This week’s digital bytes includes articles about a free ebook on capturing digital stories, 11 quotes by famous writers and accompanying writing lessons, and using technology to help students read faster and with better comprehension.
Category: iPod Touch
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;…
Four assessment tools you’ll flip over.
“White Men by David Reeves“ The “flipped classroom” is a way of describing instructional methods that invert the traditional model of learning where the teacher dispenses content to her or his students during lessons and then sends them on their way to complete problems and meaning-making at home. In flipped instruction, students front-load the content…
Making Learning Visible – Mobile Video in PE
How do you know what you look like when performing a physical skill? This is a question I ask myself again and again on the golf course when the round ends up going south. Was it my elbow, my grip, am I shifting my feet, not keeping my head down? For anybody who’s watched an…
G5 Photography with the iPod Touch
I had a blast with G5 AMC recently, showing them a couple of tips about Photography, together with some iPod Touch Apps for taking/editing pictures. Talking to colleague (and photographer extraordinaire) David Caleb allowed me to share the following key tips: Perspective – try different approaches to a shot. ‘Bird’s Eye View‘ and ‘Worm’s Eye…