Category Archives: Professional Development

As a follow up to our focus on technology integration at the department level, and after meeting with all department heads, below are detailed a number of technology project ideas (using either the iPads, the computer labs or the 3D … Continue reading →

As a follow up to our focus on technology integration at the department level, and after meeting with all department heads, below are detailed a number of technology project ideas (using either the iPads, the computer labs or the 3D … Continue reading →

As a follow up to our focus on technology integration at the department level, and after meeting with all department heads, below are detailed a number of technology project ideas (using either the iPads, the computer labs or the 3D … Continue reading →

In this week’s faculty technology training we looked four different online tools for creating quizzes, polls and online conversations. Socrative Socrative is a simple online student response system that allows teachers to quickly create and share quizzes and polls with students. … Continue reading →

Google Forms are a great (and fast) way to create tests, quizzes and surveys for your classes. And they can also be a good project for students – surveys for data collection or creating quizzes and tests for classmates. To … Continue reading →

With the Middle School students receiving Chromebooks, here is a quick overview of using Chrome and the Chrome Web Store on your MacBooks to match most of the functionality of their Chromebooks. A Chromebook is basically a simplified laptop that just … Continue reading →

For simple audio recordings on the iPad we recommend the AudioCopy app, which is a fast and efficient way to record and edit student audio work (such as interviews, role-plays or even just language practice). Once you open the app … Continue reading →

Here are the steps to record, upload and share a video using the iPad and Google Drive: Record and edit your video using the Camera app on the iPad Close the Camera app and load the Google Drive app Tap … Continue reading →

Tinkercad is a browser-based 3D modeling app, which lets you build 3D models from geometric shapes, letter and numbers. It is very easy to use, but can also create quite detailed models that can be downloaded and printed on our … Continue reading →

Here is a workflow we recommend for planning and creating a presentation using the iPad and a number of different apps provided for all faculty and staff: Use Notability to collect notes, PDFs, class handouts and related research together in one place. Use the … Continue reading →