Using Office Lens
A brief aside.I had dropped by a workshop first thing this morning and was sitting at the front and wanted to grab a shot of the screen; at first I used my camera — I wasn’t thinking. As soon as I looked…
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Fife – The Grand Tour Day 1 Introduction
So my tour started in Edinburgh and the Hilton Grosvenor was kind enough to host me. It was in a great old building with long narrow hallways with low ceilings — the signs were helpful but I still managed to…
Observations
I had the opportunity to visit a school just outside of Edinburgh yesterday. While my overall intent was to look at the use of OneNote and Office365, what resonated with me so strongly was the fluidity with which both educators…
The #OneNote Grand Tour – Evolving Questions
So while my hometown undergoes a rare March Break blizzard, I’m enjoying 13C and sun in beautiful Edinburgh. It’s quite enjoyable to be relaxing in a coffee shop watching the Scottish go about their daily tasks while I get caught…
The #OneNote Grand Tour – Part 0
In the summer of 2012, I started a new position at Appleby College. Moving from math teacher to “indeterminate job title”1 meant that for the first time in 20 years, I would not be in the classroom. The goal of…
“Mr. A is always on his phone in class…”
So,, the above quote is true… I’m always on my phone in class. For one, I take a lot of pictures (see the previous post, for example) – my students treat every surface like a whiteboard, and I like keeping…
What is your classroom like?
So my new year’s resolution is to write one blog post a week.I thought I would start off by answering a question I was asked during #PubPD in October. Now, #PubPD is a fun evening where teachers gather together in…
Thoughts on Google versus Office
This was a recent question posted amongst school educators G suite versus Office 365. Thoughts? Since I wrote a fair bit, I thought I’d also post it here: If people are learning with a modern pen-based tablet pc, or are…
OneNotes upon OneNotes…
We’re just prepping for the start of the school year (we don’t start teaching until the 12th) and I just thought I’d run through how enmeshed Microsoft OneNote is to our school. 1) Class OneNotes — this is where it…
So you want to hack your OneNote Class Notebook
Taking a brief break from my “Getting Started with OneNote Class Notebook” series (you can start that one here)… This is a little advanced so if you’re not comfortable setting permissions inside of Office365 you may want to avoid this.…