Here are instructions to set up your Green Screen kit. (Video is also in Burnaby Learning Community Team – Tips, Tutorials, ProD > Files)
Category: i-Devices
Building Community and Hour of Code
Hi everyone! Michelle here, I’ve taken over the Learning Tech blog for a moment to share with you all some exciting resources for Hour of Code and Comp Sci Education Week. I will also be introducing the new Burnaby Learning Community in MS Teams! Read on to learn more. December is creeping up quickly and…
ChatterPix – Image and Voice Collide
Use ChatterPix to tell a story. Take a picture, draw a line for the mouth, and record. This recording allows 30 seconds. Connect to learning – Story is as much about what is said and what is hidden behind the pages. At its simplest, this app could be used to record a single segment of…
Voice Record Pro – Audio Story
Use Voice Record Pro to record an audio story. This professional grade quality app is handy for communicating voice. Use the meter to gain immediate feedback while you are recording. Tell your story, read a book, record a speech. Listen to the results and independently self assess. Decide if there are parts that you wish…
Draw and Tell
Draw & Tell is a great app for Primary to use in storytelling. The simple interface provides opportunity for drawing, puppet stickers and audio recording to tell an animated story. You can also add in a captured image of a story workshop or a hand drawing as background. Multiple uses in documentation. Background images…
Convert IPad Videos using Photos/Video App
Using the Photos/Video App on Windows10 can be used to convert ipad videos into mp4. When uploaded to websites, it uses the native video player to give a better audience experience.
IPad Organization
Organizing apps will save you time. It is also part of Digital Literacy – File Management. Categorize apps into groups and create folders to house them. This example uses types of action (DO) as the organizing structure. What about using external microphones to get better recordings? There are lots of options. This particular one takes…
Create Shortcuts on IPads
Shortcuts of highly used websites is a must for easy access and support efficiencies in time. This video will show the steps how you can add your class blog sites, student blogFolios or any website to your idevice.
Upload Files from IPAD to Blogs (or student blogFolios)
Upload any media file saved on your idevice to your classblog or student blogFolios. Simply follow these steps.
Showcasing IPAD created videos on Blogs or Websites
Videos created on ipads are saved as .mov files and are large and bulky. When uploading to a website, converting to mp4 or m4v and compressing offer a streamlined experience for audiences. Using Any Video Converter (free downloadable: https://www.any-video-converter.com/) completes this process in one go. If you have more than one video, this process is…
Winter Ponderings
It is the middle of winter and the anticipated snow advisory came but not really. Over the weekend, EdCampBC – Core Competencies organized by Janice Novokowski and Carrie Antoniazzi moved online and this effort was not lost on the participants who attended. It really showed that there are significant positives as more people from all…
It’s November – Leveling Up Feedback
Feedback could be considered the basis to all learning in whatever capacity. Consider a golf swing – you gain immediate feedback when that tiny ball doesn’t quite get into that tiny tiny hole. Or perhaps it’s the cake that doesn’t quite poof up as shown in the picture of that recipe especially when they say…
2018 Top “15” iPad Apps
Yes, yes..apps come and apps go. Some maintain their longevity and merely get face-lifts, while others no longer exist. This is one reason we do not rely on apps themselves and focus on the goals of learning. As always, we have connected them to the Competencies. So here goes with our newly edited list of…
Mid November Reflections – Voices
It’s mid November and the leaves have displayed their Fall colours (either still hanging onto trees or splashed across the landscape). We truly live in a wonderful part of the world. One of our concentrations is to provide a written voice for every student. Six teams of classroom and LSS/ELL partnerships from six schools launched,…
Must be App Smash Time – List for 2016-2017
Seems like the world of apps is constantly shifting with an abundance of tools that promise just about everything except make coffee. I imagine that will happen soon. Here is our updated list of apps and ‘yes’, we like to keep the list to under 20 (leaving lots of space for saving creations). Again, some…
2016 Must Have List of Apps for iDevices
I can’t believe that it was February, 2015 since I started a list of Apps that every school should consider having on their idevices. Anyone who has been to the App Store will know all too well the number of apps represent a mountain of options. How do we choose our apps for “THE LIST”? While exploration…
Stories Told: Risk-Taking and Connected Relationships
We left off last year with celebration events for all of our teams. Many things stood out from those gatherings: risk-taking is built on trust, possibility thinking and time to ruminate, ideas start from what we know (a launch page), integration of purposeful technologies requires focused play, assessment is not an afterthought, articulating clear goals…
On the Geeky Side
If there’s 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’re on the hunt for…
Our Must Have List of Apps for iDevices
Since ipads and ipod/touches hit the district, I can’t count the number of times I’ve been asked what apps are great. I wrote about this previously (Apps) using the lens of “Relevance, Thinking Skills, Sharing and Usability” (adapted by Tony Vincent; Kathy Schrock). Another layer may be to connect the app against the SAMR model (a…
iPad Apps that Enhance your Language Arts Program
Joined by a group of enthusiastic K-12 teachers and principals, we explored a number of apps at our District Pro-D session on February 21st. The feature story was Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin. After listening to the story and the oh-so catchy song, we used a strategy called Milling…