Study.com

Study.com is a excellent site for finding educational videos that I just found out about from Class Tech Tips.  This is a great place to find thousands of videos on a wide range of subjects s
uch as: Math, Science, History, and more.  Best of all, a paid subscription allows an educator to create a virtual classroom, create/add lessons, grade assignments, and more.

I highly recommend checking out Study.com by clicking here!!!

RoomRecess Math Games

RoomRecess one of my favorite sites around for free online educational games, has a Math page dedicated to K-5 students.  This page has a number of different style games such as: RPG, platform, sports, etc. to help students learn and keep them engaged in this fun way.  Best of all, Elementary students can find a wide range of Math topics from addition and subtraction, to decimals, fractions, and making change, and much much more.

I highly recommend checking out RoomRecess Math Games by clicking here!!!

Jump Numbers

Jump Numbers is the new educational Math game by Artgig Studio (Mystery Math Town) for adding and counting numbers.  The way this work is a player jumps across platforms of numbers going in whatever sequential order the level provides (i.e. one, four, twelve, etc) while rescuing Snortles and squishing numbers to get to the other side.

Here is more info...

• Practice skip counting and mental math as you squish numbers together
• Apply multiplication knowledge to figure out the next number
• Game difficulty adapts to your own skills, so you will be challenged, but not overwhelmed
• Hints are always available, because sometimes the obvious just isn’t obvious
• Make your path in any direction you like - where it leads is up to you
• Every game screen is dynamically generated, so you never play the same game twice
• Earn bonus beach balls to play with at the beach party!
• 6 environments to cross, 141 Snortles to rescue, so many numbers to squish
• Play and replay levels to rescue all the Snortles
• Option to turn off Stompers and fuses for a more relaxing math journey
• Unlimited user accounts

Below is a brief demo...



I highly recommend checking out Jump Numbers by clicking here!!!

Project Screen Store

Projector Screen Store is a great site for educators or parents looking to find screens, projectors, cables, and more for home or their classroom.  Also, this is an ideal place to find good deals and other resources such as: how to build a home theater or how a green screen works.

I highly recommend checking out Projector Screen Store by clicking here!!!

For an interesting read on the evolution of the green screen click here.

*Projector Screen Store is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Sketch Nation

Sketch Nation the amazing free web tool or mobile app (iOS/Android) has just released their latest update to bring new exciting features to game creation.  Students can now create a multiplayer "platform" game in their new "Arena".  Also, users now have the ability to upload their own sound effects or music to add into a game,

Here are more details regarding Version 4.2...

* Side Running, Arena and Platformer now have double jump as an option. * All genres now have a powerup duration slider for changing the player. * New Background scrolling, Zero gravity, Always moving, and Player firing direction on Arena and Platformer. This lets you create RACING and ROLE PLAYING type games! * Hold down the shoot button to fire. * Match 3 can now generate a powerup when matching 3, 4 or 5 tiles at the same time. * Lots of bug fixes. Also, new tutorials (i.e. storytelling, multi-level games) and Lesson ideas for teachers can be found here. I highly recommend checking out Sketch Nation by clicking here!!! *Sketch Nation is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Sentence Master

Sentence Master is a fun iOS app to help students work on their Language Arts and Grammar skills.  This is done through a simple game where users select a word (from a list of scrambled ones) to form a correct sentence.  Scoring is done by how fast a person completes the sentence.  Sentence Master has 4 difficulty settings and is also multiplayer.

For a more detailed review check out Edshelf by clicking here.

I highly recommend checking out Sentence Master by clicking here!!!

Answerables

Answerables the innovative educational tool that combines the best features of game based learning w/ a learning management system has just released their free iPad app.  Answerables is being used by educators in a variety of ways from collaborating w/ other classes, to browsing the web, all in a secure 3D virtual environment.

Answerables is used as a:

• Virtual classroom 
• Lesson planner
• Learning manager 
• Quest creator
• Resource manager 
• Web browser (managed)
• Social Network
• Student portfolio
• Presentation space

Features include:

• Multiplayer game environment
• Learning management system
• Quests and badges
• Assessment tools
• Analytics
• Resource/Content management system
• Web browser
• Secure audio/video streaming

I highly recommend checking out Answerables by clicking here!!!

*Answerables is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.