Thursday, December 10, 2015

Convert a PDF into a Digital Flip Book

I took a PDF and easily made a free embeddable digital flip book using Yumpa.com.

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Digital Citizenship Ready

     Would we put students behind the wheel of a car without first teaching them how to use it?  That is an easy answer, but in a month or so many teachers will do something even more destructive by turning students loose on the internet without any instructions on how to safely use it. Not only do they need to use it at school, but understanding how to be safe and efficient online might be one of the most important skills we can teach students for the 21st century.  There are tons of links and resources on the internet to do this, but most of the time when I check them out I am disappointed or it requires massive amounts of planning time to teach the lessons. The site ThinkB4U is the best I have ever seen. The site is laid out well, easy to use and follow, and very relative to what students are facing today online.


Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Embed Google Drive Folders Into Moodle

If you already have a bunch of your documents on Google Drive it would take quite a bit of time to upload them all onto a Moodle Server. Another downside is that once uploaded and you need to change something you have to upload it again. Using Google drive with Moodle gets rid of that problem. On his blog Dave Collins described how to do this perfectly.    I ran into a major problem right away, what if there is a test or some other document I don't want students to see all the time? This page by Alice Keeler describes how you would make that individual document private.    I just discovered both of these ideas today as I am taking a Moodle course this summer. This is mostly so I don't forget:)