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Felt Board

Have you seen this app? It is Felt Board and it is just like it sounds. It has 27 different backgrounds to choose from, tons of people, animals, clothes, and props. It has all of the pieces for common felt board activities including 5 monkeys jumping on the bed, Humpty Dumpty, I Know and Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly and more. At $2.99, you will be WAY ahead when you consider all of the time and money put into making a felt board activity.

In college, we had to make all of the pieces for a felt board story. I did Mama, Do You Love Me? It took FOREVER. I remember staying up late putting sequence onto this fish only to have it look a little sub par. With this app, I hope that assignment is obsolete.

This would be an awesome center activity. You could have the students make a picture and then write or tell a story to go along. I did this activity with first graders and they LOVED it. Worth every single penny spent! :-)

Could you see yourself using this app with in your classroom or with your own students? My three year old daughter loved it! What other free or paid apps do you have and consider a must buy?

lynda.com

lynda.com helps anyone learn software, creative, and business skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Members receive unlimited access to a vast library of high quality, current, and engaging video tutorials taught by great teachers who are also working professionals.

Is anyone a member of lynda.com? It is a site with TONS of tutorial videos, tons, like thousands. It is a membership site for $25 a month. My Sister in Law told me about it months ago, but for Christmas I got a new camera and on the site it has an entire course for learning to use my specific camera. While I was stalking the free videos I discovered how many things that I had no idea existed but also how eager I am to learn. There is EVERYTHING. Photoshop, Illustrator, creating Facebook apps, photography, blogging, Blackboard, you name it and it is on there. Honest. Now, due to Google's ad targeting I'm honestly seeing lynda.com ads at least 4 times a day. I really want to subscribe but worry that I won't be able to stop at a month or won't get my moneys worth for the given month.

I know there are some awesome tutorials on YouTube and other places (I know I made some of them!) but with those I feel like I waste so much time trying to find a good presenter that can quickly, accurately, and effectively deliver the information. The other side to this coin is that my internet at home is REALLY SLOW. In fact I cannot even make it through any of the free videos on lynda.com without it pausing. So all of my video viewing would be at before or after school.

Is anyone out there a member? Do you feel you get enough out to justify subscribing? What classes have you taken? Have you learned anything life changing? I would LOVE some feedback on this! Thank you so much! :-D

QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator

By now, most of us are familiar with QR codes. We see them all over the place, although, I feel as though it is slowly starting to fade- or maybe I just don't notice them as much as I used to! One of the things that I have really wanted to try was to do a QR code treasure hunt. With QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator it is easier than ever!

The process is very simple. You input a series of questions and answers- it allows you to cut and copy from a word processor. Then it will generate a series of QR codes, you will take these and display them throughout your school. And then you send students on the challenge. This is a great way to get students up and moving. It would be an awesome first day of school activity. :-D Let me know if you have any great ways to use a QR treasure hunt with your students! Have a great day!

FREEBIE! Valentine's Day Word Scramble with Self Checking QR Codes

I love a good QR code activity. Kids enjoy scanning them, I enjoy making them. All around a good time! This activity features several Valentine's Day words that are all scrambled up, this would be a great center activity where students work on the activity and when the time is up they can scan and see how well they did. :-D This is my first QR activity to make publicly available so I would LOVE some feedback.