From Cyber Cafes to Tech Tastes
When I first moved to ISP, IT coaches (officially called Digital Learning Facilitators) would hold Cybercafes. We ran three Cybercafes concurrently, and each Cybercafe had a theme, and a sequential,… Read more »
Now That’s Good Thinking
The Smithsonian Education Institute has partnered with FableVision Studios (by Peter Reynolds) to create a series of animated videos to help science teachers understand student thinking when learning science. The… Read more »
Foster Wonder and Curiosity with DKfindout
DKfindout! is a great website for children that works on smart phones, tablets and (other) computers. It can be used at home or at school for children (and adults) “to… Read more »
Better Searching – Google Drive
Have you noticed that the search options in Google Drive have changed, and by changed I mean greatly improved?! I’m excited to be able to search by owner, and to… Read more »
Hour of Code 2015
Hour of Code is an annual event, and part of Computer Science Education Week from December 7 – 13, 2015. Participate in Hour of Code whether you’re an adult or… Read more »
How to “Read” an ePub File
ePub is a standard for books published online. It allows books to incorporate multimedia as well as text. To read an epub file, you need to have software installed on… Read more »
Create a Slideshow using YouTube
Many teachers use Picasa Web Albums to create slideshows for their blogs. However, Edublogs has recently had a problem where the embed code only works if the teacher only stays… Read more »
IT Integration Walls
An IT Integration wall is a great way to support student use of technology for learning in the classroom. There are many different approaches that you can take. One approach… Read more »
Managing Subscriptions in Edublogs
You can subscribe people to your site on Edublogs one by one, or using a csv file. Your csv file should have a column of e-mail addresses, one per cell…. Read more »
Cloud Storage Using Google Drive
ISP assigns Google Apps accounts to children from Grade 3. This automatically provides each child with a storage space in Google Drive. We could use Google classroom, but we’ve continued… Read more »