One of my favorite outcomes of technology being so readily available and cheaper for students to use, is that our students can make use of green screens in videos that they create. There are so many apps or programs out there that have the ability to do the green screen effect well that this is…
While wandering around the Art Institute of Chicago this last weekend, I ran into a quote by an artist that spoke to me as an educator. The artist was alive in the early 1900’s but spoke about the use of technology as a tool of production, and not just as a way to reproduce what…
While many people fear what kids will do when given an iPad or other piece of tech on break, there is a lot more you can do than just sit there and consume. While this has nothing to do with high school tech integration, many high school teachers have kids who are young and needing…
Here are the rest of the Garageband Tutorials I created. I might even have to start doing a podcast seeing how easy it is to make a good looking and sounding podcast using Garageband. For an AAC Export Adding Pictures YOUTUBE VIDEO Adding Chapters or Markers YOUTUBE VIDEO Both mp3 and AAC Embedding…
Every time I help a teacher get ready for a new project or activity in their class, I make up a resource page on my school site so that the students have resources outside of class. Surprisingly this is the first time I got asked to help with Garageband, which can be a great app…
Something gaining a lot of speed with those that use iPads in schools is App Smashing. App Smashing is when you use multiple apps to complete an activity or task, that there is no one app to do all of which you want to do. A fun one to see is when a student uses…
Case Studies in relation to lessons/activities that have been changed before and after 1:1 implementation. Technology use not for technology sake but in order to increase effectiveness and/or efficiency. (Names have been changed to protect the innocent or I just made up the whole thing from a mixture of examples that I have observed.) …
Lucidchart is a great online tool that you can use to make a wide variety of diagrams including concept maps and venn diagrams. They have a lot of templates to get you started. Lucidchart can also be integrated with your Google Drive and you can even create new diagrams straight from your Drive account. This also…
Thinglink is a tool for creating interactive images by using images from your computer, Facebook, Flickr account or any found online. Thinglink allows you to add in information and resources into an image and has many potential uses for in the classroom setting. What you create can easily be shared out with others or embedded into…
Videonot.es (http://www.videonot.es/) is an online tool that allows you to take notes while watching a video. The notes are synced up with the time in the video and can be shared out thanks to the integration with your Google Drive account. This can be used by a teacher who wants to have questions posed at various…
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