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Weekly Creation Theme: Dinosaurs
This week, create a TinyTap game inspired by the theme “Dinosaurs.” Your game can be about anything: a lesson on extinction; a spelling game (c’mon, spelling “Micropachycephalosaurus” isn’t easy!); a categorization game about carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores; a matching game between species and fossils; an interactive guide to your local city’s museum of natural history … take the theme in whatever direction suits you! Pro tip: If you want to insert an image of a dinosaur from the web, … Read More
Read MoreWeekly Creation Theme: Earth Day
This week, create a TinyTap game inspired by the theme “Earth Day.” Your game can be about anything: a lesson on pollution or environmental legislation; a quiz about which waste items can be recycled and composted; a soundboard of a house with tips for conserving energy (e.g. tap on the window and see a tip about closing windows while using air conditioning, or opening blinds to use daylight instead of artificial light) … take the theme in whatever direction suits … Read More
Read MoreWeekly Creation Theme: April Showers
“April showers bring May flowers” This week, create a TinyTap game inspired by the theme “April Showers.” Your game can be about anything: a lesson on precipitation; a children’s story about rainy day adventures; a math game using rain drops as units to add or subtract; a soundboard with the images and names of Spring blossoms; a jigsaw puzzle with pieces in the shapes of umbrellas, clouds, and puddles … take the theme in whatever direction suits you! Pro tip: … Read More
Read MoreHow to create Matching games on TinyTap
Matching games teach children how to recognize commonalities among objects and identify patterns, both important exercises for building organizational skills. In math class, they encourage children to consider different expressions of the same concept (for example, 2+2 and 3+1 both equal 4) and when applied in a language class, matching games offer a fun format for reviewing vocabulary. While traditional matching games might conjure up images of crisscrossed worksheets or a worn stack of playing cards, connecting two parts of a pair by tapping and dragging … Read More
Read MoreTinyTap announces a redesign to help older learners create their own educational apps
TinyTap is growing up! The popular game creation app is “graduating preschool” and re-launching as a powerful, fast educational platform suitable for all ages. Now anyone can create and learn with TinyTap’s interactive lessons – all with their own photos, videos and voice. The Big TinyTap Redesign introduction from Tiny Tap on Vimeo. The mobile app – which originally boasted a childish interface and appealed to a young audience – is coming of age and realizing its potential as an advanced e-teaching … Read More
Read MoreStep Up Your Game: Tutorial of Easy Ways to Enhance Your TinyTap App
When it comes to making an app with TinyTap, there are a few quick tricks that can take your creation to the next level. We’ve demonstrated some easy ways to step up your game, if you will, in a series of mini video tutorials. Take a look at these tips and go add that professional touch to your TinyTap masterpiece. Set any picture as your background Change the background of your text Remove white background from an image Flip … Read More
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