5 Tips for Online Child Safety Over the Holidays
Embed from Getty Images With lots of free time over the Winter Holidays, we can anticipate spending a lot of time using technology devices, be they tablets, smart phones, computers,… Read more »
Category: iDevice
Playing with Hour of Code Resources
Despite the fact that computer science week is over, all the resources for Hour of Code are still available, and can be used at any time. Here are some favorites:… Read more »
Newsela Adds New Library Feature
Newsela is an old favorite. Many of my colleagues use it with their students, so that the students can access news stories at their reading level. Now Newsela has added… Read more »
Google Slides Update on iOS: Layouts and Themes
Last week’s (23/03/16) update of Google Slides on iOS included two significant new features. Users can now easily modify themes and slide layouts in the iOS App. Google Support provides… Read more »
Make Videos Come Alive with Green Screening
Green screen is a great addition to story telling to enrich your story. Using a green screen, you can immerse characters of the story into different situations, both static ones… Read more »
How to “Read” an ePub File
ePub is a standard for books published online. It allows books to incorporate multimedia as well as text. To read an epub file, you need to have software installed on… Read more »
Create a Slideshow using YouTube
Many teachers use Picasa Web Albums to create slideshows for their blogs. However, Edublogs has recently had a problem where the embed code only works if the teacher only stays… Read more »
IT Integration Walls
An IT Integration wall is a great way to support student use of technology for learning in the classroom. There are many different approaches that you can take. One approach… Read more »
Cloud Storage Using Google Drive
ISP assigns Google Apps accounts to children from Grade 3. This automatically provides each child with a storage space in Google Drive. We could use Google classroom, but we’ve continued… Read more »
Cloud Storage using Shared Devices
There are many different tools that you can use for digital storage on shared devices. I’ve been reading about Seesaw, a digital portfolio tool, various blogging platforms among other options,… Read more »