Beyond major strategies like portfolios, journals, presentations, diaries, blogs, etc. as facilitators of reflection we often want quick tools to provoke reflection. Below are some ideas that can be completed in 20 mins or less. Guest Post courtesy of Stuart MacAlpine and Anna Carr Inspired in part by Jennifer Moon’s work Creative Commons Image from…
Category: presentations
Using your iPad or iPhone as a Remote to Control Your Keynote
Keynote gives you the ability to control your presentation from an iPhone or an iPad. This allows you, as the presenter, the chance to move around and not have to stand beside your computer. Your notes from your Keynote will be available to you on your iPad. You can tap the screen or swipe from…
Digital Bytes – May 9, 2016
Live Slides Live Slides is a great tool for embedding live webpages into your Keynote presentations. You could include an internet based poll like Poll Anywhere, a Prezi or any number of live webpages. Livbits A fantastic example of someone who wants to share her passion for books with the world is Livbits. She has…
Digital Bytes 18 April 2016
The Top Google Updates in 2016 You’ll Want to Know About The folks at MakeUseOf have given us a great rundown on everything from Add-ons in Forms to new options in Image Search, with their overview on updates in 2016. Check out the blog post to get the full story! The Minecraft Generation Clive Thompson…
Digital Bytes: Back to School
Welcome back to school! We are kicking off our Digital Bytes with an article about Classroom Design that Promotes Student Thinking, iPad activities to get to know your students, and our in-house resources about Designing Effective Presentations.
Designing Effective Presentations
Every educator today needs to learn how to present effectively. But how much do they know about what makes an effective presentation? Garr Reynolds, author of the popular book Presentation Zen Design, notes: “For many of us, there is a hole in our education when it comes to visual communication… In the past, the tools…
Presentations with Haiku Deck
Haiku Deck is a wonderful free app for iPad which really encourages high quality presentations using Creative Commons images. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to get started: 1. Open the Haiku Deck app and click on the + button to start a new presentation. 2. Type in a title to your new presentation. 3….
Parent Coffee Morning 1: Social Networks
The Digital Literacy Team at East is pleased to welcome parents to our first Coffee Morning – this time focusing on: Social Networks: Why they matter, and how you can help your child develop a positive online presence. We looked first at what was worrying you about Social Networks. Here is a wordle which shows your…
Presentations – design matters
During our Professional Learning meeting in the Primary School, we focused on improving our presentations to parents. Our core message was that less is more. We encouraged teachers to think from the perspective of their audience, and focused on 2 easy ways to improve the design of presentations: Use fabulous images Use less text Fazree…