Monday, October 26, 2015

Google Timer

If you're looking for a quick way to time something, do a Google search for the time you want plus "timer". 


NASA Released 8,4000 Apollo Mission Images


NASA recently released 8,4000 images of the Apollo Missions. They're housed on Flickr so they may be blocked on the FISD filter but you can check them out at home. They're pretty cool!



Monday, October 19, 2015

Get Link Info


With all the short URLs out there, some housed through shorteners that are blocked by our filter, you may find it helpful to see where the shortenend URL is set to actually take you. www.getlinkinfo.com does that!

Enter the short URL at www.getlinkinfo.com and click Get Link Info for the real long URL it will take you to visit.

TED-Ed Lessons by Grade Level


You can now search TED-Ed lessons by grade level! This is super handy to help narrow down results that may be more appropriate for use in your class.

For more information, see this article at Edublogs.

Getting Started with Google Classroom

Amy Mayer recently posted a video on Getting Started with Google Classroom. It walks you through signing up, looking at class information, assignments and more.



Tuesday, October 13, 2015

CHS Exbooo


Mark your calendars now for the 2015 Library & Technology Exbooo (Expo) in collaboration with the LOTE & Fine Arts October Social!

Watch the VideoTrailer.
Add topic suggestions to the AnswerGarden.
Link for online version of the flyer with active hyperlinks.

On Friday, October 30th, stop by the Library during your conference to…
explore
… get a bite to eat
… sign up for door prizes!


See you there!

Monday, October 12, 2015

Lesson Technology Integration vs. Blended Learning

At a training last week I came across this video that beautifully explains the difference in and importance of Lesson Technology Integration and Blended Learning.



If you would like to talk about how Technology Integration and/or Blended Learning in your class, please see Penney Matos!

Write Music in Google Docs


I think this is so cool! You can write basic music in Google Documents with the VexTab Music Notation add-on. To read more about it, see what Richard Byrne of Free Tech 4 Teachers has to say here.

65 Things You Can Do in iOS 9 That You Couldn't Do in iOS 8

If you have an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, check out 65 Things You Can Do in iOS 9 That You Couldn't Do in iOS 8


My favorites are the iPad options for Slide Over, Split View, and Picture-in-Picture at the bottom of the article.