Hello,
I recently attended the 3rd Sommet du iPad in Montréal, and I wanted to share a few of the highlights as well as some new interesting ways to use the iPads but also technology in the classroom and to help you pedagogically. Most of the content is in French since the conference was french oriented.
The Conference was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Downtown Montreal and had over 1400 people attend from all levels of education. The conference has a focus on educational technology but also on evaluation and more on the philosophy of ed tech rather than just showing new apps and tools. Pour ceux qui sont sure Twitter le # de la conference était #ipad2015.
First a wake up call:
1. Manifeste pour une pédagogie renouvelée, active et contemporaine : une réflexion sur les l'éducations actuels et comment nous devons renouvelée non seulement pour les élèves mais pour nous même. http://www.pedagogieactive.com
2. De-Clic
Ce site comporte plein de ressources pour l'integration de technology ainsi que des idées de partage et d'échange. Présenté par Corine Gilbert @cogilbert et Alexandra Bernier @abernmess du Collège St-Jean-Vianney http://de-clic.com
3. Marc-André Girard - Directeur du Secondaire Collège Beaubois donne une bonne explication sur le changement de l'éducation via la technopédagogie, voici un PDF de sa présentation https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4pdI-uViRUSV3pKcmhuQnBZSVE/view?usp=sharing
4. Benoit Petit de Récit présente sur la citoyenneté numérique et comment sa doit faire parti de tous les cours https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yXSXlfeiF5oPW6RnE958bJtJ-TcjMO47zYkiZyLM1f8/mobilepresent?pli=1&slide=id.g9bb3ad11f_0_0
Not part of the conference but great ressources:
1. Great Technical Support Youtube Channel for Parents from Google - 50 Videos show you how to do common things or searches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHa1Dj3JIFQ&feature=BF&list=PLAE6B03CA849AD332&index=1
2. The Must-Read Ed-Tech IT Blogs of 2015
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2015/04/50-must-read-it-blogs-2015
3. Interested in the Maker Mouvement here is a great ressource http://cybraryman.com/makerspaces.html
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Thursday, April 9, 2015
More Tips and Tricks April 2015
I have a few more Tips and Tricks to share this month so here they are, a few of them are also good for the french teachers.
1. Here are two great services for creating timelines
A web based timeline creation tool
This timeline creation tools uses Google Spreadsheets to write all the content, then upload to create a timeline that can easily be shared or embedded.
2. Un site créer par Annie Marois de la comission scolaire des Découvreurs qui donne plein de ressource en français comme des tutoriel pour des application iPads.
3. Exemple d'une classe inversé par Marie Soulie https://slate.adobe.com/a/WdwNQ
4. This is great for short quizzes about Math, Vocabulary, Geography and Science, a great resource that is available in French and English.
5. Social Media Statistics for 2015 on Teens http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/09/teens-social-media-technology-2015/
Monday, March 30, 2015
Tech Tip April 2015
A few interesting links and updates
A Bunch of Easter activities for kids: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/easter-fun/
Refme: free reference generator in multiple styles and for websites, books, journals, etc... https://www.refme.com
ChallengeU: a collection of lesson plans created by teachers for teachers on a whole range of subjects. [ www.challengeu.com ]www.challengeu.com
EdPuzzle: A free website that allows you to grab videos from your computer or the internet and add text, links, questions ,etc... https://edpuzzle.com/
Kidsblog: if you ever wanted to easily create a blog for each of your students, a great service that is easy to use. http://kidblog.org/home/
iPad Adobe Voice: this simple video maker used to only save on the Adobe website but now you can save and use the videos everywhere. http://getvoice.adobe.com
Google Logged-in device status: if you want to check which devices your account is currently logged in, log into your google account and simply follow this link https://security.google.com/settings/security/activity?pli=1 if the list does not appear click on Recent Activity - Devices from there you will be able to remotely log off. This is perticulary usefull if you used a computer in a hotel or cafe and forgot to log off.
Facebook Logged-in device status: Log into Facebook and but follow this link https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=security§ion=sessions&view you will get a list of all the devices you are currently opened sessions.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Tips and Tricks before March Break
Here is a small Tech Tip Email before March Break
Youtube for Kids - Google has just released a version of youtube for Android and IOS that is kid friendly loaded with loads of features made especially for parents and kids.
iMovie Trailers - Here is a series of PDF plans to organize you imovie trailers, http://learninginhand.com/blog/2014/8/6/plan-a-better-imovie-trailer-with-these-pdfs
Prodigy Elementary Math Game - This web based game is a free way to gamify math exercises for grade 1-7. The Game also has a full set of reporting and assessment tools. http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/prodigy-math-game-elementary-skill-building/
Mystery Skype - You students will call another class somewhere in the world and need to figure out where the other class is and vice versa, this teaches geography, global citizenship, etc...
This is an article that explains all the steps and how to make a Mystery Skype call.
Friday, February 6, 2015
Tech Tips February 2015
Paper
Paper is the ios app for note taking, doodles and idea creation was free but if you wanted all of the tools you had to pay 3.99$, well as of today all the tools are free to use so update the app or go download it for the first time.
Google Earth Pro - Thanks to Richard Byrnes http://www.freetech4teachers.com for this tech tip
- Google earth pro is a is now free for everyone use license key GEPFREE, Google Earth Pro offers at least nine features that are not available in the standard version of Google Earth.
- Those features include importing GIS data, mapping multiple points at once, measuring areas of polygons and circles, and automatically geo-locating imported GIS images.
