There are several people out there that are talking about using QR codes in the classroom. I do not see QR codes being a fad that is going away. QR codes are everywhere. I think you will find QR codes to be a great way to share information with others, as well as a cool way to change up your lessons. Below, you will find the tools necessary to create QR codes, as well as some ideas on how to use QR codes.
Reflections from #rscon3 #ntbootcamp #140edu #lifeingeneral
This summer has been like no other summer. Usually summers are filled with cleaning computers, fixing long standing issues, and deploying projects. This summer however was jam packed with learning. As some of you may know I recently took a job as the director of technology for Huron City Schools (May 19th 2011) right out of the gate I was able to experience Iste and all of its awesomeness and great people. Part of the experience is reflecting on what you have learned and what you are going to do from here on out in your life and in your classroom. During #rscon3 Lisa Nielson (@InnovativeEdu) shared a video from Daniel Pink titled “Drive”. (You can watch it here ) in the video they talk about being defined by your “sentence”. How would people describe you? Is that what you want to be? What is your sentence? and also Was I better today than I was yesterday? These 2 questions have had me pondering for the last few days. What is my sentance? What am I striving to be?
Join.Me Help others or Share what you have to say for free
Join.me is a free service from @logmein that allows you to connect to other peoples computers to see and control there computer screen as well as share your own screen. This is a great way to do an impromptu webinar or help out a friend or family member with computer issues. I have used this countless times to get remote access to others computers. You can walk your users through how to get them connected over the phone and be able to help them. They also have an Ipad app!
IEP’s are for Teachers too. Planning your PD.
Tonight’s Edchat topic as well as @llacrosse’s article got me thinking about how we look at professional development. I have noticed that PD is mostly offered as a whole group session on certain topics. The problem with this is that a lot of time you have a mixed audience of different skill levels. Some are bored, some are content, some are overwhelmed. Why do we continue to offer PD in this way? Is the whole staff getting the most out of the PD sessions that you are offering? As the title of the post says I am going to share my thoughts and my plans for this year.
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Create Your SMART Lessons from home for free!
Picture this: You are at home and you have this awesome idea for a Smart Lesson but your not at work to build it. You look at your computer and you don’t have Smart Notebook installed. What to do! In the words of the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 commercials “To the cloud!”.
20 Chrome Web Apps to use in the classroom
With the Chrome-books being released, developers have set their sites on developing applications for Chrome. We as educators can now take advantage of these applications on our computers using the Google Chrome Web Browser. Lets take a look at 20 Chrome Web Apps to use in the classroom.
Creating an Epub in iWork
Earlier I shared a resource for creating an Epub from any website. What about creating your own lab manual, children’s book, or even have your students create projects and have them available in iBooks? Or, consider the benefit of having books read out loud to a special needs student. Today we will do just that and dive into “Creating ePubs with iWork.”
Apple Education Spotlight Newsletter
Today @jdhovinetz2 shared with me something I have never seen from Apple. It seems Apple is making it easier for us to stay up to date for all of the educational tools they have available. You can find the web edition here: http://www.apple.com/itunesnews/education/
Cool App To Share Your Favorite Ipad Apps
Today while browsing @tonyvincent ‘s blog I noticed a cool tool that he was using to share his favorite IOS apps. Appsfire is a place for you to create a list of your favorite apps as well as find other apps that you may like. Appsfire also allows you to “Follow” a search term for updates in the future. You can also limit your search to free only apps. Another great feature of the site is the ability to share your “Device” on social networks. You can also add your device to your blog.
Google’s What do you love?
While reading through some tweets I noticed a project that Google is working on called What do You Love? it can be found at http://www.wdyl.com/. To test it out I typed in “Thomas Edison” and I was presented with all of Google’s services with the relevant content.