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Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible. This is what I use for attendance recording, so MAKE SURE you sign in at the start of class after logging onto your Chromebook.

 

https://forms.gle/iqffKqMokKZwJ9eZ7

 

April 30, 2026

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible.

  • Here's our class photo. Thanks, Caroline!

  • Finish the rest of your Where Will You Go? activity from Tuesday.
    1. From your computer find a photo of you, you and friend(s), you and sweetheart, you and family, you and pet......
    2. To remove the background in that photo, you'll use https://photoscissors.com/
    3. Upload your image to this website and watch as it does its magic. Adjust what is removed if needed with the tools in the top menu (Edit Mask)
    4. Download a lo-res image for this assignment
    5. Go back to your destination photo, and add/insert yourself into the frame with Insert >> Image >> your computer and locate the the photoscissors image you created
    6. Scroll through your peers to learn about their travels!

  • Play with the Sphero Indi or the Sphero Mini carts (7 minutes).

April 28, 2026

 

April 23, 2026

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible. Before you submit your attendance, copy your response.

  • If you have not yet done so, create program and video using Octostudio on your tablet
    • Create a new project with at least 5 or more blocks of code.
    • You can include any of the block categories you wish (Motion, Words and Sounds, Scene, Colors and Light, Control).
    • Once done, save it as an .mp4 movie file to Record >> Send Video >> Files >>Name it your name >>Downloads and email it to your instructor at wcudigilit@gmail.com or to ncluke@wcu.edu.

  • Common Sense Media is a non-profit organization (also non-partisan) that offer reviews and resources related to media and media literacy. Check out this list of "bests" that includes best apps, websites, and video games for kids https://www.commonsensemedia.org/game-lists. You can sort by age if you wsh. NOTE: Some of the resources are newer than others, so make sure to go to the resource directly to make sure it still exists.

April 21, 2026

  • DO THIS FIRST: On your Chromebook, install the Octostudio for Chromebook app: 
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.mit.octostudio

    Let it run in the background while you do the attendance

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible. Before you submit your attendance, copy your response.

  • On your Chromebook, install the Octostudio for Chromebook app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.mit.octostudio
    • Create a new project with at least 5 or more blocks of code.
    • You can include any of the block categories you wish (Motion, Words and Sounds, Scene, Colors and Light, Control).
    • Once done, save it as an .mp4 movie file to Record >> Send Video >> Files >>Name it your name >>Downloads and email it to your instructor at wcudigilit@gmail.com or to ncluke@wcu.edu.

April 16, 2026

April 14, 2026

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible. Before you submit your attendance, copy your response.

  • Get with your group and finish editing your PSA. NOTE: This needs to be done on your iPad not another device. There's a point to this which we'll discuss after you are done.

  • Make sure your Wordwall game is posted on Padlet so your peers can play and you can get points.

April 9, 2026

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible. Before you submit your attendance, copy your response.

  • Go to our class Google Classroom and complete these two assignments:
    • Where in the world? Using an immersive global/travel website
    • Geography Quiz

April 7, 2026

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible. Before you submit your attendance, copy your response.

  • Sign up for NearPod: https://nearpod.com/signup/ (free for basic tools). Search in the library for a lesson that you find useful in your classroom. Save it by choosing "Add to my lessons" and then edit it using "Edit lesson" and change what you wish to make it your own for *YOUR* students. If you use it in your placement, let us know how it went!

March 31, 2026

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible. Before you submit your attendance, copy your response
  • Explore Global Learning using the City Guesser Game: https://virtualvacation.us/guess?authuser=0

 

March 26, 2025

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible. Before you submit your attendance, copy your response.

  • Explore the Puppet Pals HD app on the iPad to see a different form of digital storytelling. I've used this with Kindergarten through Sixth grade. They all have loved it!

  • Create a 20-30 second story and say at the beginning or end, "This is by <your name>". When you have exported it, go to your instructor to Airdrop it to her iPad.

 

March 3, 2025

February 26, 2025

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible. Before you submit your attendance, copy your response.

  • Sign up for a WeVideo account USING YOUR CLASS GMAIL ACCOUNT using the link: https://www.wevideo.com/invite/?code=74fbfd16-80bf-49a9-85fe-e90b999025ef-6oyv4q1o

  • Watch this humourous digital story from a past student. She used mostly stock media from WeVideo and other sources.

  • Notice how she uses:

    • Different image
    • Titles
    • Sound effects
    • Music
    • Narration (expression and tone)

    • This was her WeVideo 'test run'.

