HS iPad Training Day

HHS Teachers were part of an iPad Training Day.  Teachers received breakout sessions on Keynote, Pages, iMovie, Notability, Google Drive, Researching/Notetaking with iPads and other resources.  Several district teachers presented these sessions.  I have added some of the resources shared that day.  

15 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do On Your iPhone!

Here is a link to a GREAT article on 15 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Your iPhone! (Buzzfeed is blocked at school but feel free to check this out at home for full details/links on how to do these things, I've also posted it on my FaceBook).  

Several of these also work on iPads!

Here is what the article says:

1. Make a passcode with letters instead of numbers.

2. Have Siri read your email out loud.

3. See Timestamps on your texts!

4. See which planes are overhead.

5. Shake your phone to delete text.

6. Easily see a more detailed view of your calendar.

7. To turn on Caps lock, double tap the "shift" key

8.  Use your phone as a level to hang pictures, etc.

9. Turn off all in-app purchases with one button.

10. Take a "burst" of photos at once!

11. Type an em-dash.

12. Take a photo with the volume button.

13. Or use your earbuds to snap a pic.

14. Add custom vibrations.

15. Put your phone in airplane mode to charge twice as fast!

Mrs. Drzymalla's 1st Grade & Mrs. Lafferty's 3rd Grade Skype with Author Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

Mrs. Drzymalla's 1st grade and Mrs. Lafferty's 3rd grade classrooms Skyped with author Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen all the way from New Jersey.  It was the birthday of her new book "Tyrannasaurus Wrecks" (released April 1st)!  The students enjoyed her sense of humor and especially the reading of her book.  She was an inspiration to our future writers and told the students "As long as you are breathing you will always have something to write about"...."Inspiration is everywhere".

Mr. Graber's HS History Digital Interviews

Using Smore, Mr. Graber explains the project to his students, including links to information as well as a Google Doc for their assignment: 

https://www.smore.com/j4hbg-spotlight-on-american-history

Here is a link to one of their videos on spotlight of American History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhDFKpuFpgc as well as a video below.  Search YouTube for MrMGraber to see all of his classroom projects!

Mrs. Rhodes' MS Art Drawing Tutorials

Students in Mrs. Rhodes' MS Art classes use video tutorials from YouTube to learn how to draw!  Works great because the students can pause or replay something they missed so they can draw right along with the video!

Ms. Roth's FlamingText Logos

Ms. Roth's students used http://www.flamingtext.com/ to create free logos for their business presentations for her Business Essentials class!  Quick, easy and free! Below is an example of one a student created.

Mr. Foreman's HS Robotics Team

Congratulations to Mr. Foreman's HS Robotics team 

for adding to the list of Hesston State Champions! 

Make sure you follow HesstonHS & SwatherAD on Twitter for all of Mr. Rhodes' and Mr. Stoppel's HS news!

Vimeo

Use Vimeo to store and share your videos.  You can get a basic account for free, or upgrade for more space and options.  Vimeo allows for easy searching of specific topics of videos.  Speaking of Vimeo..

click here to check out this one of Kaleigh Glanton 

(currently on "The Voice") performing for our 7th-12th graders!  She was given a Swather State Basketball t-shirt and took pictures with the teams as well as lots of students!  Follow her on Twitter and check out some of the pictures our students captured at #kaleighonthedaily.