Thursday, February 12, 2015

Canva

This application is my new favorite... And yes I say that a lot. I actually just learned about the app BC my students are completing a project where they are creating their own board games with the math content that we have learned.  This app creates posters in minutes.  My students are using this app for the top of their game boxes.  I am going to use this app to create posters for my classroom that I can customize for my own classroom. I am excited with how easy it seems to make and print posters.
I think this app is even better than PowerPoint or Word bc of how fast we can create a poster.  I know that the designing software has more options and would give more creative opportunity, but I love that this app is fast and quick.  This app also has a website www.canva.com and yet again the BEST part is this is a free app!  Happy Designing ❤️!


Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Join Me

I love this application and the convenience of being able to look at a computer screen and not anywhere near that computer.  As a math teacher, I think there are a hundred ways to use this one.  I have used this with colleagues that were not in the same building, and I have shown my students this and I am hope they will be able to use this.  On a personal note, I did use it with my son one day to help in fill out a form, so if you have college age children this could be useful. 
I think that using this with the iPad or iPhone could have great use as well.  Especially long distance fixes.   This app is free and when you use it one person just sends another a code for the two devices to connect, I was able to use this and actually talk by iPhone to my colleague and it was literally like we were in the same room.  Have fun exploring with this one. And again IT IS FREE!