    • Notice

 

February 24, 2025

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible.

  • Check out a useful and freemium tool called Classroom Screen: https://classroomscreen.com/
    Do any of your CEs use it?

  • Let's play two games:
    • Draw simple line drawings with help from Google: https://www.autodraw.com/
      NOTE: Each image is an object that you can resize or rotate. Create a tableau with multiple images.

    • Mystery Number..... (Classroom Screen) and Bazoonk https://buzzonk.com/

February 18, 2025

February 16, 2025

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible.

  • What's Your Why?
    1. On your own paper, write 1-2 sentences of What's Your Why NOTE: These are YOUR words, not someone elses. Your "quote" NOT a quote from another person famous or otherwise!
    2. Make a Quozio https://quozio.com/ with your why, by typing your "quote" and your name as "Who said it" (CHECK SPELLING!), and then, Create My Quote.
    3. Next, choose a template that fits you and/or your quote (choose a free and not premium background) and click the "Finish" button in the top right.
    4. You'll see your quozio image. Next, scroll down to choose DOWNLOAD and then the "Medium" option. Save it to your Chromebook files area.
    5. ADVANCED?: Go to the Files area on your Chromebook and drag it to Google Drive for your classroom account.
    6. Lastly, email it to your instructor from your Chrome account to wcudigilit@gmail.com.
    7. Here are some examples:
    1. mywhy my why image my why image my why image my why image

February 5, 2025

January 29, 2025

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible.

  • Create a matching game with images and text......

    1. Go to Flippity https://www.flippity.net/ and choose the Matching Game - Instructions.
    2. Find Option 2: Google Sheets
    3. Copy the spreadsheet and it will open on your Chromebook (it's saved in your Google Drive by default)
    4. Delete the existing data in both white columns (but NOT the BLUE header) and add your own content.
    5. Add words in the first column and a matching image in the second column. You can use a variety of image sites but I've tested Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/) and it works well with Flippity.
      1. Search for your image and click to see the image (not in thumbnail view)
      2. Right click on the image and choose "Copy image address"
    6. If you use a different image site, when you have found an image you wish to use, right click to "Open image in new tab" Copy the link with the .jpg or .png at the end. If there is more text/numbers after the .jpg or .png, delete it and only use everything before the .jpg or .png
    7. Paste the address in the cell next to your word for the image.
    8. Do three to four matching pairs.
    9. When you're finished, go to File >> Share >> Publish to the web and click the Publish button
    10. Copy the web address in the center box. Close.
    11. Go to the bottom of the page and find "Get the link here" and paste the web address in the green box.
    12. Access the game in the blue box underneath.
    13. Share your game link here: https://padlet.com/wcudigilit/share-your-matching-game-qinedrdojfc7gyx6

      WANT A CHALLENGE?
      Add some more matches using image searches from other sources. MAKE SURE THE IMAGE LINK ENDS WITH .JPG OR .PNG

    Once you are done, explore some of these activities created by past interns.

January 27, 2025

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible.

  • Try some of the Flippity - Option 1: Quick & Easy tools/games that you can do "on the fly"


January 22, 2025

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible.

  • Review your table group's Tech Standards Exploration document from Tuesday. Make any final additions or polishings that you wish as we'll share it in class today.

  • Using the Wheel of Names (https://wheelofnames.com/) to create a wheel with your students names or another list of related items/people. Explore the options and if you wish, sign up to save your wheels.

    Here's an example: https://wheelofnames.com/h62-vrz

January 20, 2025

January 15, 2025

January 13, 2025

  • Complete the attendance form and answer all questions as completely as possible.
  • Quick Write Old School: (pen/pencil and paper!)
    Using your best first draft writing, write a paragraph about your perspectives on technology in education. You are encouraged to be honest and share your true opinion and to make this your best writing. These are *your* ideas in your authentic voice.
  • Once you have done all of these things, check out this online tool and explore it (aka play a bit) while all of our class colleagues catch up. https://thisissand.com/
  • Want to take a screen shot on a Chromebook? Go to the bottom right of your screen and locate the Screen Capture options to take a part of the screen or all. The image will be saved in your Chrombook files area. See: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/10474268?hl=en
    or
    watch this adorable short video from a little boy telling you how to find the tool options https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBCaLvmOffo

    ADVANCED: Using your class gmail, email the screen snap to yourself OR copy it to your class Google Drive