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 […]
Are you using classroom technology effectively?
Let’s pretend you have a class of 24 students. As a classroom teacher, which would you rather have? Access to a class set of (24) laptops for two weeks of the school year. (If you choose this option, you get 10 computer days and you could either use those 10 days consecutively over two weeks, […]
Teaching Media Literacy using (legal) Hollywood Movie Clips in your class lesson
Do you teach media literacy? Do you want to spice up your lesson with a short scene from a real Hollywood movie? A colleague of mine recently showed me the coolest website. MovieClips.com has posted online free and legal clips from Hollywood movies that you can share with your students and embed into your lessons. […]
YouTube videos not embedding correctly on WordPress class blogs
Whoops? Did something break? [stextbox id=”info”]Looks like the glitch is fixed. Youtube videos look just fine now.[/stextbox] I was just about to email a friend to show them how they could embed YouTube videos onto their classroom blog when I noticed YouTube videos on my own classroom blogs weren’t working properly. (I run a self […]
Digital smartpen assistive technology in the classroom
“I know my weakness at school: a laptop. I get distracted by videogames.” At least, that’s what the guy at Future Shop told me when I was looking into getting an echo smart pen. And I believe him. I see it all the time with students in my classroom who use assistive technology. The computer […]
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