{"id":3555,"date":"2015-09-08T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T13:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2015-09-08T05:56:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T12:56:39","slug":"on-the-geeky-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/2015\/09\/on-the-geeky-side\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Geeky Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2015\/08\/gearcircle_400.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3559 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2015\/08\/gearcircle_400-150x150.png\" alt=\"gearcircle_400\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>If there\u2019s one thing you can count on in Learning Technologies is that change is a constant. No longer can you rely on getting comfortable with only one tool; before you know it another version or upgrade is available. Even worse is when your favourite resource has been shelved and you\u2019re on the hunt for another. Some of the following may pertain to you or it may peek an interest to find out more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raz-Kids (our famous online support for reading fluency and comprehension) has changed its weblink and management look. New weblink is: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsa-z.com\">kidsa-z.com<\/a> (Please ensure that you have changed your links on class blogs and school websites.)<\/li>\n<li>Sd41 Blog\/website \u2013 new supports (ask us about doing things a little different, additional tools or widgets). Great way to tell your story, student stories, communicate with parent community and go green.<\/li>\n<li>Google Drive \u2013 changes\/updates to this collaborative writing\/sharing resource may make life easier<\/li>\n<li>Digital citizenship framework \u2013 new this year (contact us for more information). Citizenship belongs at every level.<\/li>\n<li>Review of online math resources (replacing Destination Success) \u2013 interested in test driving? (contact us)<\/li>\n<li>Padlet (online brainstorm\/collaborative board) &#8211; It now has an app for ipad users. Create a teacher account so you can expand it to students. (Content reside on US servers.)<\/li>\n<li>Book Creator (ipad app) \u2013 extended video section to integrate Thinglink (online, app for interactive posters) and Google Drive. A powerful way to write and capture your learning story.<\/li>\n<li>New BC curriculum \u2013 get the latest to explore &#8211; \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/\">https:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ARC-BC \u2013 register for a new year. Information and training: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arc-bc.org\/\">http:\/\/www.arc-bc.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, please contact our Learning Technologies team. You can also surf our blog site, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\">http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s one thing you can count on in Learning Technologies is that change is a constant. No longer can you rely on getting comfortable with only one tool; before you know it another version or upgrade is available. Even worse is when your favourite resource has been shelved and you\u2019re on the hunt for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4642,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[113,112,135,120,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4642"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3555"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3565,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555\/revisions\/3565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}