This is Aurasma. Aurasma is a way to use technology to create a video presentation or photo and keep that documented file or video saved on a physical object that you took a picture of. Kinda confusing explanation. A simpler way of describing it is allows you to "save" a photo/video to an object, and other viewers can "scan" the object in order to know more about it. It's interesting...It can be very useful in a classroom because you can have an written object a student made (like a poem) and have them take a video of themselves reading it. You can then take a mobile device (Apple iPad/iPhone) and "scan" it by using the app and placing your device on the poem, and the video with the student will come up of him/her reading it. There can be many other things you can use it on, like setting out different objects (maybe for a science lesson) and allow students to "scan" them to gain access to knowledge about them, or a video of instruction about it. It is a fun way to let students have technology, yet it can help with students giving presentations. There are many other ways you could use it too (like setting different types of leaves, and having students guess what type of tree it is, and then scanning for the actual answer) Check 'em out on their homepage!
Popplet is a graphic organizer which allows the teacher, or presenter, to create and share
the project to the audience and allowing them to edit, comment, or view it through different interfaces (such as this). It's easy to use, slick interface, and great for a teacher who wishes to present their lesson in a new form. The biggest quirk about it is that it uses the subscription-based method in order to gain funding. For a free version (which I created this one) it gives the person 5 free "popplets", or templates, to work with. I'd say that's still useful! There's always the delete button! This one is a Popplet I created for a simplified Taxonomy lesson.
This is eduCanon. It's a a newer program. eduCanon is site that allows you to put stops and questions on top of a YouTube Video in order to allow students time to think and answers questions regarding the video.This is a very useful tool for a teacher within their classroom! Check 'em out! I have a feeling they will be getting quite popular eventually. http://educanon.com/
This is Pearltree. I have been on it for a 3 years, but have really been using it recently. It's great for research, ideas, and connecting with others to collaborate on projects.
