Week 23

Here are some highlights from Technology this week:

Week 23 (February 12 – February 16, 2018)

Thursday Giggles:            Why do elephants have trunks?
                                                Because they would look silly with glove compartments.

Pick and choose your favorites.  Don’t use every tool. 
Chefs don’t use every ingredient.  Gardeners don’t plant every type of plant.

OPTIONAL PD for February:

February 21 Eventbrite LINK HERE
February 28 Eventbrite LINK HERE

Writing Sparks. Looking for tools to enhance writing?  Here is one to consider: Writing Sparks.  This online tool will chose a topic for you.  It will also showcase some ideas/vocabulary for two minutes, if you wish.  It will encourage a small discussion time before the children start writing as well.  And it can function as your writing timer.  Check it out.  See if it’s worth using in your classroom.

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Digital Animation.  Do you have students who are interested in digital animation?  Here is a FREE software that they may be interested in: Blender.  I don’t know about you, but I really like FREE.  Share this out in a newsletter and see if any of your students teach themselves how to master the art of digital animation.

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Inkscape. Are you into video production work that includes animation intros?  Well, this FREE software may be a tool for you.  Download it and see what you can do!  LINK HERE.

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Google Forms. Are you curious about using Google Forms?  Would you like to learn more about this tool?  I designed a video that will walk you through how it works.  You’ll be up in no time ready to use this in your classroom after watching this How-To video.  LINK HERE.

SketchUP.  If you are interested in teaching your students how to use digital architecture software, you can head over there any time you wish.  Great for teaching scale, dimension, volume, size, angles, and the like.  Students (and teachers) can access this by going to the blue NEW button in Google Drive.  Then, have them choose MORE.  Lastly, they will find this in the drop-down menu.  Free and ready-to-go.

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Tinkercad.  If you are interested in exploring more design-oriented software with your students, then consider this tool as well: Tinkercad.  It too is free.  This is a software you would use if you wanted to run a 3D printer on your site.  You or your students would design models in this software before you printed your project/s.

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Kindly,