iPads Mania

A teacher wanted to know more about Sliderocket.  Below you will find complete details of all the features.


Very important aspect of using Sliderocket with students is to use the EDU account.  See how...


SlideRocket Player will allow for you to view a presentation from your iPad.  Connect your iPad to a digital projector via wireless or wired for all to see.  I will have my iPad with the presentation next to the teacher and the computer that they will be using.  Great reminder to show all tools in an organized manner.

A small time ago, the Google Create button changed...


With this change, the Template Gallery, which our teachers use, did not display.

See how you can get it back (Click Pictures To Enlarge)

Google Instant was not showing up.  It's probably because my four year old computer was running too slow!

Since 1979, Pulaski High School has celebrated student creativity by showcasing poetry, photography, art, cartoons, poetry, short stories, and essays.

Recently, these creations have been placed on the web.  The advisor, Mrs. Deprey, wants to ensure that the students' work is copyrighted, especially the photographs.

Enter PicMarkr.com A no account needed tool to add watermarks to work.  View video tutorial!


Example of Copyright Watermark on Image

@teachweb20 sent me Text2Mindmap.com which provides another opportunity to organize thoughts into a web.  Her students are using it for writing.  I am passing it along to speech teachers and our FACS teachers who have students cook or bake.  Every person who uses this can organize their thoughts into clear web images.

The interface is very friendly.

It can be used on the iPad with the Chrome browser which is depicted from the screen shot below.


View how Mr. Krause used the technology resource.

Friday presented a great opportunity for our school district to send eight teachers and administrators to East Leyden High School.  We were provided a day long opportunity to witness the implementation of Chromebooks to all students.  Every student has one Chromebook.  The school is also a Google Apps For Education District.

View Entire Presentation East Leyden Produced

Facts that I was able to gather:

• Superintendent stated some time ago that we (Leyden School District) was either going to implement Chromebooks sooner or later, but they were going to implement them
• Visited North Carolina who implemented Chromebooks with district, staff, and school board.  After the visit the Board of Education stated, "knowing what we know now, we can't afford to not do this"
• Chromebook removes a ton of logisitcs
• They are in their first year of integrating Chromebooks
• Homework is always present through the cloud
• Some distractions occurred.  Twitter and Facebook needed to be blocked
• Observed Chromebooks being utilized in different ways
• Some students were checking email while teachers were teaching
• Went "all in" with this initiative
• Created mandatory parent meeting
• 3,500 Chromebooks To Students
• 260 Teachers
• Bought "Loaner" computers and have plan for their use
• Expected that students charge Chromebooks each night
• Leyden created Digital Evolution Summit for teachers who led it
• The school district uses "Open Class" for classroom management 
• Incorporated Tech Support Internship
• Students learning five different strands of hands-on technology
• Students expected to assess various issues that occur throughout the day for students and teachers and come up with best approach to resolving them
• Students work on various projects throughout the year
• Slide 29 of presentation
• Students blog about their TSI experiences
• Passion for technology
• Students loved the fact that homework is always available
• Students loved the collaboration component
• Student perspective on Chromebooks
• Student and parent procedures