Author Archives: Hebron Tech

Using Gmail as the Default Mail App

To make it so that when you click on an email link a new compose message window opens up in Gmail, you need to complete a couple of steps, depending on the browser you are using. 1. Chrome If you use Chrome … Continue reading

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iWork (Pages, Keynote, Numbers) on the iPad

The iWork suite is Apple’s version of MS Office, allowing you to create documents with advanced layouts in Pages, professional presentations in Keynote and spreadsheets with calculations and charts in Numbers, right on the iPad. Here is the Pages interface … Continue reading

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Google Apps on the iPad

Google has a range of different apps available for the iPad. During this week’s tech training session we took a look at the following apps (all are available in the Self Service on your iPad and it is recommended that you … Continue reading

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Grade 6 & 7 Science – 3D Biomes in Sketchup

In grade 6 & 7 Science a recent project was to create biomes in 3D using SketchUp. The class was split into groups of two and three and each randomly allocated a different biome, from desert to tundra. After several … Continue reading

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iPad Photo, Video & Audio Basics

Another great use of the iPad is as a camera, whether it’s as a mobile document camera (just open the Camera app when the iPad is connected to your MacBook via AirSever), or to take, export, store and share photographs and videos of … Continue reading

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Jot! & Notability iPad Apps

Jot! and Notability are two great apps available to all faculty that can turn your iPad, when used with Air Server, into a mobile interactive white board for your classroom. Hand draw sketches, words, diagrams and graphs, import pictures or … Continue reading

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Grade 6 & 7 History – Epic Poem Google Sites

Grade 6 & 7 students wanted a different way to publish the epic poems and associated artwork they had created last semester in History. We decided on Google Sites with each student’s site having the following layout: Page 1 – … Continue reading

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Faculty iPad Kick-off Session

Following on from our Math Department pilot, December 1st was technology professional development for all faculty, with the aim to get teachers thinking about how they could start using their iPad in the classroom. We started off with a keynote speaker from the … Continue reading

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Grade 6 & 7 History – Interactive Ideograms

Grade 6 and 7 History students turned their hand-drawn ideograms into interactive images using Photoboth, Preview, the screenshot tool in OS X and ThingLink. Using reflective text they had written about their drawings they added tags to specific areas on their … Continue reading

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AirServer iPad Mirroring

AirServer is an app that lets you wirelessly mirror an iOS device’s screen to your MacBook (and therefore project it). Once installed and activated here are the steps to get mirroring in Air Server working: 1. Load the AirServer app on … Continue reading

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