I just created a new page about the apps I use on my iPad and Nexus One. These apps I use at home with my son, Gabo, who is in grade 2.
Each one I listed is tested and approved by the Baker family. Try these apps on your favorite mobile devices and enjoy the convenience of anytime, anywhere learning and fun. Math Workout, for example, is a great activity for a taxi ride.
What are your favorite apps?
Want to simplify your workload when blogging? MarsEdit 3.1 is a desktop blog editor that can make your workflow better.
With this blog editor you can create posts and pages quickly and easily without going online. Get an idea for a post when your in the taxi on your way home? Just open MarsEdit and and begin to create it. You can schedule it to publish next time your are online or publish it manually when you are ready.
I really like MarsEdit for re-posting. Often I need to publish to three or four different sites. I can do that very easily with MarsEdit. I don’t need to copy and past. I just select where I want the original post to be published and hit Send to Blog. If you want to know more about MarsEdit, just ask me. Josianne is also using it and likes it a lot. Ask her why.
MacWorld Review > MarsEdit 3.1
UPDATE: We can embed these enhanced videos without the recommended plugin. So, just ignore the WordPress advice about the plugin and simply embed the video in your post or page. See my embedded example below.
You can share a YouTube video on your site and enhance it with EmbedPlus. This tool can make videos more interactive and significant. Check out its list of features.
Some possible uses
There’s a scene in a video that refers to a question you explored in a class discussion. You could point that out with a timed annotation. Students find the original video difficult to navigate. The zoom and slow-motion features can make the video more accessible them.
How it works
EmbedPlus is a web-based tool with an easy-to-use interface. First, it asks for the video URL. Then it gives you some customization options for size, start time, and scene markers. In the next step, you get real-time reactions and annotation options. After filling those in, you get the embed code and short link.
Or view it online Daniel Pink: Education and Changing World of Work.
Good to know
We need to install and activate the Raw HTML plugin before we paste the EmbedPlus widget code. I’m looking into this now and will let you know here when I know more.
When pasting embed code, be sure to use the HTML tab not the Visual tab. 
You still need a VPN to view embedded YouTube videos.
Hat tip to Steve Katz for his post Embed Plus.
Fotobabble lets you create talking photos in two clicks. Simply upload a photo and then record your voice directly through your computer to create a talking photo. You can easily share it by e-mail, Facebook, Twitter or embed it into a blog or website.
It’s free and all completely web-based. No software to download, just register and get started in seconds.
“Let’s hear it for innovative ways to help students get more excited about reading… AND… the legal, transformative remixing of copyrighted works like the song, “I’ve Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas! The five minute YouTube video, “Gotta Keep Reading,” was created by students and staff at Ocoee Middle School, working with college students from Full Sail University.”
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
It’s been more quiet than usual around here. That’s because I’ve been working on a new site hosted at http://istianjinelearning.org/blog/todbaker. I’m calling it IT K5. It’s where I write about classroom and other edtech news from the perspective of a teacher. For this site, I write mostly from the perspective of my other role, the IT coordinator. I’m not sure what to do with these two sites yet. Do I keep them separate or bring them together? For now, I’ll maintain both of them and see where the discussions lead me. If I’m sharing the same ideas and talking the same edtech on both sites, well then I might as well merge the two sites. We’ll see.
