Adding a Page to your Class Google Site

This tutorial will take you through the process of adding a resources page to your class Google Site   Adding a Resources Page to Class Google Site from UWC South East Asia on Vimeo.

iBooks Author Intro

IBooks Author is an amazing tool that allows you to create your own multi-touch book that can be viewed on an iPad or an Apple computer that runs the Mavericks operating system. You can create media rich books that enhance the reading and learning experience for your readers. There are a few important things to know about…

Mac Basics – Getting Started With Your Mac

Getting a new MacBook Air can be both exciting and daunting, particularly for new Mac users. Apple has a number of tutorial videos and explanations which are designed to make your transition to a Mac easier. An overview of their support materials can be found here, however we have selected a few of our favourites to…

Adding a Picasa Slideshow to your Blog

Follow these instructions to embed a Picasa Web Album to your blog. 1. Select the photos you would like to share from your iPhoto Library. 2. Click on File -> Export 3. Click on Picasa and make sure you have Better Quality selected. 4. Sign in to Picasa with your Google Apps account.   5. Click Allow access….

Getting Started with your Class Google Site

This year, each class has been set up with its own Google Site. The purpose is to keep our parents informed about specific goings on in each class, and to host weekly homework. Below is a screencast showing how to navigate to and get started with your class Google Site. Each grade has been set up…

Creating Announcements for Your Grade Level Page (HoG)

Each grade has been set up with a grade level page accessible from the school website (www.uwcsea.edu.sg). 1.  Log in to the school website and click on the East Learning (Note: The left hand side of the icon) 2. Select Infant or Junior as needed 3. Select your grade level 4. This will take you to…

5 Minutes to Safer Searching & Viewing

We always want to help our students find the most relevant information when searching or viewing content online. Here are two great suggestions which can lead to a safer online experience for our students. 1. View Purewww.viewpure.com is a site which allows you to ‘purify’ YouTube videos by stripping away the comments section and the…

Changing Your Password

Please see the screencast below to show how to change your password via the school website www.uwcsea.edu.sg

Blogging in the Infant School

Blogging is a way to help communicate what’s going on in your classroom with an audience that includes parents.  It makes the learning going on in your class visible and provides a forum for interaction via commenting. (Here are some examples of Kinder blogs Mrs. Wills, Zoe Page) Our teachers in the infant school are…

Linking to other sites from your Studywiz course page.

This tutorial shows you how you can use your Studywiz course page to link to other sites like a blog, or Google site.  The suggested process has you editing the course’s Information page.  You can put different types of information here like a course overview simply by pasting from an existing document or writing with…