Thursday, April 16, 2015

Creative writing, and 'book' publishing

I'm playing around with this lovely 'book creation' site, where students can use images and write text (poetry, long form, chapters) and "publish" it. I can see several uses for creative writing!


You can create a teacher account (free, I"m not sure at what stage pricing starts) which can then create monitored student accounts, or students can create their own.

(Thanks to Heather Peterson at Albert Campbell CI for the tip!)


Saturday, April 11, 2015

Full on Learning-Commons mode at RCI

Friday in the LLC: Ms M's 10 ENG classes learning Elizabethan dance for Shakespeare studies, while an Anthro class was working on their surveys in the main space computer zone, the 9 ENG classes were looking at daily life in Shakespeare's time in the seminar room, a French class was working in the lab, 3D clubbers were working on new creations for the Makerbot, and a SWAT team member was helping a teacher with her website. YESSSS!


Monday, March 30, 2015

SO MANY NEW! MUCH MUST GET HAVE!



  1. Check out McLaren's Workshop app from the NFB (thanks Enid!) "This iPad app allows you to create your own animation films as well as watch 51 Norman McLaren films and 11 documentaries about his unique animation techniques."
  2. Nice concept here for media products: "Vintage" ads for new products.






Saturday, February 7, 2015

Makerspaces in school libraries - YES!

Be the STEM-whisperer! Great people to learn from with great ideas to get started. Makerspaces bring STEM/STEAM to school libraries in a unique way. http://goo.gl/HqBa5e