Tiny Scan and TeacherTube.com

Greetings and Salutations!

For this week’s blog, I would like to turn your attention to two great technologies that can easily be integrated into your instructional repertoire.

For starters, let’s explore the small but dynamic mobile tool: TinyScan.   

Tin y Scan allows users to turn their Apple or Android device into a mini scanner so they can scan their documents and save them for future use. In addition, scanned documents can be converted to PDFs for easy transfer through email.   

Here’s a quick look at the benefits:

·         Scan documents with mobile device

·         Save documents in three different color modes: color, grayscale and black & white

·         Enhance readability of documents by adjusting the brightness and contrast settings

·         Easily convert documents to PDFs

·         Email scanned documents with ease 

Download Tiny Scan to your Apple device…

·         Locate the Apple App Store Icon on Device

·         download the “free” version

Compatability:

TinyScan requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatable with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.

  

                     Or install Tiny Scan to your Android

·                                                                               Locate the Android Play Store Icon on Device.

·                                                                      click the “Free” version to begin install/purchase process

Tiny Scan offers a fast and convenient way for students and educators to download documents with ease. This is a particularly useful feature if a student does not have internet on their computer but has to submit an assignment. The student can take a picture of the computer monitor and convert the image into a PDF document and walah! They can email their assignment directly to their instructor from their mobile device. 

Our next featured tech tool is TeacherTube.com

Educators and students alike have yet another forum to take advantage of the read and write web for learning. TeacherTube is a fantastic site dedicated to education. Their motto: Teach the World is brought to digital life with the vast educational resources offered to instructors and learners. The site enables users to share videos much in the same way that YouTube offers.

Here’s what you can find on TeacherTube.com:

·         Free to all users

·         Sample study plans that can be sorted by recently viewed, top rated, and featured and then downloaded into a PDF file

·         Thousands of videos covering topics from math to human rights  

·         Instructional videos with comments from other instructors as to the relevancy of the content

·         Ability to flag inappropriate content

·         Videos are uploaded from instructors and students across the globe giving users unique perspective and insight into education projects from around the world.

       

       Additional Features:

·         TeacherTubes video sharing website offers sample study plans that can be sorted by recently viewed, top rated, and featured. Videos can be easily shared and embedded into blogs. Users are also able to create or participate in groups for easy communication and collaboration. In addition, users can post photos on the site that are easily “pinned” to Pinterest. Don’t have time to watch a video? No problem! TeacherTube offers audio that can be streamed so you can listen to it while you drive or while you’re cleaning the house. Don’t see a channel or a group you want? Create one. It really is that simple. Take a quick peek for yourself www.teachertube.com

This is a great resource for adult learners who are earning their GED and need some additional help with various subjects. Educators who instruct adults with learning disabilities may also find helpful and creative ideas to present material to students. In turn, students can use this site to generate new ideas as they are exposed to learners from all over the world through video presentations.  

Thank you for tuning in this week,

Veronica Clark

Tech Girl