Book Creator is coming to the web - Book Creator app This summer – our biggest ever update! Here’s what we’re working on… a new, web based version of Book Creator that will work in the Chrome browser on ALL devices. That means Chromebooks, Macs, Windows devices, even Android and iPhones! Since it’s launch in 2011, Book Creator for iPad has gone on to become one of the best-selling Education apps on the App Store, with over 25 million ebooks made in classrooms across the world.
Why you should design the content first for better experiences? Imagine, you are given the task of designing the package for a Soap brand. The first set of questions you would ask are, “Is it a soap bar or gel?”, “What is the quantity?”, “What kind of fragrance does the soap have?” 50 Writing Prompts for All Grade Levels The collection of prompts below asks young writers to think through real or imagined events, their emotions, and a few wacky scenarios. Try out the ones you think will resonate most with your students. As with all prompts, inform students that their answers should be rated G and that disclosing dangerous or illegal things they’re involved in will obligate you to file a report with the administration or school counselors. Finally, give students the option of writing “PERSONAL” above some entries that they don’t want anyone to read. We all need to let scraggly emotions run free in our prose sometimes. If your class uses daybooks (an approach recommended in Thinking Out Loud: The Student Daybook as a Tool to Foster Learning), wait for composition notebooks to go on sale at Target, the Dollar Store, or Walmart for $0.50 a piece.
weareteachers We know teachers shouldn’t have to work a second job. But with the pandemic having influenced our lives for a year now—and with summer on the horizon—we wanted to share options of completely legitimate and creative ways teachers can make extra money. Note: if you’re wondering which opportunities might be most profitable, check out this Priceonomics article that breaks down the side-hustle earning potential.
Free 40 fonts for DIY Printable Wedding Invitations Handmade wedding invitations and stationery can be fun and very affordable. And what’s the most important factor for a successful handmade wedding invitations? FONTS. Fonts alone can tell a theme, story, image, and a lot of logos are based on fonts. It took me a while to put this together… but here it is! 5 tips for creating activity instructions in PowerPoint I started doing this because although I try and do my best to be clear, I will occasionally see a few confused looks with certain activities. Especially in the beginning when students are still getting used to my accent and my way of teaching. I decided that I would try and use diagrams more when I model an activity.
Visual Index - macOS - Human Interface Guidelines Most macOS apps are built using components from AppKit, a programming framework that defines common interface elements. This framework lets apps achieve a consistent appearance across the system, while at the same time offering a high level of customization. The following AppKit elements are flexible and familiar, and they automatically update when the system introduces appearance changes. In addition to defining the interface of macOS, AppKit defines functionality your app can adopt. Through this framework, for example, your app can respond to gestures on the trackpad and enable features like drawing, accessibility, and printing. macOS tightly integrates with other programming frameworks and technologies too, like GameKit, Metal, SceneKit, and SpriteKit, enabling you to design amazingly powerful apps.
The Seven Best Silent Short Films for Language Teaching - Kieran Donaghy As many short films are artistic, they have limited appeal in the commercial marketplace and are funded from diverse sources. To make them easier to sell worldwide, they often contain little or no dialogue, which makes comprehension much easier. As a result, they offer intensely ‘filmic’ experiences, using images and movement, sequence and duration, sound and music to tell their stories. These silent films are perfect for the language classroom as they can be used with any level – the teacher just needs to adapt the difficulty of the task to match the level of the students. Here are the seven short films which I have found work best in the language classroom. Your Secret
Metacognition: 5 things teaches need to know Teachers have always known intuitively that they need to focus on teaching pupils how to learn, alongside teaching them the content they need to learn. However, in recent years it has become more of an explicit aim in schools due to the rise in discussions around metacognition. Metacognition, commonly known as ‘thinking about thinking’, is an area that has become increasingly popular, particularly since the release of the Education Endowment Foundation guide on Metacognition and Self-Recognition two years ago.
Mega Chalkboard Font Round Up! There is little doubt that chalkboard art has taken over the interwebs. And as a result, chalkboard font round ups are popping up all over the place! You need to know which fonts look the best as chalk fonts, right? Keep Calm and Carry On About Keep Calm and Carry On is a catchphrase that originally appeared on a World War II-era British public safety poster. After one of the original posters was recovered and placed in a British bookshop in 2000, the inspirational message was shared online, sparking a series of image macros centered around the phrasal template “Keep Calm and X.” Origin The Keep Calm and Carry On poster was commissioned in 1939 by the temporary Ministry of Information in England, following the printing of two other inspirational posters stating “Freedom Is In Peril. Defend It With All Your Might” and “Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory.”
Design Patterns In software engineering, a design pattern is a general repeatable solution to a commonly occurring problem in software design. A design pattern isn't a finished design that can be transformed directly into code. It is a description or template for how to solve a problem that can be used in many different situations. Uses of Design Patterns Design patterns can speed up the development process by providing tested, proven development paradigms.