Happy
Friday Everyone,
This
week I have a variety of tips and tidbits for you to use as a technologically
savvy teacher. Enjoy…
Do a
‘Doodle’ -
Online Website
Have you
ever tried to schedule a meeting between multiple participants and find that
the logistics is mind boggling? Try
using a Doodle… http://doodle.com/?locale=en A
doodle is free to make and allows you to create an assortment of potential
times and dates for your meeting; you then e-mail the invitations to the
attendees. They will receive the
invitation with an active link to a webpage which shows the possible dates and
times for your meeting. Next, they
select the times which fit into their schedule and click save. The information is transmitted back to you
and you can see when the meeting would best fit into everyone’s schedule. This is a quick and user friendly tool that
takes everyone’s schedule into account and makes your scheduling much easier.
iMotionHD
–Free iPad App
Have a
creative student in your class who is interested in creating a movie of their
own but they aren’t sure where to start? iMotionHD is an iPad and iPhone app
that makes stop motion animation easy and fun.
The app allows you to choose between a pre-set timed photo shot (i.e. daily or every second) or choose
to manually select when the image is
taken. You simply capture all of the
images and the app will collate them and create the movie with them. You are able to control the speed at which
the images are shown in the video (i.e. 1 frame per second, etc.) When
complete, videos can be uploaded to Facebook, YouTube or emailed. This is a wonderful tool to be used with Lego
creations, either capturing how they are built brick by brick or by using them
to illustrate a story. Also helpful to
demonstrate changes in cloud formations and growth changes in plants.
SmartBoard
Magic Pen
By engaging the magic pen, you have several tools available at once. Click on the pens and select the magic pen (see image on right). The magic pen does not create permanent marks on the SmartPages or documents, if you write with it; the drawn lines will disappear in about 10 – 15 seconds. Additionally, if you use it to circle a portion of an image, etc. it will highlight it (dim the screen around and illuminate the item which was circled. You can then move the circle around using its blue outline or if you pull (click and drag with the mouse or touch and drag with a pen from the tray) on the inside of the circle; you can enlarge or shrink the size of the circle. Click the red circle or square to the right and it will disappear. You can also use the pen to make a square on the image and it will immediately zoom in on that blocked image allowing for better viewing. When you are done simply click on the red circle or square to the right and it will revert back to the original image.
OTF
Connects –
Professional Development Opportunities Delivered to Your Computer
You may have received an e-mail from the
OTF (Ontario Teacher’s Federation) recently and not have paid much attention to
it. In this message they shared
information about upcoming online PD webinars, many of which are on the topic
of technology in education. These hour
and a half sessions include a wide variety of topics and can be accessed from
your home computer at times which are convenient to you. Subjects include:
·
Supporting
Student Learning with iPads
·
Flipped
Classroom - The Basics
·
Blogging
for Learning
·
BYOD
(Bring Your Own Device) High Yield Instructional Strategies
I have personally taken several of the
OTFConnects courses and have found them to be very beneficial and
enlightening. The instructors are quite
knowledgeable and even include the UGDSB’s very own Brenda Sherry. You may want to visit their website (http://www.otffeo.on.ca/english/events/?page_id=49) and have another look at these courses .
Cheers,
Stacey
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