World History
- Ditch The Textbook Facebook Page
If you read most textbooks, they are often (aside from AP ones) little other than the state required "essential knowledge" with verbs thrown in. I believe they are popular because they are easy as in a teacher telling his/her students to just read...
- Using World History E-book
Today I am doing an in-service for new teachers to our (Fairfax) county on how to use our Patterns of Interaction e-book. I will then do the same one next week with returning teachers who feel they need a little brushing up. If you have never used...
- Air Display To Virtually Connect Multiple Devices
You will notice that I try very hard to stay away from products that cost money for this blog. But here is one that just might be worth it. Many people like to buy a cable to connect their laptop to a second screen. Well using Air Display,...
- New Google Changes
Google has been making a lot of changes recently to streamline all of its offerings into one area (part of CEO Larry Page's design) and in turn get people to join Google+. I've read that it is up to 100 million, but my sense (and it is...
- Peak At The Future
Kno is an educational tablet company that just might have the coolest laptop in the world which you can see in the above video. Think if you connected to ipads together and you get Kno. You can drag things from one screen to the other, type (a...
World History
Split Screen for your Digital Educational Backpack
Well, if you are going to use all of my ideas for your digital backpack this year, you will also need to know how to split your screen. This is essential when you want to read your e-textbook and work on an assignment (or have your students do the work with their e-book). It will stop you from printing out e-mails that you have to read while doing work and generally get you 100% onto the cloud. Above is a short video telling you how to do it. You could also download Air Display if you wanted to have two of your devices connected together virtually (ie, no cords).
- Ditch The Textbook Facebook Page
If you read most textbooks, they are often (aside from AP ones) little other than the state required "essential knowledge" with verbs thrown in. I believe they are popular because they are easy as in a teacher telling his/her students to just read...
- Using World History E-book
Today I am doing an in-service for new teachers to our (Fairfax) county on how to use our Patterns of Interaction e-book. I will then do the same one next week with returning teachers who feel they need a little brushing up. If you have never used...
- Air Display To Virtually Connect Multiple Devices
You will notice that I try very hard to stay away from products that cost money for this blog. But here is one that just might be worth it. Many people like to buy a cable to connect their laptop to a second screen. Well using Air Display,...
- New Google Changes
Google has been making a lot of changes recently to streamline all of its offerings into one area (part of CEO Larry Page's design) and in turn get people to join Google+. I've read that it is up to 100 million, but my sense (and it is...
- Peak At The Future
Kno is an educational tablet company that just might have the coolest laptop in the world which you can see in the above video. Think if you connected to ipads together and you get Kno. You can drag things from one screen to the other, type (a...