iPad Cart Information

Congrats on having your conferences over!!!

So now on to November!

I have finally posted the iPad sign out on Google Docs!

It is shared with you, but here is the link anyway!!!

IPAD SIGNOUT ON GOOGLE DOCS 

If you do put your name on the signout, please let us know if your plans change!

You may check the cart out for any length of time.

It works best to do half days so that you are able to find a time to come get it and return it!

PLEASE DO NOT have students transport the cart!

 While you all were busy with your conferences, I spent a considerable amount of time synching and organizing the apps so that each iPad should have a similar lay out on each window.

If you have any suggestions for great apps (especially Spanish Language) let me know and I will download them.

 

I am trying to resolve the issue of head phones for the cart.....so many of the apps have sound and when a whole class is using them it can get loud....

Any suggestions?.....the idea of sixteeen headsets all tangled up on the shelf inside the cart makes me crazy!!!!

Having them in baggies might work.....do you think that would be too cumbersome when you are managing the cart in your classroom?

HMMMM............

Anyway....the iPads await your clever instructional plans!!!!

Quick Tip for Adding Movies to a Web Site!

Lots of you are customizing your webpage with videos from You Tube!
There are lots of great Spanish Videos out there.....

Kim and I have been doing this for the new Interactive Kindergarten website and we are learning some tricks!

The problem we needed to solve was the fact that after the video we put on the site played...
a whole bunch of other videos show up as choices at the end of our chosen video.....arghhhh!

Here is the solution that we discovered!

Go to You Tube and select the video you want to use.


At the bottom of the video there is a button that says SHARE.

When you click it you get this at the bottom....

Click on the little button that says embed.... 

You get this screen with the html code you will need.....

notice the check box that says "show suggested videos when the video finishes.....

UNCHECK this box....

and THEN copy the new code that appears.....

Paste that code on your webpage and you will not see the suggested videos that are the problem....

Hurrah!  Success......

We are looking for a way to use You Tube videos that don't have all the You Tube stuff around the edges.....so if you discover a way to do this, let us all know!


Here is the link with complete directions for embedding a You Tube Video

http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=171780&expand=UseOldEmbedCode#oldcode


As always....if you have questions about this, let me know!

Have a great day!

New Log In Procedure for This year!

Change is GOOD.....Right?
Really you are gonna like this...I PROMISE!

After lots of discussion (complaining!!!) with the tech department, we came up with a solution to the very long logging in issues students faced last year in the computer lab.


This year.....things are gonna be different!!!




When you come to the lab...the computers will most often be logged in to the guest account!

If they are NOT...please have your students log in as a guest!

Log In Name:  guest account   (all lower case.....a space between the words)
There is NO PASSWORD....just leave that blank and continue to LOG IN!

When you leave the lab....DO NOT log the computers out!

WHY?

Most often kids do not need to access their accounts....they just need to use the computers for access to the internet!

There is no need to take the time to sync to their accounts!!!

This will be a real time saver for most computer activities!!!


If they DO need access to their accounts...there is a share point on the dock to the K-5 sever.
That is not active at this point....but I am promised that it will work within the week!

If you are coming to the lab to do something that you want your kids to save.....
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...schedule this with me so that I can teach your kids the process!

The front lab is fully functional at this point and the back lab will be ready in a couple of days!!!!

The sign up schedule is the same as last year....

See you soon!

2 New iPads for the Media Center

Yes you read this right!
We now have 2 iPads in the Media Center!

One will stay here....and one is available for check out.






I am excited to find new apps that will be interesting

I am looking for APPS for learning activities in Spanish with an Immersion Model...not having too much luck.
If you know of any, let me know!
In the meantime I have found lots of great science and social studies links in English.

One of the things that I like about these little gems...
the still and video camera built in!

What a simple way to take short video clips! 
Want to know how?
Come for a visit and I will show you!