My week began by delivering a cart of iPads to our JROTC program at the high school. Once I started talking with the instructors about the possibilities that could be done with these powerful tools, the ideas began to flow. From taping instructional videos to delivering classroom presentations, the instructors began to realize the limitless possibilities, very excited to begin work with this group.
The new photography class needed an outlet for students to display their portfolios of work for their teachers to grade. My suggestion was a free website builder wix.com. They have beautiful templates that are user friendly. It allows for students to build wonderful online portfolios of their photography (or any subject) that their teachers can grade, plus they can use for future college submission or employment opportunity.
Dropbox, if you haven’t begun trying to use a paperless approach when students have a device in class, then I strongly encourage you to give it a try. I had the opportunity to work with an English class this week setting up Dropbox for each of them to use on their school issued Nook device. It does take a little work on the front end to set up the sharing process, but once in place, it will shave off countless hours in the copy room.
Two new apps that I like are Path On and Web to PDF. Both have a cost associated with them, but if you use the app "Apps gone free", they will let you know when apps are free for the day. I got them both on free days. Path On adds cool text designs to pictures and Web to PDF allows web pages to be converted to a PDF document. I used this with a colleague this week and we were able to print a web page form in the original format. Worked beautifully!
Links:
Web to PDF
Path on
Two new apps that I like are Path On and Web to PDF. Both have a cost associated with them, but if you use the app "Apps gone free", they will let you know when apps are free for the day. I got them both on free days. Path On adds cool text designs to pictures and Web to PDF allows web pages to be converted to a PDF document. I used this with a colleague this week and we were able to print a web page form in the original format. Worked beautifully!
Links:
Web to PDF
Path on
My "zen" thought for the new year:
One thing that I have learned when working with technology is to take a break and quit trying to solve the problem with the same solution that is not working, lunch can provide clarity and problems are easier to solve after the mind has a break.
One thing that I have learned when working with technology is to take a break and quit trying to solve the problem with the same solution that is not working, lunch can provide clarity and problems are easier to solve after the mind has a break.
