Digital Bytes 23rd January 2017

Piktochart Piktochart is a fantastic free tool that allows you to create infographics and posters very easily. Students can easily sign in with Google Drive. There are searchable icons and images you can use. This is perfect for a mathematics class or anyone presenting information or research (hint, hint … grade 5 exhibition). 18 Digital…

Friday Friendly: Up your iMovie Game

Producing quality videos is getting easier and easier. How can you inspire students to curate better work? Step One: Slow down…Speed UP! Slow/quick motion can add a flare of drama or comedy. But now you can add it not only to one clip, but you can modulate your speeds within each clip. HOW TO: Hold…

Digital Bytes 16th January, 2017

12 Tools that Made a Difference in My Teaching Year Rachelle Dane Poth spent a year testing a number of tools with her class to see which ones she felt were most useful to her students. She came up with a list of 12 of the best tools for her students and has given a…

New Year, New ways of thinking about your technology?

Welcoming the new year with a new perspective? Here are a few prompts to help you reevaluate your digital health and well-eBeing: 1. Is that wearble wearing you out or helping you out? “In an ideal world, all that information helps us become better people. More fit, healthier, rested, hydrated. And for some people, those stats…

Digital Bytes 9th January 2017

Garageband in the Reading Classroom Garageband is on our computers and iPads and this article shares a number of ways that you can use it in your reading classroom. Whether is it capturing book talks, creating a musical accompaniment, capturing the voice of a book character in an interview or exploring the different instruments from…