Book Creator Summer Journal A fantastic way to remember some of the details from your summer is to keep a journal. Last summer, both my kids used Book Creator to capture some of the things that happened on a daily basis. It was great for photos and video and voice records. Pages, Keynote and…
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The Noun Project
Thumbs Up designed by Nick Holroyd from the thenounproject.com I would like to highlight one of my favourite sites ever:The Noun Project. It is incredibly useful in the classroom, and is a delight to use. You can search for anything on The Noun Project and find a graphical representation of it. Designers upload their creations to the…
Attaching New Keynote or Pages Files to Email or Putting Them in Google Drive
When using the new Keynote or Pages applications, you cannot attach the files directly to emails or put them right in to Google Drive. There are two simple solutions to fix this problem. Save the files as Keynote ’09 or Pages ’09 files or compress the files before attaching them to emails or inserting them…
Design for Informational Writing
Recently, I worked with the Grade 4 team to help them present their informational writing. The students had all chosen a non-fiction topic to write about and done some research. They had then gone through the writing process and created a piece of writing. We wanted to help them to take their writing and display…
Grade 5 Exhibition – Printed Display Boards
This year at East we are lucky to have access to a large format printer. I say large, and I mean HUGE! It is about the size of a piano (see the door in the picture as a frame of reference!). The Grade 5 students were given the option of printing their display boards in…