Thursday, March 23, 2017

Adobe Gone Mobile

Leslie Fisher taught this great class -- June 2016: Handout
To really use the mobile Adobe apps- you need an Adobe ID
accounts.adobe.com- free

4 parts of Photoshop are broken out into 4 apps
plus sign on left for new project
Photoshop Sketch
Can send file as a vector image to illustrator (.eps)
 Adobe Spark Video
Can export and share the video
Has great prompts in the placeholders to guide students
Can also record in screencastomatic to avoid using cloud space


Adobe Spark Post
Create Memes
spark.adobe.com
Adobe post, page, video:  entirely web based
My Projects (access everything here you have created)

Adobe Illustrator draw
allows you to draw Vector images- upload files as .eps

Adobe Spark Page
Turn a story into a visual story
Create a web story for travel or a field trip
High end photos but it does not create a video

Adobe Capture App
Adobe Color Capture - matches colors for future projects
Swatches command: can design on desktop and access your swatches
makes pen drawing


Note- cool tip:
ipad- w/ a Mac- regular USB cable
Quicktime player: File> New Movie Recording> Drop down next to record button> ipad
Switch audio from ipad also



Thursday, March 17, 2016

Denapalooza U.K. and the new Day of Discovery Program= #DEPD rocks!!

Most of you are now following my Facebook page , but I'd like to post a few blog articles about recent PD I have delivered and PD I am attending this year- hopefully to reach a wider audience about something that has made me a better educator. 
It's called Discovery Education.  
I call it Community.  
I call it Personalized Learning.  
I call it Collaboration.
I call it Innovation.
Whatever you call it- it matters and continues to matter to me as I continue this journey of life and work in the field of education.   ‪#‎DEPD‬ rocks!!! 

I presented at Denapalooza U.K. in London last November aboard the HMS Belfast.  What an AMAZING DAY. This blog post does not and cannot in any way show the intangibles of the day-- the connections and learning and general joy that took place aboard a vintage ship.  For those of you wondering about my presentation...here's a great video showing snippets of the amazing the day of learning and community! Yes- video proof that I did not make the whole thing up!! And my sweet daughter in her warm London clothes even made it into the footage. :) ...check it out here: http://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/video/item898405 

smile emoticon US friends- you have now had a chance to meet many of my favorite people from across the pond in the video above and one or two pretty fab Canadians. And if you aren't part of the Discovery Educator Network- message me and I'll tell you how to join. They'll host events all over the world this year ... attend and it will change you for the better. 


In fact, the new plan for Discovery Education is to host "Day of Discovery Tour".  I'm excited to be heading to Denver, Colorado for the first time in September, 2016 to give an Ed Tech presentation for the tour- check out http://www.dayofdiscoverytour.com/Join me if you are in the area- or find another location on the worldwide FREE PD tour! Life changing, I promise.  I will decide on my topic as it gets closer to the event.  I have so much to share and it is always difficult to decide what I'd like to spend my precious 45 minutes sharing.  I hope to collaborate with you soon- in person or virtually!  

Last but not least-- I owe a huge thank you to Discovery Education Network Community Members Ana Horine (Georgia) and Jessica Wheeler (South Carolina) for donating Beanie Babies(r) for a fun part of my presentation.  It is called "The Beanie Bunch" and I have always used stuffed animals such as Beanie Babies in my libraries and classrooms. In this session, participants received a Beanie Baby(r) animal in a paper bag. All the stuffed animals were different species.  Then, participants received a sheet of paper with animal characteristics as clues. The fun began when had 3 minutes to find the animal on their clues by asking yes/no questions of others. This was a very condensed version of an icebreaker, research/writing/vocabulary project using Discovery Education, and motivational experience for classrooms. Teachers in the UK then messaged me a few days later that they have started "Beanie Buddy" programs in their own classrooms after attending the workshop. It was a truly great feeling to know others benefitted from my ideas. :)
Stay tuned for a few posts in coming weeks... 


Denapalooza UK @ the HMS Belfast on the Thames, Nov. 2015


My Denapalooza London, U.K. presentation is below- created with my amazing co-presenter and friend Tracy Carpenter: 



Sunday, August 2, 2015

New Tumblebook Search Feature Contest and "You might also enjoy..." @TumbleBooks


Share your thoughts with TumbleBooks and win an iPad! Enter before August 15 ... Here's how! 




