We are always hearing about new apps and trying to find ones that are great for students. There are so many mathematics apps available, it is hard to find the ones that are best for student learning. Recently we sat down with our school’s Mathematics Coach, Tilson Crew, to evaluate what apps we should put…
Category: infant
Nice to Know – Infant Digital Literacy
“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” – John Dewey We no longer question whether or not the use of digital technology improves learning; there is a large body of research that clearly shows that it does. The vast majority of our students arrive at UWCSEA with a…
Grade 1 Students Start Blogging with Easy Blogger Jr
At UWCSEA we like to empower our students to share their learning in lots of different ways. They take charge at Student-Led Conferences, and interact with various service groups as part of the school year. In Grade 1, we wanted to add blogging to an authentic audience to the list, both as a part of…
Grade 1 Poetry Books using Book Creator
Our Grade 1 students have been thoroughly enjoying their poetry unit. They have looked at the poems of different authors, tried to emulate their style, and have create their very own poems. We wanted to capture the beautiful poems the students had written, so we decided to make an eBook with Book Creator. The added…
Doodlecast in the Infant School
In the Infant school, our youngest students in K1 and K2 have been using Sago Mini Doodlecast to share their thinking about what they are doing in class. The teachers love that the app is easy to learn for both themselves and their students. Here are some samples from some students. The first looked at the…
Drawing Pad
I have been working with K1 students at school on a unit about feelings. One of the projects that we have attempted was for the students to create a self portrait of themselves using an iPad. The K1 team decided to use an app called Drawing Pad as there are a few functions that allowed…
Customizing your Blog header
You can customize your blog header in Blogger to have a more personalized picture to represent your class. Follow the steps below to change your header.
Getting Started with your Class Blogs
Each infant class has been set up with a class blog accessible from the school website (www.uwcsea.edu.sg). The purpose of the blog is to share the learning that is happening in the classroom with parents and the wider community. 1. Log in to the school website and click on the East Learning (Note: The left…
Adding a Picasa Slideshow to your Blog
Follow these instructions to embed a Picasa Web Album to your blog. 1. Select the photos you would like to share from your iPhoto Library. 2. Click on File -> Export 3. Click on Picasa and make sure you have Better Quality selected. 4. Sign in to Picasa with your Google Apps account. 5. Click Allow access….
Talk nerdy to me… using Siri, Dictation, Speak Text, and Google Voice Search
As I was prepping for a recent demo-slam event, I took some time to explore and rediscover some cool voice features on your Mac and iOS device. In this post, I’m going to highlight six cool things with you can do just by talking nerdy to your computer. System requirements: Mac with Mountain Lion 10.8.x;…