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Multimedia Science – FREE Science & Game Making Software and Materials

The company Multimedia Science is no longer selling its science software and game making software.  However, the company is allowing anyone to use these materials free of charge. Feel free to share them with other teachers. The Word file can … Continue reading

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Teacher Curriculum – Save for the Future?

Teaching & Technology by Multimedia Science Teacher Curriculum – Save for the Future? Many Man/Woman Hours Lost Overview During my 30 years of high school teaching, I taught several levels of physics and chemistry and a number of different math … Continue reading

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FaceRig Software – 3D Avatars – Useful Teaching Tools?

 Overview “FaceRig is a program that aims to enable anyone with a webcam to digitally embody awesome characters.  The output can be recorded as a movie or streamed to Skype, twitch, Hangouts, or any service that traditionally uses a webcam … Continue reading

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Evolution of Education and Authoring Software

In The Beginning First there was machine language and the nerds saw that it was good.  Then came programming languages from Fortran to Basic to Java to C++ and the average teacher saw that it was still way too complicated … Continue reading

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Multimedia Science SALE – December 2016 – 50% Off

End of the year sale on all chemistry, physics, and teacher tools software and materials on Teachers Pay Teachers.

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Computer Game Creation Club – Part 1: Choosing the Authoring Software

Overview I started a club for students to create computer games at the high school where I taught.   The school had a computer lab with 20 PC computers which we used after school once a week.  It became popular with … Continue reading

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The Categories Game Maker – Make Games for Any Grade or Curriculum

The Categories Game Maker software allows teachers to create fun and exciting Jeopardy like review or assessment games for any curriculum that can be played with classes using a computer and projector system. A created Categories game consists of up … Continue reading

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Life Of A Teacher – Part 2

[like]   As a follow up to the graphic organizer of a teacher’s life below, here is a more detailed analysis. It compares the common perceptions against the reality. There is a reason for teacher burnout and that is the … Continue reading

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Is Podcasting In Your Future?

[like] In simple terms, a podcast is an audio recording that in available for listeners on the Internet.  Podcasting came from Portable On Demand Broadcasting.  It’s pretty easy to create a podcast by using a computer, microphone, free software, and … Continue reading

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Versal Internet Course Creation

[like] Versal is a set of Internet based tools that allow teachers to create Internet courses.  There are core tools, viewers, and labs, many of which are both useful and creative.  A course could be created with text, graphic, and … Continue reading

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