How to project computer to TV article was last updated: Nov 24, 2019. FYI: When I first wrote this post in 2013, I used Dragon Naturally Speaking to dictate to my computer to type down what I said. Back then, I was one of the only classrooms in my school to have my own projector… […]
How to Draw on a Screenshot: Quickly Add Arrows and Text on a Screenshot (Windows)
How to Draw on a Screenshot UPDATED (Dec 10, 2019): This post was originally written in 2013 – I used Dragon Naturally Speaking and talked about screenshots. The content is still relevant today and is slowly being updated. Stay tuned! Back in 2013 when this post was originally written, I did a presentation for teachers […]
How to lock your iPad screen so students can only use 1 specific app
NOTE: This post is being updated for today’s classroom (May 25, 2019) Back in April 2013 when I first wrote this post, there were lots of great iPad apps for use in the classroom, but not all of us had access to school iPads. I knew quite a few teachers who had their own iPads […]
7 Reasons to use MarkBook software to keep track of your student marks
UPDATED June 13, 2019: I am currently in the process of updating this post. I used MarkBook software for over 6+ years. An old friend from teacher’s college recently found my class website on Google. I wrote about sending home progress reports to parents and she was looking for other ways to keep parents of […]
Your Students are Instant Messaging / Texting / Chatting using Google Docs in the Classroom
We love Google Docs. We first started playing around with this classroom technology in August 2008 and we’ve been using it ever since. We’ve even completed the Google Apps for Education Training to work towards becoming a certified trainer. Although we love Google docs, over the past few months, Google has rolled out some changes […]