Technology for Travelers
A tech for travelers website just popped up that has great ideas for apps and tools that will be useful for your upcoming globetrotting. Check out this article on 16 Apps you need before your next flight!
A tech for travelers website just popped up that has great ideas for apps and tools that will be useful for your upcoming globetrotting. Check out this article on 16 Apps you need before your next flight!
Good videos on technology basics!
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/04/10-key-video-tutorials-to-help-you.html
At IICS, we have been looking into avenues that allow students to personalize their learning experiences. As a result, MYP students have begun to participate in Exploratory groups where they delve into subjects that they are interested in learning about within a structured environment.
One such group is our student coders. These brave computer scientists are led by Phillip, a tenth grade student, and our Primary Technology Integration Specialist, Claire Wachowiak. These students have begun learning about Java as well as the reasoning behind coding with some unplugged lessons.
Although this time is set aside for MYP students, two fifth grade students, Hanako and Joey, have expressed an interest in coding and have begun to join this group to learn more about Java.
The other day however, Hanako, Joey, and Ms. Wachowiak decided it might be interesting to demonstrate Makey Makeys. So last Tuesday, Hanako and Joey took the lead to teach these eighth and tenth grade students a lesson in Makeys; Joey even used his own game he created in Scratch to show what these invention kits can do. Please check out the video below to see these grade five leaders in action.
YouTube:
Please remember that you have a youtube account that is based upon your school gmail account. Just use your school gmail username and password to login. Videos on youtube are easy to upload and share on blogs!
Screencast-O-Matic
There are several tools for creating screencasts: Quicktime, Camtasia, Screencast-O-Matic, etc. Please use the one that works best for you.
Explain Everything (iPad app)
Simple, easy to use tool to help create screencasts. Think of it as an interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere. Create slides, draw in any color, add shapes, add text, pictures and videos.
Tutorials for Explain Everything
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Video Tutorial by Alex Alford
Source for Explain Everything
When the IBO sends you documents, you may encounter issues when opening up the editable PDF files that are linked in the document. The following tutorial should show you how to open these files successfully.
Step 1: Click on the below image to open a sample IBO document.
Step 3: Hover over the image and press the old school save to disk icon.
Step 4: Once downloaded, click on the little triangle next to the downloads area and select Show in Finder from the pop up menu. This will locate the downloaded file in the Finder.
Step 5: After you have located your download, right click on the file and select Open with > from the pop up menu. Then find Adobe Acrobat Pro if you do not have the most current version of Adobe Reader. Either program will work.
Grades 2 and 3 at Hisar have had a busy morning with technology!
Grade 2 students used Spelling City to create their own spelling lists based on previous spelling exams. Way to go Ms. Apps and the students in Grade 2!
Mr. Hinkley’s Grade 3 class fearlessly explored the app Explain Everything. Students quickly learned how to import and edit photos, draw images, and record their voices.
We have found this Chrome add-on to be pretty accurate. Give it a try and see what you think!