Ideas, Activities and Resources for Bend-La Pine Schools
I’m always on the lookout for ways to accomplish tasks more quickly. Did you know that you can drag your attachment right on your email in order to attach it? Here’s a quick video demonstrating:
Ben’s Guide to the US Government is a fabulous resource designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government. It’s leveled for ages: 4-8, 9-13, and 14 +. Check it out and see how much you know!
Maker Space is a hot topic right now and is an area that our library staff have been discussing in how to implement in each of our schools. Here is a great resource from the California State Library who has partnered Continue reading Getting Creative in Your Library
There are times when you have a PDF that you need to share, but the problem is that you only want to share one page of the PDF instead of all 16 pages. I’m sure there are many ways to Continue reading Extracting a Page from a PDF
I don’t know about you, but generally I think much faster than I can type. Recently, Google came up with a new voice tool in Google. You must be in the Chrome browser to use it. Here’s a quick video on Continue reading Voice Typing in Google Docs
It’s incredible how a simple use of technology can completely change the way we’ve always done a lesson. A fine example is in Fred Kent’s biology class. Kent had his students take pictures of lab slides by holding their iPad Continue reading Technology Revolutionizing Biology Labs
Quizalize is a new team game similar to Kahoot with a few different features. In Quizalize, students are randomly put into 2 teams. The names of students on teams are projected during the quiz so that everyone can see which Continue reading Quizalize – A Fun and Exciting Way to Quiz
Recently I added the Grammarly extension to my Chrome browser and I’m really enjoying it. It’s not just for Chrome, either, it can also be added to Safari. Here are some key features: Eliminates most writing mistakes Grammarly corrects over Continue reading Grammarly Extension