This is a guest post written by Dataquest. Learning from home can be incredibly convenient, but it can also be challenging to make real progress without the structure and rigor provided by a classroom environment. Here are five science-based tips to increase your...
Building an Effective Online Classroom Using 3 Tools
Dr. Wei-Chung Wang, like many professors and teachers around the world, will be conducting the remainder of the 2020 spring semester online. Dr. Wang is a professor of business and economics at Juniata College, who offers courses at the undergraduate and graduate...
Essential PDF Requirements for Learning
Why do you need to know about the essential PDF requirements for learning? COVID-19 is affecting most major institutions and causing economic and supply chain upheaval. Almost every planned gathering has been cancelled or postponed to promote social distancing. The...
Spontaneity, Creativity, and Animation – An Interview with Pei Yu Lin
Pei Yu Lin is our next iAniMagic Contest winner that we interviewed. She won the Student Silver Award with her short film, Cryanimal. The fantastic colors aren’t all that make this animation stand out. Cryanimal has its unique rhythm which makes this animation even...
Animation with Details: an Interview with Li Ting Yi
iAniMagic: The Animal Party ended in December 2020. We want to thank all of the contest’s participants--especially the students and teachers from Shude University of Science and Technology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, and Rangsit University...
Combining the Best Note-Taking Tool with Three Awesome Channels to learn Chinese
Chinese is the most popular language in the world, with over 1.2 billion native speakers and rising! One of the best ways to prepare for the increasingly-globalized marketplace is to learn a foreign language...so why not learn Chinese?! At Kdan, we embrace this...
15 Ways to Save Money This Semester
Anyone who’s currently attending college or supporting a student knows that costs add up quick! That’s why we wanted to share some quick tips that will help you or a student you know save money throughout the semester. Rent textbooks or buy used textbooks. This is a...
Powerful Creative Tools in the Hands of Capable Students
From the beginning, the purpose of our Creativity 365 Suite of apps was to help users “unleash their creativity.” One group we felt would really take advantage of our mobile tools was students. So this fall, we posted a challenge to both ourselves and to a team of two...
EduTech Asia: Creating an Effective Classroom Environment
EduTech Asia, in Manila, Philippines was truly a learning experience for all. We were able to meet some amazing people, learn about the needs of their education system, and talk with educators to strategize how the Creativity 365 apps can be used to create a more...
Increase the Efficiency of your Group Projects
Group projects are a part of students’ learning process, and while necessary, group projects can be extremely frustrating. Working with others is a difficult skill to learn, and miscommunication that occurs when group members aren’t face-to-face makes this process...
Top 10 Industries in Need of Workplace Mobility
“There’s an app for that.” Apple’s 2009 tagline is even more relevant today. Smartphone usage has risen since then, with over three quarters of Americans reporting that they own one of these hand-held miracles of innovation in a 2017 survey. Consumers are using...
IANIMAGIC 2017 WINNER STORY – GUAN-TING CHENG, BEST ART WINNER
Guan-Ting Chen (陳冠廷) received both the Best Art and Student awards in iAnimagic 2017 for his thought-provoking animated film, Wanam (大武俠行旅). His award-winning piece has a very particular artistic taste, dominated by bold lines and striking colors. It has a unique and...