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This past January, the  Economist  set off alarm bells when it noted in a story on the future of work that  47 percent of jobs  were at risk of becoming automated in the next two decades. Telemarketers. Retail salespeople. Commercial pilots. Economists. Even actors and editors. Like it or not, the robots are coming, and sooner or later they’ll probably come for your job. “ Humans Need Not Apply ,” a new mini-documentary from C.G.P. Grey, tackles just how wide-ranging the repercussions of automation could be in the labor market going forward. “This stuff isn’t science fiction,” the narrator explains in a staccato, robot-esque tone. “The robots are here right now. There is a terrifying amount of working automation in labs and warehouses around the world.” That includes Google’s  self-driving cars  and bots trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as well as computers writing  fan fiction  and  composing classical music . htt...

Resizing Images in iPhoto

Skitch is a great app for taking and annotating screenshots. download here 

This is for practising speaking and listening, not to be used for plagiarism. It is easy for teachers to detect when this has been used.

Technology integration not only increases exposure to using technology, it also increases the opportunity to create / record digitally and to allow for more collaboration on projects with peers and other external students. It allows for up-to-date independent research and will support students with an ever increasingly technologically immersed future. A great place to start 50 exciting ideas for using technology in Geography - includes a Thailand tsunami lesson. http://juicygeography.co.uk/ http://sitescontent.google.com/google-earth-for-educators/classroom-resources http://shambles.net/pages/learning/GeogP/ http://sharegeography.co.uk/   http://www.umapper.com/ http://stats.oecd.org/oecdfactbook/ http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places http://www.geogreeting.com/main.html http://www.ushahidi.com/ http://www.esri.com/ http://www.geosense.net/ http://www.gapminder.org/world/ http://greenfieldgeography.wikispaces.com/Homepage http://www.digital...

1. You will need to go to the IT Support room and ask the technicians to install the drivers for the printers. The printers will all already be configured, so you may now print documents. 2. Make sure you are connected to the bis-users network since the printers communicate with your computer over our intranet, or else your printout won't go out. 3. When printing a document, select the printer named "RicohB&W" to print in black and white or the printer named "Ricoh Colour" to print in colour.   There is a black and white printer near the Teacher/Guest bathrooms on each floor (except for the first floor) as well as one near the IB Common Room and one in the Library. The colour printer is located right outside of room 216. There is also a black and white and a colour printer in the Photocopy Room, room 107. 4. Once you are at a printer, tap the "Username" field and enter your school e-mail (omitting the "@bisphuket.ac.th" p...

Press Cmd+P (Ctrl+P if you are using Windows or some Linux distributions). This will usually open a dialogue box that may look like the following: The pictured dialogue (and the one below) will be continually referred to throughout the tutorial. Make sure you have selected either "RicohB&W" or "Ricoh Colour" (or some variation thereof) from the menu. Another dialogue box will appear. In this one, you can configure various settings that determine how your document is printed out.   Opening the "Orientation" menu will give you the choice to print your printout in portrait or landscape orientation. Opening the "Duplex"  menu gives you the options of Off Open to Left Open to Top Booklet However, in most instances of printing, only the Off and Open to Left settings are relevant, so these will be covered. Open to Left is the default setting chosen when the printer drivers are installed. Documents are printed out as double...

Google Docs Tutorial This tutorial is on Google Docs. It covers the basic layout and and functions of Google Docs. It will also go through some of the settings and tools available. First we have the title of the document. This is where we would put our title, though this may seem obvious forgetting to do so will make it harder to find your documents once saved in Google Drive. Use Titles that are clear when you or a collaborator search for the document. This is the Task Bar just underneath the title of the document it has 9 categories of tabs. First of all there is the File tab it is where you will find the Save, New, Open, Bin, Move and Print buttons. The Save button simply saves your document however this is unneeded as Google docs does this automatically for you, the New button opens a new document, Open allows you to open previously saved documents. The bin button allows you to trash the document that you are currently viewing. The move button allows you to...

How to embed a google document into a blog or wiki

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Ensure your blog has the same settings if you're a student.

If you forget to attach a file to an email but include the word "attach" or "attachment" in the actual email, then the all-powerful GOOGLE will remind you that you have forgotten. Eerie, but helpful!

Open the Mail application from your Doc Go to Mail - Preferences and copy the details below changing your username and password To add a signature, you will need to select the Signature tab and add 

The following directions will help you print class lists

All users of BISP should add a signature to their school accounts (@bisphuket.ac.th) in the following format: Line 1*: preferred sign off followed by a blank line Line 2 (normal font): User's  full name, where appropriate a nickname may be included in brackets. Line 3 (italic font): User's job title, where appropriate an extension number may be added in brackets. *Users are welcome to use a sign off of their choice e.g. best regards, yours sincerely,... Example: Best regards, Nigel Wheeler ICT Director It is important that italics are used in the second line, to ensure this it is best to copy and paste the text into  the signature space. Note: The school footer information is then added to ALL emails sent to external email addresses. This does not appear on the copy stored in sent. British International School, Phuket 59 Moo 2 Thepkrasattri Road, T. Koh Kaew A. Muang, Phuket 83000, Thailand tel +66 (0) 7633 555 |  fax +66 (0...

