France smartphone policy, creating ebooks, and a comic – Top 3 for the week
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https://eduk8.me/2018/01/students-can-create-multimedia-ebooks-5-tools/
https://eduk8.me/2018/01/dont-go-there/
Participate in a Twitter chat is part 3 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Although I touched on Twitter Chats yesterday, today I want dig deeper into what Twitter chats are and why you would want to participate. What is a Twitter chat? When Twitter was first released to…
I am not able to go to ISTE this year, but I’ve been following along online, and after attending the first #ISTEChat video conference there was mention of a Popl wristband that uses a QR code or NFC to share your contact info. That led me down the rabbit hole of qr codes, Vcards, and…
Google Drawing (drawings.google.com) is a basic drawing tool. Like other Google Apps, Google Drawing is collaborative. Try these 3 tips when creating Google Drawings. Source: 3 Things to Try in Google Drawing – Teacher Tech I would add under Custom Sizes is the ability to set the canvas size to 8.5″ x 11″. Students can…
Use this add-on to choose from thousands of free images and insert them in your Google Docs document. Source: Pixabay Free Images – Google Docs add-on Pictures that show up in the results with this add-on are Creative Commons 0 licensing, which means you can use them for any purpose, including commercial. The first time…
I had a brief conversation with a 12 year old boy this month that went as follows: TEACHER: “WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECT?” STUDENT: “ART” TEACHER: “WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN ART?” STUDENT: “MAKING CLAY ANIMALS” TEACHER: “WHY ARE YOU MAKING CLAY ANIMALS?” STUDENT: “I DON’T KNOW, IT’S LIKE A MATH TEST. THE TEACHERS GIVE YOU THIS…
When Jacqui Young studied pre-calculus as a high school junior, she found the experience unexpectedly fulfilling. She didn’t consider herself a “math person,” but pre-calc came more easily to her than it did to most of her peers, and she spent a lot of time helping fellow students grasp the concepts. “It felt good to…