Classflow + ActivInspire + Mobile Devices

The ultimate app smashing is now available through a website called CLASSFLOW. What is Classflow you may ask? It is all-in-one teaching tool that let's the user import Promethean flipcharts and then send "cards" (what we view as slides) to students on iOS or Android devices via the free student app. The best part of Classflow is that you do not have to recreate lessons. If you are using ActivInspire and have flipcharts already created then those can be imported with Classflow.

What can teachers do with Classflow:

• Deliver interactive multi-media lessons throughout your connected classroom via...
• iOS, Android, Windows 8 apps OR any device with a web browser.
• Classflow teacher app to move throughout your classroom, navigating your lesson content, sharing content with your students all from your tablet (wirelessly).
• Receive real-time insight into student learning and progress through formative assessment. 
• Assess student learning with a broad range of question types - creative response, text, multiple choice, equation, sort in order, etc.
• Share real-time student progress
• Customize multi-media lesson content
• Organize students into different learning groups and then assign content to those groups.
• Create and store your lessons
• Use SMART notebooks, PDFs, Promethean ActivInspire flipcharts, Microsoft Word and PowerPoints, etc.
• Search and import files from Google Drive and Dropbox.

Things to know about Classflow:

• Students join a class via a class code. No email is needed to register. Student apps are free at iTunes store, Google Play store and Windows Store.
• Content inside a lesson are not automatically sent to a student when they join the class. The teacher must send each card (slide) to the student user. 
• Some ActivInspire features are not functional when flipcharts are imported. See the list here.
• When using iOS devices change the Auto-Lock feature to "NEVER" so students are not logged out of the session. 
• Classflow has great video guides on YouTube - click here for the channel. 

Watch the Classflow Demo Video:

Apps Just For Coaches

Since coaching is where I got my start, I thought I would share four apps that can be used for coaching instruction. At first glance, my thought was "where were these when I was teaching a left-handed slapper to bunt." These tools allow coaches to video tape an athlete, slow-speed review, annotate on video and highlight techniques that are either excellent or need improvement.Coaching is about immediate feedback and what better way to offer this than by video. It makes coaching much easier when a student can actually see themselves on film.

Here are the app recommendations:

Coach My Video Mobile 
Cost: FREE (for a limited time only)
Device: iOS only; compatible with iPhone, iPod, iPad


Benefits of Using this App:
☆ Real-time Video-Instruction: IMMEDIATE, ON-THE-SPOT COACHING
☆ Frame-Capture: get the PERFECT PICTURE
☆ Instantly REVIEW and ANALYZE videos in Slow-motion:
☆ FORWARD / REVERSE / PAUSE / & 3-Second INSTANT-REPLAY ↺
☆ FRAME-BY-FRAME control
☆ ACCESS VIDEOS & IMAGES directly from your CAMERA ROLL
☆ CAPTURE the perfect action-shot: Save FULL-RESOLUTION IMAGES from your HD videos!
☆ DRAW on Videos & Photos using LINES, CIRCLES, RECTANGLES & FREEHAND.
☆ Calculate the ANGLE between lines
☆ ZOOM option
☆ ADVANCED VIDEO-EMAILING OPTIONS: Email HD-video directly from your device!

Sample Video:

Coach My Video Private
Cost: $1.99
Device: iOS only; compatible with iPhone, iPod, iPad


Benefits of Using this App:  
☆ Frame-by-frame & slow-motion video analysis
☆ Draw/mark-up your video in our telestrator
☆ Coach / Chalk-up on-line REFERENCE VIDEOS *without* leaving the App
☆ Email+ video-sharing, up to 720p HD
☆ Frame-Capture in Full Resolution from HD videos
☆ AirPlay Connectivity for the iPhone 5 and iPad: control your video on the large-screen from the palm of your hand.
☆ Customize the iPad's home page with your own branding- contact us for more information
☆ Instant-access to Camera Roll and Photo Albums (no waiting for video-import)
☆ iPad: STOPWATCH: easily time splits, etc. on a video
☆ iPad: side-side comparison with synch-playback
☆ iPad: side-side comparison with REFERENCE VIDEOS

Coach's Eye
Cost:$4.99
Devices:  iOS and Android


Benefits of Using this App: 
☆ VIDEO CAPTURE AND IMPORT
       ★ Record HD video.
       ★ Import video from your device’s Camera Roll, email, or apps like Dropbox.
       ★ Instant import of videos shared from other Coach's Eye users.

