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Vote for Ask3 in Round 3!

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Voting is now open for round 3 of the highly-acclaimed #AppMadness13 and guess who's back? That's right - rookie sensation Ask3! The team continues their rigorous training routine as they press on in the competition. See what they've been up to below, and give them a vote today! Can't see the video? Watch it on YouTube. Still haven't tried Ask3 for yourself? Download it today and let us know what you think! Continue reading

Eric Marcos, Tom Sawyer and Painting the Fence with Ask3

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Tom Sawyer got kids to paint the fence for him... and they paid him for the privilege! Meet Eric Marcos, a Modern Day Tom Sawyer. (cue Rush). Eric is an amazing teacher in Santa Monica, California. When I visited him a few years back, and saw how incredibly engaged his students were in the creation process -- Blooms Taxonomy, anyone? -- I wanted to bottle that kind of magic: Can't see the video? Watch it on YouTube. For those classes that have iPads, Ask3 puts a paint brush in every Continue reading

Ask3 is getting personal… see what’s coming next!

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We love competition and the AppMadness13 competition for best, free EDU app is a ton of fun. We're in tight competition, so we're coming out with a full court press in the second half. Years of training are paying off for our teachers and their students. Get a peek into the Ask3 locker room to see what's coming next in Ask3 to help engage students even more in the learning process! Can't see the video? Watch it on YouTube. Vote for Ask3 and ScreenChomp at http://bit.ly/AppMad13! Invite Continue reading

Find TechSmith at MACUL 2013!

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TechSmith is very excited to once again participate in MACUL’s 2013 Conference this week in Detroit, Michigan. MACUL (Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning) is a fantastic gathering of Michigan minds. TechSmith will be participating in the conference in several ways this year. You can find us at: Booth #321 is the TechSmith booth. Come introduce yourself to some of the new TechSmithies that will be there to chat! Session: Redesigning Schools with Flipped Learning, Thursday, Continue reading

A new kind of March Madness for Ask3. Who is on the team!

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I love sports. This week my love of competition and education collided into a world of fun! A quartet of creative teachers created #AppMadness13, with 32 free educational apps vying for the championship. Their hilarious pre-tournament selection process can be watched here: Can't see the video? Watch it on YouTube. Now, like I said, I love competition. So, we picked up our Ask3 game a notch: 5 am workouts. And as we take the court this week in our first round competition, Jason Valade Continue reading

No home Wi-Fi? Ask3 & Videos To-Go.

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For me, teaching is the art of improvisation.  Over time, my lesson plan became, "Use plan B." When we made Ask3, we thought:  "Let's make teachers' lives easier by having kids help each other."  Teachers would then tell us about the students who had iPads, but who didn't have Wi-Fi at home.  Hello, plan B. This week we leveled the playing field for 1-to-1 iPad classes.  Ask3 version 1.3 still: - Makes it easy to make a video screencast from your iPad - Automatically delivers the video Continue reading