- and you can download it from this link http://www.google.com/intl/en/earth/download/gep/agree.html
- Here is a list of resources to use Google Earth Pro in Science, English and Math
- http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/01/some-of-my-favorite-resources-for.html#.VNUCQMZDaqc
Professional Development
Here is another PD resource that I think would be interesting http://home.edweb.net
Signing up is free for K-12 and they have webinars and blogs for free on a wide range to topics
Hype Cycle
The University of Minnesota has compiled a series of reports mainly from Gartner to create an interactive Hype Cycle. Click here for detailed description
A hype cycle is a curve that shows where new emerging technologies stand, from the point of being announced, hyped up, actually implemented and sustainability.
Its good to see what is coming in the next few years, and where we stand in education. If you have any project, ideas or concerns you need help with, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Monday, December 15, 2014
Skype Translator Preview
Skype Translator gives you the ability to speak another language without learning one. Simply set up a Skype video or voice call with someone who speaks another language and start talking. Translator is currently available in English and Spanish. More languages are coming soon.
You can communicate between two classrooms and get a live translation during your call. This will allow amazing possibilities to break down the walls and allow students to become global learners.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/15/skype-translator-preview-going-live-today/
Monday, December 8, 2014
GAFE Summit Montreal 2014
This weekend, I went to the Google Apps for Education Summit in Montreal, presented by Ed Tech Team. I walked away with a lot of ideas and resources to share.
Thumbs up to the team for all the resources and especially Tim Lee @AmplifiedIT for the great demos and chats. As well as Rushton Hurley @rushtonh for the presentations and next vista web site.
If you are interested in the actual presentation slides click this link for more information.
This video shows how Chrome apps are installed and the way I organized them for you to get to them easily.
Here is the list of links and resources I got at the
Google Apps for Education Summit in Montreal 2014.
http://www.one-tab.com/page/iyGmWmacS9an9AEWGRw-Lg
The Chrome Extension and Apps can only be installed and used if you are using a Chrome browser, they are not compatible with firefox or internet explorer. Keep in mind that Google App Extensions and Apps are not working yet on the Chrome Mobile App.
A Description of each link...
Chrome Apps Store
Awesome Screenshot: Capture & Annotate
Allows you to take a picture of a site, not just what you see like a screen capture but the whole site and you can annotate and save your modifications.
Ghostery
This will check to see how many trackers are located on the site your visiting, trackers keep track of everything you click and look at, and build a portfolio to use for advertising or to push products you are interested in. You may expect Expedia to have 1 or 2 but it actually has 17 different trackers. Ghostery will list them for you and allow you to block them if you want.
One Tab
Allows you to collect a whole bunch of tabs that are open in your browser and squeeze them onto one page to share easily using either a QR code or link. This will allow you to make a list of sites to share with students and colleagues more easily. As a bonus it helps boost the speed of your browser since you don’t have to keep all your tabs open.
Project Naptha
This chrome plug-in allows you to take text from images, usually you cannot take text from an image but this plug-in acts like an OCR scanner and takes the content out of the picture.
SpeakIt
This adds a text to speech to every page to visit, you can change the speed at which it reads, along with a whole bunch of languages it can read in as well.
PDF Mergy
Easily merge PDFs into one file, so you can easily print multiple PDFs or combine a bunch of PDFs to avoid having to open each file one by one.
Biodigital Human
A Detailed look at the human body, bone structure, blood vessels, organs…
Print Friendly & PDF
Allows you to print web pages more easily by allowing you to remove content, compress the text, remove images, great to save on paper.
3DTin
Easy to use 3D Model maker that has loads of templates and can create 3D print files to use on our 3D Printer.
Google Dictionary
Adds a dictionary to your chrome browser, highlight a word you don’t know and you can click google dictionary to get a description, adjectives and even how to pronounce.
Clipboard History
Keeps a history of all your copied text, easily get back a copied piece of info you replaced by copying something else.
Google Chrome Apps
Daum Equation Editor
Allows you to build complex equations in a browser to use with different programs, you can save as text, image or straight to google drive.
Desmos Graphing Calculator
Add a full fledged graphing calculator for free to your browser, loads of graphs are already programmed. if you want you can also save your graphs if you have a google drive.
Individual web site
Next Vista for Learning
A curated list of resources and videos for learning, visit the resources page and get inspired page for some great videos to share with your class.
What do you love?
A great search tool that searches many different areas for what your looking for.
Geoguessr
A great geography game that drops you in google street view somewhere in the world and you have to find out where you are, you can get points for being close to where you drop the pin on the map.
Smarty Pins
A Trivia game that ask you questions about places in a wide range locations around the globe, and you must guess where it is and drop a pin to win points.
Todaymeet
A website that allows you to have a back channel during presentations or to interact as a group.
Digital Citizenship
The Lester B Pearson School Board Digital Citizenship program is great and will be a great resource once we get our official program going next year.
Wordsift
Wordsift takes a collection of words and will generate a word cloud ( an arrangement of words based on size that demonstrate how often they are used). Its great to see which words are used too much in a text or have students submit answers and see which one is the most popular.
Google Cultural Institute
A Collection of art, sculptures and places you can explore or examine in superb detail.
-Google Art Project
The Art Project is part of the Google Culture Institute is a collection of high res images of famous pieces of art that you can zoom in to great detail, you can even see the direction of the brush strokes.
Jam with Chrome
Allows you to join people together to produce music in a completely web based. The Instruments are played using a computer keyboard or mouse but could be a fun activity.
Audiotool
Audiotool is a web based music maker that allows to combine sound samples with modifiers and multiple tracks to create music.
Sesame
A complete assessment portfolio system that is free to use and includes a place to put your documents, rubrics, share with parents so they see the progress. Visit the support page to get started.
EdPuzzle
Allows you to take any video on youtube, vimeo, khan academy,etc... edit it, add audio note and add questions for your students. Then share the new video to your students. Its also completely free.
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