☆ INSTANT VIDEO ANALYSIS
       ★ Slow-motion video review is easy using our flywheel for precise video scrubbing.
       ★ Zoom and pan videos during analysis to see just the details that matter.
       ★ Draw on videos using lines, arrows, circles, squares, and freehand tools.
       ★ Create videos that include audio commentary, annotations, and slow-motion.

☆ SIMPLE VIDEO SHARING
       ★ Email/Text Message
       ★ Facebook/Twitter
       ★ YouTube
       ★ Device Camera Roll
       ★ Other Apps (Dropbox, GoodReader, Evernote, and more).
       ★ Use Coach's Eye on the big screen for optimal video analysis in a group setting.
       ★ Free online account gives you web access to videos you have shared or liked.

Ubersense Coach
Cost:  FREE
Device: iOS only


Benefits of Using this App:
☆ Record HD video and playback frame-by-frame.
☆ Instant slow motion analysis, zoom and advanced drawing tools for any sport.
☆ Compare videos side-by-side or overlay using slow-motion controls.
☆ Create video reviews with audio commentary and annotations.
☆ Import videos from Camera Roll, email, and apps like Dropbox.
☆ Share instantly with athletes, coaches and friends directly from your phone or tablet

Getting Started with Ubersense (video)

Build Your Own Event App with Yapp

Build your own event app? Absolutely. Why am I just learning about Yapp? Today's post from Edudemic caught my eye with the words "event app." Each year my colleagues and I put together a virtual conference for our district. Yapp offers us a way to create an app for our conference. I could not be more ecstatic. Take a look at what Yapp can offer for you.

Special Features of Yapp:
☆ Invitation – Get all the key information in the palm of your hand
☆ Schedule – See up-to-the minute information so you know where to be when
☆ People – Get bios on people, sponsors, and key contacts
☆ News Feed – Connect with others and receive breaking news
☆ Photo sharing – Take and share photos. See official photos in the Gallery
☆ Offline browsing – See your content even if you are out of network range

NOTE: At this time you can only login with Yapp or create a Yapp account by logging into your Facebook account. Yapp has stated that they are working on another login solution but until then you can only use a Facebook account to login.

 Screenshots of Yapp:

 

 Yapp Tour Video:

Introducing the Socrative Garden

Socrative now has a learning community filled with ideas, videos, user guide, and samples from classrooms. If you are not familiar with Socrative, let me introduce you to a simple student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Mobile apps are also available for iOS and Android devices. Visit the Socrative Garden by clicking here.

Socrative User Guide:

Users guide-how-to-v4 from Kristie Johnson

Socrative How-To Create an Activity/Quiz Video

How To - Create Quiz/Activity from Socrative Inc. on Vimeo.

Favorite Apps of 2012

As the year 2012 ends I decided to share my favorite apps by category for the year. These are great apps that I find myself using on a regular basis. Most of them are free, but the paid ones are worth every penny. The best advice I can give is to download AppsGoneFree app and AppShopper app so you can find free or discounted apps for your apps library.

Education

Socrative: Student and Teacher
Platform: Web-based, iOS student/iOS teacher, Android (student / teacher)
Price: FREE
Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets

Educreations
Platform: Web-based, iOS (requires iOS 4.3 or later)
Price: FREE
Educreations is a recordable interactive whiteboard that captures your voice and handwriting to produce amazing video lessons that you can share online. Students and colleagues can replay your lessons in any web browser, or from within our app on their iPads.

