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Create Personalized Video Activities on TinyTap
Introducing an Easy Way to Add Your Own Videos to TinyTap Adding videos to your activities is an excellent way to explain difficult concepts, and engage students. You can now add your own videos directly from your device, Dropbox, Google Drive, or record a video on TinyTap with the camera on your iPad. To add a visual explanation, catchy introduction, or fun song, you can browse the enormous trove of content on YouTube and add videos to … Read More
TinyTap Pro Games: Sell and Share the Activities You Create
TinyTap Pro games are activities created by experienced teachers that are sold on the TinyTap market. 50% of revenue from TinyTap Pro subscriptions is shared with teachers who create on TinyTap. And, when you sell your activity on TinyTap, you receive a portion of revenues from TinyTap Pro sales. In February 2017, our team completed a comprehensive review of games on TinyTap and updated high quality games by teachers to TinyTap Pro. This provides more teachers with the ability … Read More
Introducing TinyTap Courses
Combine lessons to teach comprehensively and promote mastery of knowledge Create comprehensive learning units for students by leveraging TinyTap lessons and games. With TinyTap Courses, teachers can design lesson plans to ensure student comprehension and mastery of knowledge. Ensure Subject Mastery with Score Thresholds Student understanding can be fully measured because they are only able to proceed to the next game … Read More
How to Create Captivating Images for Your TinyTap Activities
By Moses Sia One concern when introducing screens in learning is that young learners will lose touch with real things and only deal with the virtual and digital. The two are not mutually exclusive. Instead, when paired well, digital tools enrich the learning experience. Using TinyTap, instead of using digital illustrations, I have used sketches, collages and real objects. I have attempted to create a sample of what it might look like in An ABC Meal, a … Read More
Summer Break: Getting the Most Out of Your Time Off
By Ellen Weber The school year is winding down for most of us, and we are desperately in need of some time to RR&R (rest, relax, and recharge). And yet, don’t we always feel guilty if we spend the entire summer relaxing? While the rest and relaxation are no problem, how do we recharge and get re-motivated for the new school year? After 40 years of teaching, I’ve hit upon a strategy that works for me – spend the summer doing something … Read More
6 Ways to Create Puzzles in TinyTap
By Ellen Weber So often we think of puzzles as just a game to play, or something to keep the kids busy for a little while, but did you know that puzzles play an important role in a child’s development? Some of the skills they learn through puzzles include fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, visual perception, spatial orientation/directionality, language skills (such as using descriptive vocabulary and following directions), problem-solving, understanding part-whole relationships, attention/concentration, and memory, as well as character … Read More