It is the last day of school here in Texas and boy did we earn our summer! I'll be blogging through the summer, but possibly not as often so make sure to sign up on the top right to have the posts emailed to you. As we pack up our school lives and head for the pool, I want to provide you with a quick tip to help your brain remember important things after summer ends. My team recently did our last #CISDCHAT of the year about a tool called Google Keep. Since it was a crazy time of year, I wanted to make sure you, my readers, benefit from the learning even if you did not get to chat with us. What is Google Keep? Keep is an online space that syncs across your devices for sticky notes, to do lists, reminders and everything else your heart desires organizing. How do I use Google Keep? Our team found this video from Matt Miller at www.ditchthattextbook.com to be really helpful in learning to use it! How can Google Keep be used i...
This week, our Apple A Week series continues with an awesome post from guest writer, Brian Timm . Brian is a Digital Learning Coach in Coppell ISD and is an Apple Distinguished Educator. Let's learn from him as he highlights some Keynote tips and tricks. New to Keynote? Check out Apple's user guide for iPad and for Mac . Keynote is Apple’s software for creating (potentially) beautiful presentations. I say potentially because you can take any presentation software and use it for evil deeds that’ll make you say, “What. The. Font”? When building a keynote presentation, here are some quick wins, best practices, and creative uses that we have found helpful. Quick Win: Resizing Objects Efficiently When resizing objects in Keynote for Mac, I used to drag from the corner, then have to move the object back to it’s original location. To keep the object in the same position and resize, simply hold down the “option” but...
This week's Teach Me Something Tuesday is dedicated to an awesome educator I get to work with everyday - May Voltz . She shared www.classroomscreen.com on Twitter this weekend and I just HAD to try out and now share with you. Proof that the best PLNs aren't just global...love my local PLN too! Www.classroomscreen.com is an easy to use landing page for classroom information. You can customize the screen with different widgets including a QR code maker, whiteboard, timer, and more. Check out this quick "vlog" to learn more about how and why you may want to check this out! What is something YOU have learned recently from your PLN (local or global)? Share it with me in the comments!
It was so fun to meet you! Glad we accidentally bumped into each other :-)
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