Wednesday's words of wisdom

So ... I get that Powerpoint is something that I should use in my classroom. Well, Keynote, anyways...

Me, I try really really hard not to use powerpoint to kill a class. But sometimes I have to sit through some .ppt's that are just painful. Here's a link to an article that explains how to use Powerpoint...

So, um ... yeah.

It's been a while since I was on this page, as you can see.

How ever, I read this "Top Ten reasons students should blog

" article, and I got to say, it's pretty much what I have to think about the matter.

Of course, I'm running into difficulty convincing people to read anything, let alone a blog, even if it offers specific help for something they are trying to complete...

ah well, youth .....

August work

Ya know ... here it is, finally August. Summer school is over, and I keep getting really cool articles emailed to me from... well, all over the interwebs.

This one is about how awesome the iPad is for "stuff".

Back to my morning coffee...

"Theres an #eduapp for that"

Ok, I really didn't want to end the year with an iPad app review. So ... this is how I get out of it:

Link is here to a "SNapp" page (That would be the Special Needs APPlications) .... it reviews and lets you in on all kinds of apps that should help you learn about your iPad, and how to get more into your class.


I'm thinking this post will be the last for a while ... unless something really really good comes along .... Peace out!

...and now for something completely different ...

...I know I have changed topics of that which I am "researching" on this blog a few times, but every once in a while, you kind of have to look around and see what else is out there.

Especially when ideas are emailed to you that support that which you do in a classroom every day. Like blogging.

Just in case you missed it...

So, yeah ... you can do anything with an iPad. Yes you can ... including attending a wedding, which was on the cover of the Toronto Star today.

"There's an app for that!"

So ... what did we do today?

I had a guest speaker today come in and show Raz-kids.com, a website that helps with literacy. I hooked up my laptop to the smartboard and then demonstrated how to hook up my iPhone as a remote for the laptop. We heard the story, could read the story and had a short content quiz at the end. The guest speaker was a little shy, so didn't want to use the remote or the smartboard, but it was all good int he end....

I used Rowmote, which has to be downloaded onto the laptop, as well as an app for the iPod touch/iPhone/iPad for everything to work. As long as they are on the same wireless network, all should be good.

Just as an add on, as I was getting this post ready, I noticed that the app Splashtop Remote is free today.... it does the same thing, and is free...

...and just after I finished this post, I got this link in my head... using Pages (a piece of software for the Mac to ePublish my own book to iBook; something to save trees and further blur the line for cell phone use in the class)