Ideas, Activities and Resources for Bend-La Pine Schools
Last weekend I attended the Oregon State Conference for School Libraries at Summit High School. It was a great conference and I gleaned many new ideas. Fortunately, I was able to attend a session by author, Miranda Paul, who used Continue reading Finding the Perfect Picture Books
It’s been a couple of weeks now that our computers are requiring us to enter our passwords in order to wake up our computers. While requiring our passwords is actually a good thing, some of us are finding this to Continue reading Is Your Computer Falling Asleep on You?
Occasionally, I get asked how to create a screen recording that can be shared with students or staff. It’s really easy with your laptop using QuickTime. Here’s a quick video tutorial:
The school year is now in full swing. Over the summer, many of your students may have forgotten the basics for fundamental tools on their iPad. Likewise, as a teacher, things change so rapidly with technology, it can be Continue reading Video Tutorials for Common Tools
I follow a few blogs, much like this one, where I can learn about new tools and ideas. One that I recently stumbled upon is called Wizer. I decided to check it out because it talked about creating a quick quiz Continue reading Wizer: a Great Tool for Creating Interactive Assignments
I recently started subscribing to Untangled, a newsletter by Darren Hudgins, full of resources curated for people like us. One of his links led me to the video below. In this video, the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, Ernő Rubik, Continue reading Are You Ready to Change the World?
Hopscotch is a shockingly simple and comprehensive app that allows students to experience writing code and programming on the iPad. Chances are that if you look over a student’s shoulder who is using Hopscotch, you might think they were just playing Continue reading Learn to Program on the iPad using Hopscotch
The robot invasion has come to Bend-La Pine Schools! Simple robots are everywhere and certainly have a place in the modern classroom. Take for instance, these lessons available on the Lightning Labs website linked here. Most of these lessons can Continue reading Learning From Robots