Websites, Apps and Game Resources
Websites, Apps and Games used to support inquiry throughout the PYP at the International School of Phnom Penh (2016/2017)
Code.org is the sponsor of many fantastic beginner coding games and activities supporting the Hour of Code movement. Watch videos and play themed coding games based on Star Wars, Frozen, Minecraft, and many more.
iMovie is available both as an iOS app and as the more fully featured Mac movie editor. The app is best for beginners and people who film using an ipad. The latter is capable of more advanced editing including working with Green Screen style special effects.
Using a piece of green fabric, paper or paint you too can create homemade green screen special effects. Using video editing software such as iMovie (Mac) or Green Screen by Do Ink (iPad) you can remove backgrounds from video and add in your own photo and video special effects.
Mathletics is a worldwide leading online Math platform that works with classroom teachers to provide scaffolded Math exercises in a wide range of activities including live online math competitions.
Explain Everything Classic is a powerful iPad (iOS) app that allows students to use a virtual whiteboard capable of recording audio, video and screen capture. Use it to tell animated digital stories, explain how things work, how they were created, how they were solved. Create, edit, voice over, crop, draw all over and insert content from the web. Highly recommended for any iPad.
Piktochart provides a suite of easy to use poster and infographic tools that make beautiful projects without focusing on difficult tools. Import your own images (labeled for reuse or with creative credit, of course) and add text and graphics easily.
Free version with Google login using school email available.
MinecraftEdu brings all the power and flexibility of the landmark building game Minecraft to classrooms for use during lessons with versatile tools teachers can use to focus learning and simulate environments and situations otherwise unavailable.
TinkerCAD allows students to digitally model the world as they see it in 3D. This easy to use computer-aided design (CAD) program enables students to create and manipulate shapes as they bring to life their own creations. Can be used for 3D printing.
Book Creator is an easy to use iPad app that where students can create all kinds of ebooks - illustrated books, comic books, journals, etc. Books can be published and shared with family and friends around the world.
Twitter is used by teachers to help students engage with other classrooms, educators and public figures relevant to their learning on a global scale.
Must be used with adult supervision.
Not for children under 13 (see Twitter terms of use).
Learn programming with a multiplayer live coding strategy game. You're a wizard, and your spells are JavaScript (or Python!).
Students use real code syntax to solve complex critical thinking puzzles in a fantasy world.
Free login using school Google Account for access to the first course of challenges.
Scratch is a long-standing, versatile coding platform that can be used online for free. Students can create animated stories and interactive games using drag-and-drop coding blocks. Import your own sounds and images to make a custom game or story. Also features a library of other student-made games and interactive animations. Check out the free tutorials to learn how to make mazes, pong, adventure games and more.
Pixlr Editor is a free online image editing tool that provides some photoshop-like power into the hands of students for free. Published by AutoDesk, who provide many other fantastic educational tools such as TinkerCAD, this image editor can be used to do almost anything an amateur photo shopper could want.
Free login with school Google account.
Picmonkey is an easy to use online image editor for quickly dressing up, cutting down, or playing around with photos. Integrated with Google Drive, you can open photos for editing and then save them directly back to your school account. Create posters, change the emotion or touch up an image quickly and easily.
Contains some pay features which can be avoided. Log in with Google account or open from an image in Google Drive.
You can explore the world with Google Maps. With satellite view, you can learn about the geography of different places and the Google Map Treks allows you to see the world as you’ve never seen it before!
Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean.
This list is always expanding as student learning takes us in new directions. Don't be afraid to experiment, and remember that there are often fantastic tutorials online for using these tools.
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Code.org is the sponsor of many fantastic beginner coding games and activities supporting the Hour of Code movement. Watch videos and play themed coding games based on Star Wars, Frozen, Minecraft, and many more.
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iMovie is available both as an iOS app and as the more fully featured Mac movie editor. The app is best for beginners and people who film using an ipad. The latter is capable of more advanced editing including working with Green Screen style special effects.
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Using a piece of green fabric, paper or paint you too can create homemade green screen special effects. Using video editing software such as iMovie (Mac) or Green Screen by Do Ink (iPad) you can remove backgrounds from video and add in your own photo and video special effects.
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Mathletics is a worldwide leading online Math platform that works with classroom teachers to provide scaffolded Math exercises in a wide range of activities including live online math competitions.
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Explain Everything Classic is a powerful iPad (iOS) app that allows students to use a virtual whiteboard capable of recording audio, video and screen capture. Use it to tell animated digital stories, explain how things work, how they were created, how they were solved. Create, edit, voice over, crop, draw all over and insert content from the web. Highly recommended for any iPad.
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Piktochart provides a suite of easy to use poster and infographic tools that make beautiful projects without focusing on difficult tools. Import your own images (labeled for reuse or with creative credit, of course) and add text and graphics easily.
Free version with Google login using school email available.
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MinecraftEdu brings all the power and flexibility of the landmark building game Minecraft to classrooms for use during lessons with versatile tools teachers can use to focus learning and simulate environments and situations otherwise unavailable.
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TinkerCAD allows students to digitally model the world as they see it in 3D. This easy to use computer-aided design (CAD) program enables students to create and manipulate shapes as they bring to life their own creations. Can be used for 3D printing.
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Book Creator is an easy to use iPad app that where students can create all kinds of ebooks - illustrated books, comic books, journals, etc. Books can be published and shared with family and friends around the world.
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Twitter is used by teachers to help students engage with other classrooms, educators and public figures relevant to their learning on a global scale.
Must be used with adult supervision.
Not for children under 13 (see Twitter terms of use).
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Learn programming with a multiplayer live coding strategy game. You're a wizard, and your spells are JavaScript (or Python!).
Students use real code syntax to solve complex critical thinking puzzles in a fantasy world.
Free login using school Google Account for access to the first course of challenges.
|
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Scratch is a long-standing, versatile coding platform that can be used online for free. Students can create animated stories and interactive games using drag-and-drop coding blocks. Import your own sounds and images to make a custom game or story. Also features a library of other student-made games and interactive animations. Check out the free tutorials to learn how to make mazes, pong, adventure games and more.
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Pixlr Editor is a free online image editing tool that provides some photoshop-like power into the hands of students for free. Published by AutoDesk, who provide many other fantastic educational tools such as TinkerCAD, this image editor can be used to do almost anything an amateur photo shopper could want.
Free login with school Google account.
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Picmonkey is an easy to use online image editor for quickly dressing up, cutting down, or playing around with photos. Integrated with Google Drive, you can open photos for editing and then save them directly back to your school account. Create posters, change the emotion or touch up an image quickly and easily.
Contains some pay features which can be avoided. Log in with Google account or open from an image in Google Drive.
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You can explore the world with Google Maps. With satellite view, you can learn about the geography of different places and the Google Map Treks allows you to see the world as you’ve never seen it before!
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Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean.
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