Technology Bytes
November/December Edition
Backing Up/OS upgrade
Also, we are looking for people to upgrade their teacher laptop to a newer operating system. You will need to do a backup of your laptop before we do the upgrade. Once we upgrade to the new operating system, the homesync will be phased out and you will be responsible for keeping your backups up to date.
Photosforclass.com
Teachers have told us they need a place to access safe images that are available to be used in the classroom and for educational purposes. Plus, they want accurate image citations. We’ve heard you and created “Photos For Class” to meet your needs for images!
- Age Appropriate Images - All images are appropriate for the school setting, thanks to Flicker SafeSearch and our proprietary filters - Read More
- Automatic Citation - Downloaded images automatically cite the author and the image license terms - Read More
- Creative Commons - All photos shown are, to the best of our (and Flickr's) knowledge, licensed by Creative Commons for public use
Flubaroo Now Lets You Share Graded Assignments Through Google Drive
For more information click here.
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TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT
1st Grade Class Using Chromebooks with Touch Screens
Using the app Lucas's Whiteboard to practice spelling words (this activity is enhanced by the touch screens)
Spelling City to practice spelling words
Kids A-Z daily during Daily 5
Xtra Math
Think Math
Creating Google Docs to publish Writing Workshop pieces, sharing them with me to print and then illustrating
Bookflix to learn about "The Sky", and writing five facts or new words that they learned
4th Grade Class Using iPads
5th Grade Class Using Chromebooks
4th Grade Class Using iPads
We did a nonfiction book report where we did some serious app smashing. We used Pic Collage, Skitch and Puppet Edu. They had to make a title page in Pic Collage and import that into Puppet Edu. Then they had to make four pages in Puppet Edu with facts and pictures. Next, they had to import a picture into Skitch and label it somehow that it applied to their report. They then imported that into Puppet Edu. Then they had to make a fun page page with a picture in Puppet Edu. Lastly, they created a persuasive slogan page in Pic Collage and imported into Puppet Edu. They verbally gave their entire report. The directions/requirements were given through a Google Slide. Click here to see them.