Ideas, Activities and Resources for Bend-La Pine Schools
Students can now create beautiful websites with user-friendly, familiar Google-style tools. Think student portfolio, jazzed up student-led conferences, and a fresh alternative to Slides. To get started on a student iPad: Open a blank Google page in Safari → tap Continue reading Google Sites: Now Available to Students!
Looking for summer PD related to STEM? With everything from NASA Earth-Space Science, to Solar Energy, to AP Computer Science, the Central Oregon STEM Hub has it all! Many of their workshops provide project pay and lunch. Register soon as Continue reading STEM Summer PD
I was helping a fourth grader free up iPad storage when he deleted nearly 2,000 unwanted photos. He showed his buddies and they all took to purging the blurry, the duplicates, and the outdated screenshots. This is a skill our Continue reading Cleaning Up Photos
Tech Tip If you ever need to combine pdfs, here’s a quick way you can do it all within your Finder window: Google Takeout Reminder For those of you that are leaving our district (We’re sorry to see you go!) Continue reading BLS EdTech Bytes 6.4.21
Tech Tip Here’s a quick video on how you can create a signature in Preview in order to sign a PDF. digitally in Preview. You only have to create it once and then it’s quick and easy to sign whenever Continue reading BLS EdTech Bytes 5.21.21
Tech Tip Here’s a quick tip on how to preview a file on your computer without opening up the entire application. For example, let’s say you’re looking for a document on your desktop, but you’re not sure which one it Continue reading BLS EdTech Bytes 5.7.21
Lesson Idea Newsela is an instructional content tool that allows teachers to find articles with appropriate reading levels for their students. Newsela articles also feature questions and writing prompts that align with common core standards. If you want to bring Continue reading BLS EdTech Bytes 4.23.21
Tech Tip Here’s how you can save a screenshot to your clipboard instead of your desktop: Elementary Update Bend Science Station Elementary teachers can find some incredible science lessons in Google Drive! The talented folks at the Bend Science Station Continue reading BLS EdTech Bytes 4.9.21