I took some time off from blogging - like a lot of time off - because I had a BABY! Babies take up SO MUCH TIME and between that and going back to work, blogging just had to be on the back burner. However, when I was off, being the tech enthusiast that I am, I definitely found a couple baby apps that could totally be used for the classroom! Here are my top two: TinybeansTinybeans is a photo sharing app and website that allows you to share pictures with friends and family via email or through the app if you want to register for an account. For us, we didn't want to share too much of our little guy on social media but we wanted grandparents, other family members, and a few friends to be able to see daily pictures if they wanted. There are tons of photo sharing apps out there, but my favorite is Tinybeans. They have free and paid accounts so it definitely fits the budget and it incredibly easy to navigate. My grandmother loves it! She shows all of her "crafty bunch" friends the app and encourages them to have their families use it as well! The view is set to look like a calendar, and when you click a day, you can see all pictures and videos posted for a day. You can add collaborators and even restrict access to certain photos and videos. How can you use it for the classroom? Glad you asked! If you wanted to share photos with your students' parents, all you would have to do is add their email address. (Certainly check and make sure your students' pictures can be shared via social media, first.) Then, parents can see daily or weekly what your students are doing in your classroom! This would be best for elementary classrooms, but I think any parent would be happy to see what their child is doing throughout the day at any age! Order photo books at the end of the year for a keepsake! 1 Second Everyday1 Second Everyday is such a fun app. You add a picture or a video for 1 second duration every day for however long you want, and it puts it into a video. Upgrade to make your pictures or videos longer than 2 seconds.
We used this as well and I LOVED the video it made of our sweet guy on his birthday.
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