#NeedARedStamp
A few years ago there was a great Twitter hashtag #NeedARedStamp about errors that students continually make and how it would be easier to just stamp your usual response on their papers. Check ’em out here! I need a red…
Month November 2017
“Geez, it’s so easy!” – Skype for Business for Education
I had a teacher message me on Monday saying that he was having a guest talk to his class from Bogotá, Colombia and what would be the best way to web-conference with her and record it? The absolute easiest way…
BYOD. It’s not about the device until it’s the device.
I had a great conversation today with a tech director who was asking how we dealt with our 1:1 program and what my thoughts were on BYOD. So I thought I write my thoughts down here as well.We have been…
Write anywhere
As folks know, I’m a big fan of #digitalink — as a math teacher, as an aspiring creative person, I always want to scribble. I write on everything at home, and always have. The back of envelopes (when people use…
Web Content into OneNote
Getting content into OneNote is incredibly easy … since every page acts like a clipboard, just drag&drop or use the INSERT ribbon.You can use the smartphone app OfficeLens (which takes pictures of “real” content, cleans it up, and pushes it right…
Using OneNote to create a Choose your own Adventure book
[I did have 3 hours of Parent Teacher Conferences tonight, but I wanted to make sure I got my November daily post in!] I spent way too much time as a kid reading through the Choose Your Own Adventure books.…
Who are you?
In preparation for my next blog post (I’m blogging once-a-day in November!) we should talk about who you are. In today’s cloud-based services, you need an identity. It’s typically based on your email or your phone number. One option is your…
Stop Ditching Homework
I know it’s trendy for folks to proselytize “Ditching Homework” – it’s a catchy phrase, great memories of your own homework are likely hard to find and you won’t get invited to speak at conferences or sell books if you’re…
Making Microsoft Forms Quizzes with Math (Free, Easier and Quicker)
So Twitter serves up a lot of great tips, tricks, techniques and shortcuts for busy teachers. Choosing to follow the right folks helps prevent a lot of the nonsense. Eric Curts (Twitter) provided one to help Math teachers with quick…
Why students OneNote
So my good friend and colleague Anjuli Ahooja and I were fortunate enough to host a student panel on learning technologies at the STAO (Science Teachers Association of Ontario) and teachers in the audience asked the following questions. I tried…