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Archiving iPad Work
As we reach the end of the school year, we are realizing that we have all this great work on our iPads, but there’s just one problem – we need to get it off! Our iPads will be wiped clean and given to...
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Experimenting with Stop Animation
The last days of school are upon us! This can be a happy time, sad time, busy time, and more, but one nice thing about the last days of school is amid the commotion there are sometimes places where we...
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Action Movie Writing Project Review, Part 1
Summer is almost officially here. The kids are on vacation, but we teachers have a few more days to go. I’ve got some ideas for summer blogging projects, but in the meantime, I wanted to review some of...
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I previously wrote about an exciting writing project we did at the end of the year, in which we integrated writing and multimedia to create some digital stories. I wrote about the planning and learning...
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iPad Tip – Turning the Keyboard Sounds Off
My colleagues and I picked up some new iPads today to test out over the summer to get ready for the expansion of our 1:1 iPad program from two classes to all five Grade 4 classes next fall. With my new...
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I’m on Twitter!
I am finally on Twitter … let’s see how it goes! Find me at @kishtech Looks like I still need a profile picture.
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Data Dashboard & the Meaning of Life … I mean Technology
A colleague recently shared an article that included this graphic, which reminded me of my love of the visualization of data (I know … I’m a cool guy …): Can you figure out what it shows? Check out...
View ArticleiPad Summer Camp
The summer is here and it’s the perfect time to relax, rest, read, and learn about iPads! This is a great time to explore projects and apps that we might use next year in the classroom. On this blog I...
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iPad Summer Camp – Project 1 – Digital Story Telling
Welcome to iPad Summer Camp. For more information, please read the introduction post. For now, let’s jump into our first project. You’ll have a week and a half to work on this before I post the next...
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iPad Summer Camp – Project 2 – Collaborative Writing with Google Docs
Welcome back to iPad Summer Camp. Whether your summer is relaxing and filled with free time or packed with busy things (like me – working on a master’s degree!), it’s important to take some time to...
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Reflections on Intro to Ed. Research
I just finished up my first master’s course of the summer. It feels good to be finished with it, but I’ve got a long way to go before I graduate on July 30! This course was Introduction to Educational...
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iPad Summer Camp – Project 3 – Teaching with Explain Everything
Welcome back to iPad Summer Camp. If you’re new, check out the introductory post. Otherwise, let’s get into some more fun with our iPads! Project 3 – Teaching with Explain Everything In this project...
View ArticleiPad Summer Camp – Project 4 – Creating a Film with iMovie
Welcome back to iPad Summer Camp. If you’re new, check out the introductory post. Otherwise, let’s get into some more fun with our iPads! Project 4 – Creating a Film with iMovie Despite being busy...
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Every year I’ve taught 4th grade I’ve written an introduction letter to the class. This year, someone gave me a great idea to go along with this – an introduction movie! So, using my iPad, Airserver,...
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New storage for iPads
With the expansion of our iPad program to the entire 4th grade, we’ve got lots of new toys and tools. This year the tech department has changed our storage system, so I look forward to seeing how it...
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It feels like New Year’s
Well, we are back into the swing of things! Today was the sixth day of school, and it was the day we finally got out the iPads. I was actually a bit surprised that our Darth Vader looking iPad cabinets...
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Mystery Skype!
My goal this year was to continue writing on this blog on a regular basis, but it seems that I’ve been posting less than ever. As it went longer without writing it seemed I needed something especially...
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Book Creator as an eNotebook
Well, I’ve continued to be slow on my blog posting, but we are deep in the use of our iPads this year. I think one of my favorite things has been continuing to use the app Book Creator as a storage...
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Exciting Connections
One of my big themes this year for technology use was making connections. Technology allows us to easily connect with other people and experts around the world. We’ve started by doing a Mystery Skype...
View ArticleOff to Delhi!
11:32 PM London time – location unknown … I’m current at some altitude over the earth, somewhere over Europe or Asia, but unfortunately it’s too dark and I can’t figure out how to get my TV screen up...
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