Are You Ready for Back to School?

Welcome Back the the 2017-2018 School Year
Tech Talk blog has a guest contributor, Tania Jackson. She is one of our 4th grade teachers on the Mauriceville Elementary campus. I appreciate her allowing me to share her wonderful discoveries this summer that she promises will make your class run a bit smoother this year. Check out her tips below:

I have 3 quickies to share regarding the OneDrive app that I've discovered/been using!

1. There's a free app for OneDrive! Once installed, you can view, send, and manipulate everything in your folders that are synced from your computer (your Cloud).  Makes for quick access!

2. Sometimes I need to move pics of my class that I've taken on my cell to my computer, and it's time-consuming because I usually end up emailing them to myself and it won't let you bulk too many!

Having the OneDrive app on your phone/tablet makes it easy!  You just select the picture, or pictures all at once, then "Send to" (the same button you'd use if sending the pic via text or email) and it gives your OneDrive as an option!  They're just added to your folders and accessible from any device!

3.  Sometimes I need to scan a document to put it on the SmartBoard or print or whatever!  First, open the app.  On the main screen OneDrive has a built in "Scanner" that turns any document you snap into a PDF and instantly adds it to your Cloud! I really like this function!

Click the + sign at the top right hand corner and choose "Scan" 

Thanks for taking the time to go through my tips! 

Tania Jackson

4th Grade/ MVE ☺

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PopBoardz

New presentation app for iPad! Allows you to import content from Dropbox, Email, from iPad, add pdfs, videos, JPEGS, and even entire websites. Organize and Transform your information with popboardz!

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Make a PDF or Book from your BLOG!

Teachers! This is such a great reason to create a CLASS BLOG next year. You can put the class blog into a PDF or Book as an EOY memoir to take home. Students also can download a PDF of their SCHOOL blogs that they posted during the year. I would make sure that they completed an EOY entry with a final reflecion of the school year and their choice of the most valuable learning. I found this from Richard Byrne’s great website. He has some great ideas that are easy to implement. If you have a blog, follow his steps to download it. I will be using Blogbooker for mine, since I use Blogger. Thank you Richard!

Free Technology for Teachers: Three Ways to Your Blog Into a Book

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