Most Android phones and tablets have some kind of video trimming tool already built into the camera. Not everyone is aware of that and some phones don’t make the option easy to use. YouTube has recently updated the YouTube for Android app to streamline the process of uploading trimmed videos from your phone. The YouTube […]
Shake Your Android Phone or Tablet to Generate Writing Prompts

Shake-a-Phrase is a fun app for elementary school and middle school students to use to start stories and practice recognizing parts of speech. It was initially launched as an iPad app and I just discovered this week that it’s also available for Android users. Shake-a-Phrase has three basic modes; shake it, story starter, and quiz […]
Add Google Drive Files to Calendar Events on the Google Calendar Android App

Google Calendar in your web browser has long supported attaching Google Drive files to your calendar events. Now you can do the same thing through the Google Calendar for Android app. The latest update to the Google Calendar for Android app supports attaching Google Drive files to your Calendar events. When you attach a Drive […]
HelloTalk Offers Helpful Tools for Learning a Language

Disclosure: HelloTalk is an advertiser on one of my other blogs, FreeTech4Teachers.com HelloTalk is a service designed to help students learn a new language. The service operates through free Android and iOS apps. On the HelloTalk apps you can find flashcards, text to speech tools to help you understand how words should be pronounced, speech […]
Explain 3D – Visual Explanations of How Machines Work

Explain 3D first launched a few years ago as a website that offers a collection of 3D animations of simple machines. Recently, Explain 3D launched an Android app for the same purpose. The animations allow viewers to zoom-in, zoom-out, and rotate animations 360 degrees. In addition to the animations of simple machines like elevators and […]

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