Author Archives: Hebron Tech

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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School Email Account iOS Setup

Many iOS apps use email to export data (for example this is the easiest way to share photos you have taken with your iPad) so we recommend setting up your Hebron Academy email account on your iOS devices for this purpose: … Continue reading

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Grade 8 History – Aztec Poem Videos

Grade 8 History students recently completed a technology project based around a poem they had written on the Aztecs. In groups, their task was to create a multimedia presentation of their poem using photographs, drawings and images from the internet. … Continue reading

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Find a Meeting Time with Doodle

Doodle a free online tool that makes it easy to find a meeting time when every attendee is available. You do not need to create an account, you only need to provide an email address. 1. Go to Doodle’s site: http://doodle.com 2. Click … Continue reading

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Document Creation Apps

There are a number of choices on your MacBooks and iPads (and the library for student projects) for document creation, and they all include a selection of tools to create more advanced document layouts (not just text). 1. Word. This is … Continue reading

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Math Department iPad Pilot Program

As part of the MLTI Primary program all faculty were issued with a MacBook Air and iPad mini this year, along with the aim to start a 1:1 iPad program with all students next year. We have spent the last month … Continue reading

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Freshmen Skills – Google Search

This week in the Freshmen skills class we did a couple of sessions on Google search skills. This included an introduction into how Google actually works when you hit the search button – PageRank, spiders, etc.. A good overview of this … Continue reading

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Google Docs Hints & Tips

Within Google Drive you can create a number of different online document types. Just click the red New button: Any document type you create can be edited and accessed from any browser and can be collaborated on by multiple people at … Continue reading

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