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Minecraft in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. This is a perfect idea for special ed teachers and parents who want to use today’s show and make books Book Creator will let you record audio and video AND share the link with parents. That would explain what that is.

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How to Use Metaverse: Awesome Augmented Reality and New Features

The CoolCatTeacher

Getting Started in Metaverse: Use this Metaverse Studio tour video to get started whenever you’re ready. The instant feedback, ability to create multiple paths (or branches), embed videos, 3D characters, websites, and even 360 experiences make this tool immediately interactive and usable for students.

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8 maker tools to inspire next-gen innovation and design

eSchool News

The “maker movement” can play an important role in getting kids interested in innovation and design, and littleBits —which makes easy-to-use electronic building blocks—is finding itself at the center of this movement. Nova Labs is a free digital platform that engages teens in games that foster scientific inquiry.

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3DBear Review: The Augmented Reality Classroom Pro

The CoolCatTeacher

So, for example, as you can see in the simple holiday theme below, students “decorated our room” in AR as they were learning the features and tools of 3D Bear. Students created holiday scenes that they filmed and shared via video using 3D Bear. What Else Can You Do With 3DBear?

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

It allows you to take photos and videos of what you are seeing. And it also has, within the apps, the ability to take photos and to take videos. So you can actually video and document what it is that you are seeing through the augmented reality. So some of them just put a lot of videos and pictures and clips in.

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Drones in the Classroom: Teaching Writing and Collaboration with Drones

The CoolCatTeacher

So all of this type of discerning and analyzing information for the best method to convey — whether it be via a picture or a video. We do an introductory safety montage video for the kids, and then we get them to say the phrase, “Watch out for flying drones.” I broke my own rule, which is, “Watch out for flying droids.”.

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Teacher: Know Thyself – School Culture Shift is About the People

techlearning

4 [ Game-Based Learning Yields Empathetic Understanding ] Adopters You can take a personality test, a learning style inventory, or even a which-character-are-you quiz, but I would argue the power of meaningful self-perception.