Help Files for the iPad
Here’s a copy of the printed materials we handed out during the course. It’s a pdf file that should hopefully open on your iPad. Link here: This post was originally on the site “iPad for Seniors” at PRACE.
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Some help files for blogger
Here’s a basic intro that Michael made – for low level students really (link: pdf stored in google drive). GCF LearnFree don’t have an intro to blogger, but they do have a great section talking about blogs in general, and an intro to Tumblr instead. Tumblr is much more visual than blogger, which can be text-heavy. Google themselves have a fairly decent help section. Grovo has a few videos showing the basics, including this overview. But they’re a commercial mob, and they’ll want you to pay for more. What good Read More …
Skills you may need (blogging)
What are the the basics of blogging? make new blog, with title & web address (URL) hopefully at a time when google is not policing your IP address make new post add & format text add images make links save draft / publish get people interested in reading your blog post knowledge you may need Ideas for engaging learners with online activities. Ideas for adapting your already brilliant teaching and learning knowledge into online spaces. On writing for the web keep it as visual as possible make your text very Read More …
Presentation on drive & blogger
Here are the slides from today. Lots of questions to follow up.. if your question isn’t in the presentation itself, please add your own question in the comments below.
Help – how can I upload files into the google drive space?
Teachers at PRACE need to store audio recordings from class in a shared online space. Lately we’ve been using google drive for this. Sometimes you can upload files directly from your iPad to the “Gdrive”. Other times you might save them to USB stick or a folder on your computer. Here’s a video showing how to upload from ordinary computer (windows), into the Gdrive space. Let us know in the comments below if this seems clear or helpful in any way (or not). It moves pretty fast, you may need Read More …
Sharing files from Quick Voice (..when the free version doesn’t let you share)
A few teachers at PRACE have been using the iPad app “Quick Voice” to record students talking. Unfortunately, the free version has a limit on the file size you can share via email (and also via google drive i think). We experimented a bit, and found that you can get around this by sharing the file 1) firstly share across to a different app known as “Voice Record Pro (VRP)” 2) and then you can “Share .. Open in” google drive. (This will only work if you have VRP installed Read More …
Copy a presentation file from iPad to laptop
Faye, one of the amazing teachers at PRACE, got her students to make slide presentations using Keynote on the iPads. The students showed their presentations on the big screen with Airplay, and then sent their files to Faye via Airdrop. Then we wondered how to get all those presentation files from Faye’s iPad to her laptop. One way to do this is to share the Keynote file with google drive.. you can then get to the files on your laptop or desktop, at drive.google.com in the web browser. This is Read More …
Pairing remote control with classroom television
Recently teachers at PRACE have relied more and more on the big classroom televisions to broadcast what’s on their iPad or laptop screen. Unfortunately we’ve had a weird situation at Spring St where the remote control for the TV doesn’t work. Last week I visited Jan down at the new campus, and this was one of the issues arising. So we called Fraser and discovered the solution. Here’s what you need to do if this happens to you: Find the small USB dongle marked “RF” – attached to a cable – hanging Read More …
Hands-on digital literacies with limited technology (BYOD)
Valbec conference, 17 May 13 Ah, it all seemed so simple:
More email tips – using the gmail “labs” settings
It’s always challenging to learn your way into a new software tool.You know how the old application behaves – its shortcuts and folders. The new application might confound your expectations, with different models of behaviour^^. At PRACE, we are now using the google-owned gmail to send and receive messages in-house**. And while using the PRACE gmail account to send messages, you may be interested in the more experimental side of things. Did you know you can set up a default text styling, for example?That you can have your text looking a particular way in Read More …