Powtoon Intro

I've used Powtoon in my Classroom.  My students and I love it!  I was invited to present a tool I used in the classroom and decided to present Powtoon.  Here's the introduction video I created:

Using Aurasma

I've used Aurasma (iOs and Android, Free) in my classroom and it is AMAZING! It features augmented reality and it has endless possibilities raging from simple videos of students saying something about their cereal boxes to full blown book reviews.  Here's how to use it (courtesy of Sylvia Duckworth):

Using Aurasma

Here's a sample of what you can do with it:

Aurasma in Education

Probability and Excel

Here's an interesting post by a fellow teacher, Laura Suppa. She used Excel to show her students about probability:

http://laurasuppa.blogspot.ca/2014/06/probability-excel.html

Thanks, Laura!

Jobberwocky

Grade 1/2s are trying to make jobberwocky alive! Here are pictures of them story boarding: 

Grade 2 Stop Motion Animation

As part of an initiative to have a good number of grades and students creating Stop Motion Animation, the grade 2s chose  stories they have read in class and make them come alive.  Here is a sample:

Grade Ones Can Do Stop Motion Animation Videos!

I am so proud! The grade 1s, 6 year olds, created stop motion videos!  Here are some:

TDSB Google Camp

Hello, fellow teachers!

I was fortunate to present at the Toronto District School Board's first ever Google Camp!

I was sooo amazed with the amount of knowledge shared between presentors and participants.

Click the banner below to access all the workshop resources (Banner belongs to TDSB.):

Step 1: Start Your Blogspot

Before I start, if you decide to use Blogger, you should use the Chrome browser.  Chrome is a Google product, Chrome is too -- so they play well together.  Here is where you can get it:  download Chrome

When you are done installing it, please proceed to the steps below.

Here's how to start your own blogspot:

1.) Sign up for Gmail or Google. If you have a Google/Gmail account, please proceed to step 2.

If not, click here: Sign up for Gmail

2.) After signing up, go to blogger.com to start your blog. You will be prompted to CONFIRM your Google+ Profile (you may edit your profile later on).  You have the option to OPT OUT of email notifications from Blogger by removing the check mark from Feature Announcements. After this step, you may now click CONTINUE TO BLOGGER.

3.) When you get to the next window, click on New Blog.

4.) You will then be asked to create your TITLE and ADDRESS.

You can always go back to these and change them.  However, you would want to make your address something easy to remember and something that connects to what your blog is about.

You will also have the option to change your template or how your blog looks at this point. I recommend just leaving it as it is right now.  You can change this later on.

Click CREATE BLOG! when you have your Title and Address.

Congratulations! You now have your own Blogspot with your own web address!

Step 2: Your First Post

Now that you have created your blogspot, you can now create your new post!

You can create a NEW POST depending on where you are on the blogger interface.  You can post here (see arrow):

or here:

You will then have to put a POST TITLE, write on the body, PUT A LABEL and then PUBLISH.

A label is important to organize your posts.  These will prove useful when you make your tabs on your main page.  You can change the labels later as well as have multiple labels.  

Here is a video to help you further (it does not have audio, just in case you are wondering):

Step 2.1: Allowing Comments

You can opt to allow or disallow comments for your posts.  You can either set them individually or for your entire blog.


Setting for individual posts:

Before PUBLISHING your post, click on OPTION on the right column of your post.

From here, you can either ALLOW or DON'T ALLOW comments.

On your DASHBOARD, click SETTINGS, POSTS and COMMENTS and then choose if you want commenting OFF your blog or which level of control you have over comments.