One thing that I really enjoy about using the Swivl is the fact that they keep coming out with useful features for their Swivl Cloud platform. The Swivl Cloud is a great place to store and share your videos but you can do so much more by using some of the features that are built-in. …
I have recently discovered that I can embed a working Padlet into the Chrome Extension that I made for our teachers at my school (you can see how to make that Extension yourself in my post about it) . I love using Padlet as it is such a versatile tool and being able to give…
Last night while my son was trying to catch Ho-oh, a video game creature in Pokemon Go, I had to remind him to stop and take a deep breath. He was getting anxious and was wasting his chances to catch it because he was not focusing on the task. This is an important piece of…
This is the first in a series of videos I am going to do where I take about 3-4 minutes to discuss technology use in the classroom. Each video will be about 50% pedagogy and 50% technology as we need to ensure that we have strong pedagogy whenever we use technology, or anything, in the…
The other day I was in a Language Arts class working with some students around Google Search tips and techniques. Knowing that we are now living in the information age, when we have access to so much information, it is more about how you find the information as opposed to what information you know. We…
This week I am easily reminded how difficult it can be for some of our students to be able to learn in our classrooms if they have a physical/cognitive/social/emotional/psychological issue. As it is every time I get a cold or other illness that causes congestion, my hearing decreases in one or both ears. This week’s…
I have been using a Swivl for a couple of years now and I believe it is a great tool. I am part of the Swivl Pioneer Program and received a Swivl to try out but that is not the reason why I like the Swivl so much. I like it because I believe that…
Over the summer, Swivl announced they were going to release the ability to record from 2 cameras at once for free in their Swivl app. Earlier in the year they updated their app to allow you to record from up to 5 devices at once to get a single video that allows you to see…
It has almost been a week since I dipped my bike tires into the Mississippi as I completed (well, 6 of 7 days so mostly completed) another Ragbrai. Ragbrai is a bike ride across Iowa which this year’s route meant over 400 miles with a difficult last day due to the biggest hills I have…
Another week being surrounded by 20,000 other educators is over and it is time to decompress and reflect over what I have learned. ISTE is a large conference and there is a lot you can learn and take away. #1 – New Challenges Keep You Learning This year I challenged myself to present multiple…
