Slide Shows, Summer Learning, Split Screen

Need to make a slide show for the end of the year?

Richard Byrne of Free Technology for Teachers offered some great tips in his recent blog. Drop the photos you need into a folder in Google Drive and use two add-ons to create a photo slide show with background music. You may need to tweak the cropping a little, but I've used Photo Slideshow add-on, and it's a true time-saver.

Promote Summer Learning 

The link to the BISD Summer Learning Site is now live on the BISD homepage. Just click "Summer Learning Opportunities." Please promote this site to your students. It includes information about summer reading programs at the county libraries, reading incentive programs at nearby bookstores, and the schedule for the Bulldog Mobile. Plans are in the works to add additional content in the next two weeks. If you have a great website that you'd like your students to use over the summer to review math, science, social studies, ELAR, STEM, etc., please email me. 

Need to view two webpages at the same time on a single screen?

In the past, I've used Tab Scissors and Tab Glue to view webpages side by side on my Chromebook, but last week one of our awesome elementary teachers emailed me a link to Split Tabs. It's a great tool for students and teachers alike. Check out The Techie Teacher's post for great tips on viewing tabs side-by-side on PC's, Macs, IOS  and Android devices, too.

PK-12 Staff Development Day, TwitterChats, Educational Hashtags, Summer Learning

PK-12 Staff Development Day

Don't forget to select four sessions from the PK-12 Staff Development catalog. The link to the form is highlighted in yellow on page 2 of the catalog. Forms due 6/2/17.

Click HERE to access the catalog.

Educational Hashtag and Twitter Chat Database

Kasey Bell of ShakeUp Learning has put together a database of educational Twitter Chats and hashtags. If you're looking for a way to connect with other educators in your field as you refresh over the summer, Kasey's list is a great place to start. I followed the #FutureReady librarian Twitter Chat last week and got some great ideas to implement next fall. I like to use TweetDeck to follow Twitter Chats.

Click HERE to access the original post.

Summer Learning: Bulldog Mobile and More

If you teach PK-8 students or have PK-8 children, be sure to check out our Summer Learning page for information on the Bulldog Mobile, reading programs at the county libraries, and reading incentive programs from area book stores.

Click HERE to visit the Summer Learning page.