Lemon Tech Tidbits

Matt Miller has a wonderful blog post on his DitchThatTextbook site full of ideas on using video projects in your class. He lists several different ideas and then expands upon each one by listing a summary and links to different applications he recommends using. It is full of resources. Don’t forget to let your School Librarian (aka me! Help you incorporate it into your curriculum. That is what I am here for...to help YOU!. Below is a list of some of my favorite ideas Matt Miller shared on his post: Create a personal narrative Record interviews in person or virtually Create a whiteboard animation Record a stop-motion animation Make a video tour of a significant location Create GIF examples of classroom content Create a reality tv show with characters from your content area Show off skills in P.E. or music class   (and much more, make sure to click on his post see them all)

Google recently announced an update to Gmail that might be helpful to some of you. There may be times when you have received several emails all revolving around a single subject. You want to share these emails with someone else so you can always forward them. The problem though is it will fill up their email box. Wouldn’t it be better if you could send them ONE email that has all of the others attached? Well, now you can! A new update from Google allows you to attach different emails to one without having to download them first or forwarding them individually. All you have to do is to select the emails by clicking on the box and then going to the top and select the three vertical dots. One of the options at the bottom says “Forward as Attachments”. For more information as well as a nice GIF showing you the steps, click here: http://bit.ly/2RFZRUL By the way, this is not the only new update to Gmail. Another update works hand-in-hand with Google Calendar. How many times have you receiv...

On Facebook, I follow many professional groups. Lately, there has been many posts asking for schools willing to participate in a mystery Skype with another school. I feel this could be a wonderful opportunity to participate in regardless of the age of students so wanted to share some information. What is a mystery skype? It is an educational game in which two classrooms connect via Skype. Once connected, students in the class take turns asking each other questions to try to figure out where there other class is located geographically. What are the rules? Students can only ask yes or no questions. The class that figures out where the other class is located first “wins” the game. How do I sign up? You can visit the official website from Microsoft and sign up. Another way is to ask on a social media site (I can help!) to find another school willing to compete with you. What do I need to Skype? Nothing more than your teacher laptop and your classroom projector. You will need to d...

Every December, there is a global movement in classrooms called The Hour of Code. The movement was started as a way to encourage students in the field of computer science by showing all students the basics as a way to overcome the fear of coding through a one-hour time period. In a blog post by Kasey Bell , she provides some information to help you get started to participate in the 2019 Hour of Code. There are many links to resources on her post from how to sign up for free resources to a list to classroom tips. If you scroll down, you can even find a list of recommended Coding Resources and Lessons that includes a brief description, devices it is used with, and a handy age recommendation. If you want to find even more activities for your students, you can go to the Hour of Code where you will be able to drill down by age group and comfort level to find exactly what you want. Finally, ISTE has a blog post talking about how you can keep the Hour of Code continuing throughout the year...