Flashcard [+]
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 5.0 or later)
Price: FREE
Flashcard [+] allows users to create and share cards, organize cards into folders, combine or split decks, Text-to-Speech, and download flashcards from Quizlet.


Photography

Phonto
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 5.0 or later); Android (requires 2.2 or later)
Price: FREE
Phonto is an application that allows you to add text to pictures. Text color, size, and gradient is changeable; items are available to add; and share on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

PicFrame
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 4.3 or later); Android (requires 2.1 or later)
Price: $.99
PicFrame helps you combine multiple photos into amazing looking frames with 71 fully adjustable frames supporting up to 9 photos, text labels, rounded corners, photo effects, shapes, shadows, and plenty of patterns.

Big Lens
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 4.0 or later)
Price: $.99
Big Lens turns your mobile device into a SLR camera with their smart focus system, apeture control, filter effects, instant focus/blur tool, and a before/after preview.


Social Media

Instagram
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 4.3 or later); Android (requires 2.2 or later)
Price: FREE
Instagram is a fast and easy way for users to create photos, add filters, share photos, follow and comment on friends' photos. Think of it as social media through pictures.

Twitter
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 5.0 or later); Android (requires 3.6 or later)
Price: FREE
Twitter app has been much improved...toggle between multiple Twitter accounts, tweet from within a webpage, choose one of 8 filters to edit pictures within the app (all devices but iPad), and add background to your account header.

Hootsuite
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 5.0 or later); Android
Price: FREE
Hootsuite is a web-based application and has mobile apps that allow the user to manage multiple Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN and Foursquare accounts. My favorite features are URL shortener, schedule events and send updates to all accounts with one push. 

Productivity

Google Drive
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 5.0 or later); Android (requires 2.1 or later)
Price: FREE
Google Drive apps allows users to create and edit Google documents and spreadsheets, view offline files, view all files within Google accounts and share photos.

CloudOn
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 5.0 or later); Android (requires 3.1 or later)
Price: FREE
CloudOn brings Microsoft Office to iPhone, iPad and Android devices and links to Box, Dropbox, and Google Drive accounts. Create, review and edit Microsoft Office documents and link to cloud accounts.

PDF Max Pro 
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 4.0 or later)
Price: $7.99
PDF Max Pro is for those looking for a full-featured PDF annotating, form-filling and note taking app. Also changes made to PDF files synchronize between all iCloud devices.


Lifestyle

My Fitness Pal
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 5.0 or later); Android (varies on device)
Price: FREE
My Firtness Pal is the largest calorie counter app on the market. Use the apps recipes calculator, scan barcodes for calories, choose from over 2, 000,000 foods in the database and track cardio and strength exercises.

iPlan Calendar
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 5.0 or later)
Price: $.99 (on sale for a limited time)
iPlan calendar is a new app. Features include integrated weather, multiple calendars display, swipe for a different view-daily, week, or monthly, and import the to-do list from Google.

Starbucks
Platform: iOS (requires iOS 5.0 or later); Android (requires 2.2 or later)
Price: FREE
The Starbucks app lets you pay for your purchases, track your stars for the Starbucks Reward, reload your accounts, transfer balances between multiple cards, and find Starbucks locations near you. Click here to find out more about the Starbucks Rewards Program...best part...every 12 stars = free drink or food.

Screen Sharing with ScreenLeap

If you have students in your classroom who have brought their own technology to use or if you are working in a 1:1 or even 5:1 environment, then ScreenLeap is a tool you should be using. This is a wonderful free tool that can make learning more interactive for everyone.

ScreenLeap allows you to share your screen instantly to any device with a browser, including laptops, netbooks, computers, smart phones, iPads, Android tablets, and more. There is no software to download or install and no registration required. There is also no limit to the number of devices with which you can share. Your device that is shared must be capable of using Java, but it is not required on the other devices. After clicking to share your screen, processing for about 20 seconds will occur and then you will be given a unique URL to give to those who need to connect with you.

To Share your Screen:

To View a Screen Share:

All information was provide by TCEA TechNotes.