This Fall, TumbleBooks is introducing a brand new feature to help you and your students find the books they want!

"If You Liked This Book, You Might Also Enjoy"- will be an exciting new feature added to the collection. When your students choose a book, they will see some suggestions of other similar books they might like. This will show up both in the book detail page and in a new Search box. 

And, speaking of the new search box, you will also see a brand new Help Me Find a Book feature- for both teachers and for students. 

And so, once again, TumbleBooks asks for your feedback and suggestions. What topics will you need to search to find books for your students? What topics will you use when teaching mini-lessons during the year? What are some keywords you use when looking for instructional resources? Tell them what you might want to search for during the course of the year. Simply email your search term list to info@tumblebooks.com with any other feedback by August 15, 2015 to be entered in the iPad drawing! 

You will help improve the website and have the chance to win a brand new iPad! 
Please tell TumbleBooks how to make their SEARCH feature as good as it can be. 

Happy Tumbling! 

Bonus Tumble Teacher Tips: 
TumbleBooks Quiz Feature:
I LOVE the Quiz feature in Tumblebooks.  This would be a great way to assess comprehension in either a 'Quick' quiz or full quiz.  It is also a fun way to 'practice' taking a book quiz before taking an Accelerated Reader quiz.  I particularly love the feedback style which explains the missed answers, and the 'Retake' option. 




Feedback sample with options to Print, Retake, or Go Back


Ask your Library Media Specialist about purchasing a subscription to TumbleBooks! 
This is post #1 of a series of  TumbleBooks blog posts 
I am sharing during the 2015-2016 school year.  
Subscribe to my blog at the link above to get future posts delivered directly to your in-box. 

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Follow me at #DENSI2015 : My Wonderful Wednesday Playlist

Washington, D.C.
These are the sessions I am attending today and the corresponding notes, ideas, and links to presentations from the Discovery Education Summer Institute. I hope you enjoy learning this information as much as I did today...

Social Media Tips from Steve Dembo: Amplify your message with Thunderclap Twitter Service


Google with Rachel Yurk




App Smashing with Lina Rush




Perfectly Portable Presentations: with David Fisher: http://goo.gl/hpV4bF

@DavidFisher65
Google Drive tools that can be added to save to our Google Drive automatically
The MORE button in Drive- gives access to presentation tools like: drawings, forms, maps, movenote, powtoon, pixlr, zoho show, raw shorts, wevideo, and the 'connect more apps' link to the web store.

Get in Touch with your Inner Librarian with Susan Gauthier

https://sway.com/6pRx6w6PNYadMTA_ 

DENnovator Faire-- our own Maker Faire is this evening.  Click here for the website detailing the things we will see and make...

Sleep.
whew!


Bonus:
Check out the blogs of my U.K. friends here with me this week...
https://mrwrightteaches.wordpress.com/


Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Kahoot! Ghost Mode #GhostMode #iste2015 @getkahoot @kahoot

At ISTE 2015 I learned about Ghost Mode using from an awesome and personable co-founder of Kahoot, Jamie Brooker!

He was manning the Kahoot booth in Philadelphia from across the pond and personally greeting visitors + giving away really nice T-Shirts. 
I admired this so much about a company I already love.
I told him my 3rd grade students went home after using Kahoot and ON THEIR OWN they started creating Kahoots to use with their classmates... and did this all year. And are probably still doing this over the summer. 

Here's a blog post from Kahoot! :
"We’re calling this new feature ‘Ghost mode’. When you finish a game of Kahoot! you will see a new ‘Play again’ button that also contains a ghost icon. When you click on the button, the same game is relaunched. As well as your ‘live’ class, all players are joined by their ‘ghosts’! The ghosts play the game alongside live players, and their answers (and answer times) will be exactly the same as those the players entered in the previous game."
You'll see little ghost icons beside the ghost players.  Very exciting! 

P.S.- My 7th grader loves her Kahoot! T-Shirt from the Kahoot booth at #ISTE2015 and wore it proudly while touring Philadelphia!  She uses Kahoot at school in City Schools of Decatur, Georgia and can't wait to try out ghost mode.


Customizing your Google Apps Experience with beyondthechalk.net #iste2015

Technology Integration Specialist

Google Certified Innovators

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Dean Phillips dean@beyondthechalk.net @DeanPhillipsMT
Jeff Crews jeff@beyondthechalk.net @crewsertech