Tech Notes

I have just discovered an awesome tool for those of us that are iphone/ipad users and had to share with you all. There is an app called Wifi Photo Transfer You install the app on your device. You must be connected to wifi. Open device and enter the web address that appears into your browser and instantly your entire photo stream/camera roll is now in your browser for you to download any pics you need. This is great for so many reasons, but it really simplifies getting pics off those ipads you are using in your classrooms without having to install drive and login to your accounts to upload. As always, please let me know if I can help:) Have a great Wednesday!!

NEWSELA is an awesome tool I shared with you last year. Remember, ​students can access news articles digitally and access them at individually appropriate reading levels. The articles are available with the same content on various lexile levels. There are questions associated with most articles or you can use them however you see fit in your classroom. So now for the new stuff.....NEWSELA has recently announced a new feature called "Write." Now, each article has a prompt associated with it that students can respond to. Check out the link below. This is a really awesome product. If you haven't spent at least 10 minutes investigating you should!!! http://support.newsela.com/hc/en-us/articles/203161979-Quick-Start-Guide-for-Write-Teacher-