Rocket Science 101 – An App for Designing and Testing Virtual Rockets
Last week on FreeTech4Teachers.com I published a review of NASA’s Rocket Science 101 game. At the time I wasn’t aware that an Android version of the game existed too. Thanks to an email...
Three Android Apps for Creating Flipped Video Lessons
There is no shortage of iPad apps for creating flipped video lessons. Android users aren’t as lucky. Finding good Android apps to use for creating instructional videos can be difficult. Here ...
Add Narration and Drawings to Your Pictures With Clarisketch
Clarisketch is a free Android app that has great potential for classroom use. The app allows you to take a picture or pull one from your device’s camera roll then add your voice to it. While ...
Common Core Quest – Practice Quizzes and Tutorial Videos
Common Core Quest is a new and free Android app from OpenEd.io. The free app gives students access to hundreds of practice quizzes aligned to Common Core standards in math and language arts. Before...
WWF Together – A Beautiful App About Endangered Animals
Earlier today on FreeTech4Teachers.com I mentioned the WWF Together app. WWF Together is a free Android app and iPad app that features interactive stories about endangered animals around the world....
Storyboard Maker – Outline a Story With Visuals
Storyboard Maker is a free Android app for outlining a story. In the app you can outline story scenes by sketching frames then writing text to outline action and dialogue in each scene. Here’...
Introduce Kids to Programming With Scratch Jr for Android
The popular Scratch programming environment is now available for students to use on their Android tablets. Scratch Jr has been available on iPads for over a year and now it is available on Android ...
Try Book Creator for Android for Free
Earlier this year the popular Book Creator iPad app became available as an Android app. This week the developers released a new version of the Book Creator Android app that allows users to create a...
5 Popular Tools That You Might Not Realize Work on Android Tablets
There are certainly many more solid apps available for Android tablets than there were a few years, yet there are still many times when someone will ask me if one of my recommended tools is availab...
How to Use WeVideo on Your Android Device
A couple of months ago I included WeVideo in my list of Android apps for creating flipped lessons. WeVideo’s Android app allows you to create and edit videos on your tablet or phone. If you’re look...
Turn Pictures Into 3D Models on Your Android Device
123D Catch is a popular iOS app from Autodesk that is now available as an Android app too. The app makes it possible to turn your pictures into a 3D model that you can manipulate on your Android ta...
Three Android Apps for Creating Whiteboard Videos
For a long time Android tablet users were left on the sidelines hoping to have as many options for creating whiteboard-style flipped video lessons as their iPad-using counterparts had. Fortunately,...
Draw Notes on Your Android Device With Google Keep
Parts of this post originally appeared on my other blog, FreeTech4Teachers.com. Google Keep is a great Android app for writing short notes and setting reminders. It can also used be used as a mindm...
Search the Web Within the Google Docs for Android App
The research tool within Google Documents is one of my favorite features for students. That research tool has been available in the browser-based version of Google Docs for years. Now that same fea...
Google Drive for Android Gets a Material Design Update
Throughout the year Google has been pushing out updates to the Google Drive web interface. The bulk of the updates have been to create what Google calls a material design. In practice, material des...
Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Three Easy Ways to Share Bundles of Links With Students
Trying to get all of your students to the same set of websites at the same time can be a frustrating experience for you and for them. Just a mis-typed character or two can create a frustrating expe…