Cool Tools
An *Actual* Example Space
This candlestick picture uses negative space to create the illusion of depth.
IconFinder
https://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=search&price=free&license=2 Links to an external site.
IconFinder is a great tool if you need to grab some quick icons - make sure to set the license to "No link back" and the type to "free" to find icons that you can use without worrying about copyright or citing! The colours of the icons can be changed if you open them in the built-in icon editor, and can be downloaded as various sizes through the icon editor as well.
Creative Commons Search
Find images that you can use for free. https://creativecommons.org Links to an external site.
Free Sounds
Find sound effects; must create an account. But, free. https://freesound.org/browse/ Links to an external site.
Incompetech
Royalty free music.
https://incompetech.com Links to an external site.
Internet Archive
Royalty free music; classics for which the composer has been gone for more than n 70 years. Lots of other free stuff. (Check out the Way Back Machine to see old websites. https://archive.org Links to an external site.
Like A Cheat Sheet For Mobile Learning Design: User Interface Patterns For Mobile
Ten Tips for Designing Mobile Learning Content
"It’s easy to get hung up about technology with mobile learning, but the real market driver is content. You can’t re-heat just any old content and drop it onto a mobile. Content needs to be fit for purpose to deliver a return on investment by improving productivity and content retention, increasing compliance, or reducing risk. Here’s what makes great mobile content."
A Comprehensive Guide To Mobile App Design
(This article is kindly sponsored by Adobe.) There are many things to consider when designing for mobile. We’re sure that this detailed guide will help you get rid of that headache when building apps.
Artificial Intelligence with MIT App Inventor
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of computing since the 1950s. But it’s only been since 2000 that AI systems have been able to accomplish useful tasks like classifying images or understanding spoken language. And only very recently has Machine Learning advanced to a point such that significant AI computations can be performed on the smartphones and tablets available to students. For more, see: https://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai-with-mit-app-inventor Links to an external site.
Teachable Machine: Train a computer to recognize your own images, sounds, & poses.
A fast, easy way to create machine learning models for your sites, apps, and more – no expertise or coding required. For more, see: https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/ Links to an external site.