Author Archives: Hebron Tech

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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Google Drive Hints & Tips

1. There are two sections to Google Drive – My Drive which is the files and folders you have created, and Shared with me which is everything that has been shared with you by others: If you delete a file from My Drive … Continue reading

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Uploading to Google Drive

Google Drive is included with your school email account and can be easily accessed on the web through the grid in the top right hand corner of your email: Inside Google Drive you can use the New: File upload option to upload any … Continue reading

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Gmail Hints & Tips

A few quick tips from the second technology training session on Gmail: 1. The difference between delete  and archive : delete moves the message to your trash and after 30 days will vanish forever; archive hides the message from your inbox but you … Continue reading

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