Saturday, April 27, 2013

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Review

Probably one of the most phenomenal phablets of all time! Samsung was not mistaken to release this one-of-a-kind, do-it-all technology. When the first Samsung Note was released, there were mixed reactions from people regarding its specs and what it can offer. Overtime, people were convinced that the Samsung Note did have a lot to offer. Then came the Samsung Galaxy Note II. There was a lot of

Thursday, April 25, 2013

ClassWith.Us A New SMS Parent-Teacher Communication Tool

ClassWith.Us is a brand new text alert tool that focuses on parent-teacher communication.  The focus is on making sure that the teacher can easily let parents know about a child's progress in school on a daily basis.  I can see this tool being extremely helpful in elementary classrooms, where the teacher can give a quick update at the end of each week.  I also can see how this tool could be helpful with students with special needs or students who come from families where texting is a primary form of communication.  For example a student may come from a family that is more comfortable with text messages than having to speak with a teacher on the phone.  The ClassWith.Us website archives all communication between parents and teacher.  In addition, it makes allowances for non-traditional families, allowing all people involved in the parenting to see the communication about the student.  I could see this portion of the service being helpful for divorced or single parents who may not communicate well with their child's other parent.  ClassWith.Us has a free portion but if you want any "extra" features such as file attachments or multiple messages sent each day, you would have to pay for the "paid" version.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Adobe Flash Player APK v11.1.115.37 for Android 4.0



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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Buying Amazon Kindle in India




Are You Looking Towards Buying The Amazon Kindle in India?

Amazon Kindle is arguably the best personal gadget out there! Many in my home country are looking towards buying Kindle in India. Amazon.com usually doesn't offer shipping of many products to India. I just do my window shoppin at Amazon and ogle at the products. When I came across the Kindle page I was surprised to see that they offer

Friday, April 19, 2013

Socrative for Mobile Polling Just Got Better!

On of my favorite free resources for mobile polling, surveys and brainstorming is Socrative.  Socrative can work on any mobile device with Internet access.  Socrative just got better!  Socrative added two new features that allow for more choice in instruction as well as representation in presentation.  You can now add images to quizzes as well as grade short answer surveys!

So how do I use Socrative in my classroom?  Below are a few ways that I have used it with my preservice teachers in our university courses.  
1)  Entrance Tickets
As soon as the students enter the classroom they log into Socrative (via their laptop, cell phone or iPod/iPad) and answer the getting started question.  This helps to focus the students as well as give me some data to work from for the class period.

2)  Collaborative Group Work Feedback
When I have 5 or 6 groups of students working on a project, I often use Socrative to gather feedback and to assess thinking and progress.  Sometimes I create a "quiz" in Socrative beforehand that I ask them to use as a guide as they are doing their group work.  As they progress through the quiz, I can see (in realtime) on Socrative where they are at in their group work as well as their "thinking" around different topics.  I often project the results in real time so all groups can benefit from the efforts of each group.

3)  Attendance
This is a very simple application of Socrative, but useful.  I ask the students to log into the Socrative room and post their name so that they get their attendance credit (since Socrative logs the time in, I can see who was tardy or on time).


4)  Quick Checks
Since Socrative does not require your to "create" a multiple choice question before using the tool (instead you just select Multiple Choice and it just gives answers of A, B, C, D, E), you can ask multiple choice or free response questions spontaneously in class when you feel as though you need to get a better understanding of what the students are learning or missing.  Then I can modify my teaching "in the moment" to better meet my students needs.   I tend to get a lot of responses this way (as opposed to asking them to share aloud) because it is anonymous.


5)  For Absent Students
When students are absent, they can download the PowerPoint Lecture, but they miss the collaboration that occurred in class.  When I use Socrative for group work and brainstorming in class, the absent students can benefit from the exported spreadsheets to see the thoughts communicated in class.

How do you use Socrative?

Thursday, April 18, 2013

How to Buy a New Unlocked Cell Phone



Buying a new, unlocked cell phone has many advantages. If you enjoy traveling, or are required to travel for business purposes, an unlocked cell phone will allow you to place a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card from any cell phone provider into the phone, which can usually result in lower roaming or service costs. Buying an unlocked cell phone may also prevent you from having to agree to a

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Photoshop Touch for Phone v1.1.0 Apk



$4.99
Photoshop Touch for phone v1.1.0 Apk | 20 MB | Mediafire. Requires Android:4.0 and up
Bring the fun and creative possibilities of Adobe® Photoshop® software to your phone with Adobe Photoshop Touch for phone!!

App Review:

Transform your images with core Photoshop features. Combine images, apply professional effects, and share results with friends and family through Facebook and Twitter