Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Adobe’s Project ROME

I don’t often blog about specific technology tools, but Adobe’s new Project ROME looks intriguing. Check out the two videos below. It seems like there might be some powerful possibilities for educators and students.

Project ROME has video overviews for specific tasks, tutorials for example projects, a support forum, and a growing help and documentation section. There is a specific emphasis on P-12 education, including a separate educator discussion forum. There also are possibilities for educators to integrate the tool with Google Apps for Education and/or Moodle.

What do you think? Have any of you used Project ROME personally or with students?

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