04 +0000

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We use artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology to find your writing errors and offer smart suggestions. Our technology is available under the GNU General Public License. Use “After the Deadline” In your browser: After the Deadline is available as a Firefox add-on and a Google Chrome extension. Now you can use our technology on any site. With your blog: For bloggers, After the Deadline is available as a WordPress plugin. You may also use our Intense Debate plugin to let your readers check their comments. On your site: Add our grammar, style, and spelling checker to your forms with our plugins for jQuery and TinyMCE. Our server technology is open source too. With OpenOffice.org Writer: Our grammar, style, and misused word checker is available as an OpenOffice.org extension.
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Vikido is a social sharing platform, designed for the web and mobile, that brings the entire family together in a fun, safe way.

keithfiore — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:28:29 +0000

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With Vikido, children can create audio, video or pictographic content to share instantly with their parents. Create and share video, audio, text and photos – your imagination will soar as you create memories to capture forever together. Experience educational content and play games – your children can learn new things and you can see what they are doing. Vikido is a safe, child-friendly environment so that your children can join the conversation
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picjuice.com – online photo editor

keithfiore — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:26:45 +0000

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Easy online photo editor… With picjuice you can easily edit your photos: resize, crop, rotate, flip and adjust contrast and color levels. After you have finished, click on the “Save” icon to download your photo.
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boxify.me

keithfiore — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:45:34 +0000

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Boxify.me! A file-sharing SaaS for groups of people. Each box has a private url that can be shared with friends. The people you share with can upload and download from the box – visit http://boxify.me/ for more information
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I-Search – Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology

keithfiore — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:11:41 +0000

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The concept of the I-Search is a strategy where students select a topic they would like to explore related to a subject matter (teacher directed). The students develop a “web” showing what they know about the topic. Student example of a web is shown here
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