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;…
Month: November 2012
Date Night with Your Mac
As promised here is a synopsis of what was shown during the Demo Slam at Date Night on Friday November 23, 2012. If you would like to learn more please see the person who presented: Phil Meehan share two of his favourite email tools. First up was ‘Undo Send‘ which gives you a 30 second…
An Introduction to Google Docs
We make extensive use of Google Docs here at school and think it may be a great tool for our Class Parents to use, especially when there is a lot of organizing to do. This video ‘Google Docs in Plain English’ by commoncraft explains why we use Google Docs: What is a Google Doc? Google Docs…
HIgh School iLearning Share
We were fortunate to have four colleagues take time to share how they’re using technology to enhance and support student learning. I think the days of sitting a large captive audience down in front of one speaker for an hour are numbered as a professional learning model. As so many more opportunities for how, when, and where…
Learning Talks
Earlier this year Jeff wrote two blog posts about using digital tools to capture what we call ‘Learning Talks’ – Tech to Transform Assessment Part 1 and Learning Talks Take Off. I really like how Jeff explains the term ‘Learning Talks’:“‘Learning Talks’, (also explained by colleague Andrew McCarthy), allow us to see and review students’ metacognition, or thinking about thinking. There…
Creative Commons Explained
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by A. Diez Herrero As educators, we know that plagiarism is wrong, and we are very careful to share that message with our students. However, if you take a look at the pictures and images on display in most schools and classrooms, you will (probably) find hundreds…
Science, iPads and the Early Years
“We are wondering if you would be available to help us out with some science investigations that we will be doing? We are going to do this in an elective type of way where children will sign up for the 2 that interest them the most. The aim of the activity is for the children…
Learning at a distance.
Our Middle School is going to have “distance learning day” during parent-teacher conferences where students will be expected to continue their learning away from school. This day presents challenges and opportunities for us to create engaging learning experiences while raising questions about the nature of learning, the role of school, the possibilities of connection and…