If you have an iPad and a Mac you can use the iPad as an extended display. This means you can move your window to your iPad but keep using your Macbook. How to Use Your iPad as an Extended Monitor is the solution for this.
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Top 10 Health and Physical Education Tech Tools by @CoachKass
My Top Ten HPE Tech Tools Guest blog post by Victor Kass While I was growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, my parents ran a software company. So, I spent a great deal of time around computers. As a result, I have a natural affinity towards new and innovative technological tools. As a teacher,…
Unleash the Power: A Quick Look at Google Classroom for the iPad
By Holly Clark Digital workflow has long been a problem for those trying to incorporate digital products into their classrooms. That was until Google Apps for Education came along and started making things more collaborative and turning in work in became easier with the use of shared folders. Then in August, Google Classroom came…
MacTip: Searching For Files
If you are using your Mac to attach files you may want to filter a search to find the file you are trying to attach. In the window where you can browse for the files you are wanting to attach do a search in the upper right hand corner. After you type in the search…
MacTip: TextEdit
If you are a Mac user you may not be aware that your computer has a basic text editor. I find this handy when the internet is down or if I just want to paste some information somewhere temporarily. Spotlight Search I keep almost no apps in my dock. Instead I use a spotlight search…
Mac Tip: Use Preview to Sign a PDF
If you are a Mac user the native program to view PDF’s on your computer is “Preview.” If you have even been emailed a PDF to print and sign, Preview allows you to save your signature within the program to sign the document. Sign a Piece of Paper Get a blank piece of computer paper….
Mac Tip: Command Option Escape to Force Quit
Force Quit If a program freezes or needs to be forcibly quit out of you can use Command + Option + Esc to force quit out of a program. Click on the program you want to quit, choose “Force Quit.” This is NOT how you quit out of an application. Normally you would want…
Set Up an iPad Without a Credit Card
At a math conference where the teachers were handed iPads, one teacher did not want to set up her iPad with a Credit Card. It seemed that we have to enter either a credit card number or put in a gift card. However, she did not want to do either. Thank you to @techcoor who…
iPad for Algebra Teachers Resources
This week I was working with middle school algebra teachers who all received iPads. Below is the spreadsheet of some sample apps I put together. The second tab has some resources for them to check out.
Blek Game – Learn by Failure
Recently I downloaded the Blek game onto my iOS device (android is coming). I have really enjoyed playing this game due to it’s unique gameplay. The objective is to draw a pattern with an ink line and to hit all of the colored dots. The pattern you draw loops infinitely. The line will bounce off…
iMovie: Show Advanced Tools
As a teacher I like to add a little commentary to some of the video clips I am sharing with students. iMovie allows me to drag pictures into the timeline. I can then use my webcam to tape myself talking about the pictures or video clips I imported into iMovie. The picture in picture…
Mac Trick: Text Expander for Giving Comments
When giving feedback to students we can often times find ourselves writing the same feedback comment to students over and over. If you have a Mac you can create shortcuts to expand to a larger sentence or paragraph. Step 1: Click on the apple icon in the upper left hand corner of the screen and…
Changing the Background on a Keynote Slide
When creating a presentation using Keynote for your students you may want to deviate from the background slide color. Generally I start with a white background for my presentations, however sometimes a black background looks really nice. Open up the inspector. The 2nd icon is the slide inspector. By default you will be looking at…
Trimming the Video Length of a Video in Keynote
Thank you to the inspirational Roni Habib for showing me this trick. Let’s be honest, being a teacher is hard work, really hard work. We do not have a lot of minutes to spare preparing our lessons, nor do we have instructional minutes to waste. Oftentimes we have a video we want to share with our…
Adding a Video to Keynote in 3 Easy Steps
I learned this trick from the amazing Ramsey Musallam (http://www.cyclesoflearning.com/). Video can be a powerful way to spark student curiosity. Here is how you add a video file into keynote. Step 1 You need a video file. Step 2 Drag the video file directly onto the slide. You can do this from the finder or desktop,…
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