Boyd's Bytes
March 2016
GONOODLE...
This is kind of like Kahoot...but it requires movement. It might be fun to put some movement to the ISTEP+ testing...just to break things up. Add a MOVEMENT break to any class...let's GoNoodle...look it over...a lot of elementary stuff, but some stretching, meditation, aerobic, etc. Kids might think it's dumb/BUT FUN!!! and it would get them up and moving. Check it out...
LEARNING MORE WITH GOOGLE
Using video in your Flipped Classroom - or in-class lessons
How to embed a non-YouTube video in Google Slides
- Find the mp4 file you want to include in your slide in your Google Drive.
- Take a screenshot of the video to serve as a hyperlink placeholder to your mp4 file.
- Go back to Google Slides, and find the slide you want to add the video link to.
- Insert the screenshot you just took.
- Downsize the screenshot as you see fit for your slide.
- Select the screenshot and insert the hyperlink.
- You can do this with CTRL + K (on a PC) or Command + K (on a Mac).
- Paste the shareable link of the mp4 file in Google Drive.
- Click Apply once you’ve pasted your link.
- Now, your image is hyperlinked to take the user to the video located in Drive.
VR and Augmented Reality sources
Aurasma - IT'S FREE AND READY TO USE RIGHT NOW!!!
Gloria, Rogge, and Tony are busy...and YOU NEED SOMETHING IN SPANISH...
See Something You Are Interested In?
1. What approaches to learning and teaching does the iPad best support?
2. What is the best way to adopt-adapt the iPad into our lives?
3. What can the iPad teach us about ourselves and world?
CPR/AED Re-certification
10 Single-Serving Sites That Are Useful, Funny, Or Weird
Copy and paste this url to see links to ten sites that might be of interest to you!
29 Incredibly Useful Websites You Wish You Knew Earlier
Chatter Pix-create talking pictures on your iPad
ChatterPix Kids is a free iPad app that you and your students can use to turn pictures into talking pictures. To create a talking picture just snap a picture with your iPad or import a picture from your iPad’s camera roll. After taking the picture just draw in a face and tap the record button to make your picture talk. Your recording can be up to thirty seconds in length. Before publishing your talking picture you can add fun stickers, text, and frames to your picture. Finished Chatter Pix projects are saved to your camera roll and from there you can export it to a number of services including YouTube.
Bring a character in a story to life with your voice...or a historical figure explaining pros and cons of an event in history. Let your dog explain how to solve a math problem...get creative and let the learning and fun begin.
ChatterPix Kids doesn’t require students to create an account in order to use the service. Using the app could be a great way to get students to bring simple stories to life.
If you need to contact me for questions/help/ideas/or just chit chat...
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