The Global Education Conference Day 1 is here – join online for free!
Steve Hargadon, Co-founder and co-chair of the Global Education Conference says in an email:The sixth annual Global Education Conference, our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). We invite all to attend!
A full listing of sessions is below. You’re going to be blown away.
The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-...Read more
Submitted by Fiona Beal
How do you encourage the use of Wikipedia in your classroom? I have noticed that whenever upper primary school or Middle school students that I teach look for information on the Internet for an assignment, one of the first sites they visit is Wikipedia. Wikipedia is very often a student’s first port of call. The interesting thing about Wikipedia articles is that most if not all of them have references that one can check.
What is Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia...
Microsoft Math is a free, online space where Grade 10-12 Mathematics students can improve their Maths in their own time. It has been adapted to our South African curriculum and can be accessed at. https://math.microsoft.com. This is a space where our South African Mathematics learners can practice, learn. collaborate and compete with one another using their smart phones after school hours. They can also use the program on a tablet or a laptop/desktop.
Watch this 3 minute YouTube video entitled â€...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
After looking through all the Google posts that were shared to my various subscriptions recently, these are fourteen that have caught my eye so far.
1. Eight Great Google Tips for Every Educator
http://goo.gl/ajZkDN
This post has eight great tips for educators plus it shows the video below.
2. Seven new features added to Google Classroom
http://goo.gl/bHPfn7
Google Classroom is improving all the time. Here are the latest improvements:
1. Post Questions
2. Reuse Assignme...
We invite you to join Megan Rademeyer and Victor Ngobeni who will be presenting a free Microsoft webinar this Thursday 12th November at 3pm. It features the free PowerPoint 2013 add-in called ‘Office Mix’ Office Mix is a free add-in for PowerPoint 2013. It is a powerful tool that makes authoring and sharing of online lessons / presentations simple. It allows you to make them interactive with quizzes and labs. It allows you to export lessons as mp4 videos. During the webinar Megan and Victor...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Today I noticed a great free iOS app on Twitter. The Acapello app!
I think that musical students from school will love it! From the makers of PicPlayPost, Acapella provides singers and musicians an easy way to create amazing acappella videos. You have nine frames to use and you can jam with yourself. You can create multi-part harmonies or jam with different instruments. You can create in just three simple steps and Acapella is equipped with some awesome features – Built-i...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Have you heard of this free, live streaming app called Periscope? I have just downloaded it to my Samsung phone and can’t want to try it out. This live streaming video app was purchased by Twitter and it made its debut March 26, 2015.
Why would one use Periscope?
Periscope allows you to “go live†via your mobile device anytime and anywhere. You almost become a live broadcasting station, streaming video and audio to any viewers who join your broadcast.
Can a Periscope...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Recently I discovered this great video-creation application called Animoto https://animoto.com. I was delighted to see that one could apply for a free six-month educator subscription and be allowed to add 50 students free via a code to create their own accounts. I took advantage of the offer! The free Animoto Plus account allows one to make videos up to 20 minutes long and using up to 600 photos/video clips.
What is Animoto
Animoto is a Web 2.0 tool that allows users to p...
Office Lens is basically a portable scanner in your pocket, allowing you to capture pictures of whiteboards, documents, and receipts to save and edit them digitally. The beauty of Office Lens as opposed to other scanning applications is that Microsoft offers integration with Microsoft Office.
How does Office Lens integrate with Office?
Office Lens will covert images into Word and PowerPoint files, and even PDF documents.
Office Lens enables images to be sent via email. One can share whiteboard notes, ...
