GifLingua has been a side project too long! We think that it is time to go from “proof of concept” (which we have done) to a full speed ahead business. So we are looking to partner up! Please, if you know someone who has the strong full stack development skills or the drive and interest […]
We appreciate our teachers! We want all students and teachers to access Gif Lingua at a very low cost. All books will be free for students to read and do quizzes, forever. Teachers purchase an upgrade to support the library. Download printables for all books + download the books to use offline and make your […]
Gifs are great! They play in almost any environment and their “looping” quality actually facilitates learning. Zajonc’s Mere Exposure Effect is well proven and valid as an educational design feature. Shifting Attention is a concept that also has high validity for educational designers. When we view something repeatedly, we shift our attention and notice different […]
There is a growing recognition that we need to “do less to do more” in our reading programs at school. We have been failing to truly instill a love of reading by crowding into reading all sorts of activities other than just reading. Donalyn Miller, reading teacher and author of “The Book Whisperer”, outlines this […]
We are almost ready to launch the updated version of Gif Lingua Books! We’ve completed the new landing page – visit at http://giflingua.com The new site is coded in the most up to date architecture – Laramel. The recoding makes it lighting fast and a completely clean experience on all screen sizes. Mobile, tablet, netbook […]
We’ve been working hard at Gif Lingua and we’ll soon launch our responsive web app. Access gifs by level or theme on your phone and play games with them, share and learn/earn points. It’s a huge project and thought it would be interesting to members to know some of the numbers behind our project and […]
We are finally launched! Find here on the blog, posts about our development, using gifs to teach or learn and our highlighted content. It’s going to be a fun journey and we have a lot planned to help both teachers and students. I promise you something different and something effective. That’s my guarantee. Regards, David […]