Google Language Settings If you open your Gmail (or school email) and the language is in Thai, you will need to change the language settings for your account to English. This is a simple procedure, but a challenge for non-Thai speakers as all the menus will be in Thai. Language is a user controlled setting, the video below shows you how to change the setting: Click on your Avatar or picture in the top right corner Click on the left hand link under your email address (to go to account) Select the third tab (language settings) Change the top box to English Click in the pop-up to reload Screen should now be in English and you can select the appropriate regional variant of English. At this point I recommend you log out of Google and restart your browser to check that the setting has fully changed. The video (which has no sound) below shows those steps Alternative approach follow these instructions from Google  https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6...

How to connect to Lucid Press

There are many Free apps to create animations. Here are some of the best. Please comment to add your own favourites. Wideo Wideo is a beautiful animation creator, that you can connect to Google Drive,  see the video below to look what you can easily create, easy to learn in a few minutes. http://wideo.co/html/learn Tuorials http://wideo.co/ Powtoon Is similar to Wideo, it also features Google Drive integration. Decide which is right for you. http://www.powtoon.com/ Plotagon Is a more realistic character style 3D animation software. Also Free. https://plotagon.com

This fantastic video shows the social issues that face today's always connected society.  

My most tried and tested QR makers http://www.classtools.net/    Great treasure hunt clue maker https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/ quick QR maker http://qrvoice.net/ http://qrvoice.net/ Vocal QR Creator

A great tool to remember passwords fill in pesky on-line forms such as flight booking.   A real time saver. https://lastpass.com/   Why use LastPass1? Why use LastPass2? Getting started with LastPass. How to add a site. How to Automatically Fill Webpage Forms.

Create Booklet adds an export command that converts documents into PDF format for printing as a booklet with staples down the middle. This means the pages have to be resorted before printing and two pages have to be shrunk onto one. Create Booklet does that for you and as it is a PDF Service you can do it directly from the print panel. Additionally you get the Automator Action that is used in that PDF Service. DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL FROM HERE>>> http://thekeptpromise.com/Packages/CreateBooklet.dmg

How to create a Google Earth Tour Embedding a Google Earth tour from Google Sites into a blog or wiki

Benefits of blogging in education Here are some of the main reasons why teachers should consider blogging as an educational medium : Students enjoy blogging Blogging enhances literacy skills It gets students engaged and boost their motivation It promotes their communication skills Just like other asynchronous media, blogs give time to students to reflect It gives a chance to shy students to participate with their peers and get their voice heard It keeps parents updated about their kids progress It enhances home-school links It gives students a genuine and potentially worldwide audience for their work. Blogging gives students ownership over their own learning and an authentic voice allowing them to articulate their needs and inform their learning. It contributes to identity-formation in students Blogging  helps teachers develop professionally It fosters the development of writing and research skills as well as digital skills. Ways to use b...

A site that allows English teachers to flip their grammar instruction. Rather than marking papers with common writing errors, teachers can now give them a link to a page that has a video that teaches students to identify and resolve the error. Students may also take a short quiz on the topic to earn a badge. The site will continue to grow throughout the year. http://grmr.me/

Today, I am sharing with you some a great interactive tour on Google Drive  made by Google . This visual guide will help you better understand the different features of Google Drive. Click on the image below to access the original interactive graphic.    

In training. 

Watch the video below to see how to configure your Blogger settings

Click on the link to view the document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yq1fxCX_4LXsWiyG4XJETMhlbHBQjznpTb5Rj7QWPbo/pub

In Microsoft Outlook 2011 for Mac users need to SUBSCRIBE to a public folder before they can view it. In other versions of Outlook public folders are visible in the folder view under Public Folders). In Outlook 2011 to subscribe to a Public Folder go to the Tools menu and select Public Folders. In the pop-up window browse to the desired Public Folder and then click the Green Plus icon to subscribe Once subscribed the Public Folder will appear under the BISPHUKET section on the left hand side and messages can be viewed as in any other folder.

Here are instructions on YouTube Channels and how to use them.   Using Mac  Using the capture iPad and iPhone App to upload directlly to your YouTube channel  The Video Version

This video tutorial will show you to quickly make exam papers. You can see all the videos from iLearn on the iLearn YouTube channel here  https://www.youtube.com/user/iLearnBISP