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Hi, In recent workshops, I've been showing people screencastify. It's a great Google Chrome extension to quickly and easily make screen or webcam recordings with annotation, should you wish, that save automatically to Google Drive.  Go to  https://www.screencastify.com/  and click add to chrome to begin Here is a video tutorial I recommend you watch, it shows how to install, record and annotate,  then how to share your recording on a Google Classroom and / or Google site.  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uvUXe9JkQSL03WwP8-eY6pjZ5aJhauUs Once installed you can get the premium version for free for now using these steps https://account.screencastify.com/user/subscribe Click redeem coupon enter code CAST_COVID and click activate license.  Let Me or Lee know if you need support.

Two presentations were given recently on "Parenting in a Digital Age" linked are pdf copies of the presentations. Primary Presentation Secondary Presentation Recommended websites for more information: Common Sense Media North Carolina Department of Justice (Protecting Children) Family Online Safety Institute

This video will show you how to quickly access your Google Classroom classes, as well as your team member's classes. This is the same practise I use to access regularly used docs /folders on google drive and external websites. You must be signed in to your school account to access this video.

Welcome to this page on getting to know your MAC The Mojave version of the Mac operating system offers some nice new features. I would recommend everyone spends some time getting the most out of their Mac by watching the video below. Don't forget to pause from time to time to practise what you have learnt or fast forward bits you already are familiar with. You can also browse the apple support website, there you will find lots of video and text-based guides.  http://www.apple.com/support/macbasics/ Once you get to grips with the Mac basics, there there is the Mac Quick Tips page  to further develop your skills, there you can get podcast videos and shortcuts.

Planning an engaging, inspirational unit of work is a challenge, especially when introducing innovative learning opportunities that have not experienced using before.  This document will give you some  ideas and  examples to get you started on creating meaningful learning experiences. Additionally book a session with the Integration team for ideas, support and training.  Presentation to secondary staff  - 13 Feb 2019 Resources, click on the links below.  Example SAMR developed lesson ideas Elements of learning from Apple - eBook Free download that includes lesson plans and frameworks Education resources/ideas from Microsoft SAMR Lesson Ideas - lots Rubric for checking your elements of learning.

This is a quick presentation to show your students before they embark upon creating their own infographics.

Having students complete their assignments in a video/animation format can be a daunting concept for some.  These rubrics are a useful, editable resource on how to inform students how they will be assessed and obviously, how you grade them once submitted.  Click here for the resource. 

This quick guide will show you how to remove students, then archive classes you no longer need.  There is also instruction on how to reuse old activities/posts from the archived classes.  Removing Students 3.  Archiving 1.  2.  3.  Reusing posts from Archived Classes Then select the class, post you want to reuse then change the date due, etc to your liking. Hope this helps

For some simple tips on searching see this article from SchoolBytes 90% of pupils don't know how to 'Google' effectively. How to #PowerSearch

Coggle (mind mapping tool) now has multiple starting points, see animation below…. It is available in google drive.  See below how to add it to your drive apps if you haven't added it already. Multiple Starting Points Exciting news Jonathan!   Coggle   has just had an upgrade – you can now add labels anywhere on your diagram. Even better, our   Awesome   users can turn labels into new starting points, allowing you to create multiple trees in a single diagram!   Read more   about the new features here. TRY IT NOW You've been sent this email because you signed up to   Coggle , the simple collaborative mind-mapping tool. Too many emails? Sorry about that.   Unsubscribe here .

In Google classroom, you can easily make a copy for each student This will make a copy for them automatically and adds their name to the document title. Step one… Click the plus then click create assignment  Step 2: add a title and select the classes / students you wish to assign to, add a topic and instructions, due dates if you wish, then click on the paperclip… then click recent if it's a google drive file and select it, you may need to search for it if it's not recent. Step 3: Attach another if you wish then you can alter the View edit (edit one file as a group)  or make a copy for each student (see below)…  then click assign, hit the dropdown next to assign if you wish to schedule the assignment.  Happy Googling

Planet eStream is a secure digital video platform for education. The British International School Phuket server is digital.bisphuket.ac.th Teachers and students can log on using their network or printer username and password. Instructions to: Upload a video Editing Photosets Viewing Categories More tutorials at  http://www.planetestream.co.uk/trainingresources/v6guides.aspx For material loaded to digital.bisphuket.ac.th, users are asked to adhere to the following guidelines The school should be entitled to use the material and it should be appropriate for school use. The filename should be descriptive (SportsDay17-01.jpg rather than img13568.jpg) A brief description should be added Every item should be added to at least categories for the Month, Year and Year group/Area/Section, where appropriate they can be added to more. Videos and slideshows can easily be embedded into posts: A tutorial on batch renaming files on a Mac is at  http://w...

Google Keep Google Keep is part of the Google Suite and provides collaborative tools useful for recording, sharing and collaborating on task lists, notes, etc. For more information see:  https://www.google.com/keep/ A review by Common Sense Education:  https://www.commonsense.org/education/app/google-keep YouTube intro below:

Students and parents can reset the password for a CHQ account (used for registering for student activities). Navigate to  https://seasia.mychq.net/Login.aspx?club=449 Click on the link "Forgotten your User Id or Password" On the next screen enter the email address of the parent. Check your email, including SPAM, for a message from CHQ which will contain a 5 digit code. Enter the code in the box and a screen will be loaded where you can rest parents and student passwords for the account. Click save and you will see a message saying the change was successful, but the password reset screen will also reload. Use the menu button top right to return to the login screen The ECA, Primary and IT Offices are  can assist with any issues with access to CHQ.

Google Drive  is one of the tools we use at BISP. It aims to simplify creating and distributing resources in a paperless way. CLICK HERE FOR THE SELF PACED TRAINING FROM GOOGLE Part of the Google Certified Educator Course

Google Classroom  is one of the blended learning platforms that we use at BISP. It aims to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way Google Classroom Shared resources folder Tutorial CLICK HERE FOR THE SELF PACED TRAINING FROM GOOGLE  Part of the Google Certified Educator Course

Google Drive- Creating Shortcuts to Files and Folders  This will allow documents and files to be in 2 locations in google drive (shortcuts).  If you change the document / folder in 1 location, the changes will be replicated in the other location(s). Keys: Shift and Z (you can also hold the option key when dragging (this will create a green plus icon to show it is being added, not moved)

Doctopus provides a great add-on for google drive to quickly set up  folders for your classes. It also allows you to easily send assignments that will automatically appear in your students drive folders. It also can add a grading rubric for easy marking. Watch the following video to find out more. This first video is one I created to show you how to create the folders using data from ISAMS 1st video Click here for the 1st VIDEO ,,,, Only accessible if you're signed in to your BISP account 2nd Video 3rd video 4

With Hapara, teachers can quickly share files, presentations drawings or spreadsheets with students. They can have their own copy, or work collaboratively on the same doc... or simply view the file. Click here for the video.

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