Digital Stickers

This idea of digital stickers was first introduced to me last year by Jacqui Sharp http://literacyandict.wikispaces.com/Weemees. Jacqui had a number of great ideas for the 21st Century Classroom.

I used this with a group of year 4 students some who were motivated by collecting a sticker or two that was individual and appeared in their digital work. Read Emma's work which Was given the Magic imagination sticker. Add stickers or ideas to a collection here in an open google doc . How to do it is copied from a support document after Emma's wonderful story

Emma's Happy Place

My happy place is free with rivers, streams and it always has a great big rainbow. It’s my favorite place because I can go in it whenever I want. The people in my happy place are tiny and they only eat  vegetables.Only on Monday they eat ground beef.They eat vegetables    because they don’t like eating animals.The only animals in my happy place are kittens, puppies, butterflies, rainbow birds and unicorns. The grass never turns brown. In the middle of my happy place, there is a big river that has clear, blue, sparkling water that is fresh enough to drink straight away.There are no houses in my happy place so the people sleep under trees. The trees look like huge umbrellas. I never share my happy place with anybody! In my happy place, I feel free because it’s out in the open. The only time it rains is on Thursday and Saturday. My happy place has 1 more day than the real world. Its called Flowerday.My happy place is in my head. :D

 

One of the new features of Google docs is the web clipboard which allows users to copy to a web clipboard and then paste into a Google doc, spreadsheet presentation etc. I have been using this to make digital stickers for students writing.

The web clipboard menu in google docs

There are a few specific cases in which the best way to copy and paste is using the web clipboard menu. When you copy a selection using this menu, the content that you copy is stored and associated with your Google Account. That means that you can copy more than one selection and then choose which one to paste later; it also allows you to copy something on one computer and then paste it on another. To copy a selection using the web clipboard menu, follow these steps:

1. Select what you'd like to copy.
2. Click the Web clipboard menu that appears in the toolbar of your doc.


3. Click Copy selection to web clipboard.
4. In the destination document, click the web clipboard menu; you'll see the selection that you previously copied. If you copied multiple things, you'll see a list of the items that you've recently copied.
5. Place the cursor where you want to paste the content.
6. Click the Web clipboard menu.
7. Select what you want to paste. Depending on your selection, you'll see different formats that you can choose from to paste what you've copied (for example, HTML or plain text).
8. Select a format.

Drawings

You can use the web clipboard to copy shapes from drawings and paste shapes into drawings embedded in Google spreadsheets, documents and presentations, or to copy and paste a drawing from a doc into the standalone drawing editor.

Click the web clipboard icon and select Copy shapes to web clipboard. Then, open the doc that you want to paste the drawing into. Click the web clipboard icon and select the drawing that you want to paste from the menu.

Presentations

You can't use the web clipboard to copy and paste standard text and images in Google Docs presentations yet. You can select entire shapes on a single slide and if the shape is a text shape, the text will be copied to the server clipboard.

Charts

You can use the web clipboard to copy and paste charts from a spreadsheet into a document or drawing.

Here are some more of the stickers.

Trying made easy

I often have people without a google account wanting to know how google apps work. I spotted  this on the google docs blog, a demo site where you don't have to login or register. nice. Presentation - Google Docs

Blogs from schools in Hamilton

Class	Blog address	Year Level
Room 14 Hamilton East School	http://room14-hes.blogspot.com/	Year 3 & 4
Room 15 Hamilton East School	http://room15hes.blogspot.com/	Year 2 & 3
Room 16 Hamilton East School	http://room16hes.blogspot.com/	Year 2
Room 13 Hamilton East School	http://room13hes.blogspot.com/	Year 3 & 4
Room 10 Hamilton East School	http://room10hes.blogspot.com/	Year 5 & 6
Room 11 Hamilton East School	http://room11hes.blogspot.com/	Year 5 & 6
Room 12 Hamilton East School	http://room12hes.blogspot.com/	Year 5 & 6
Room 5 Hamilton East School	http://room5hes.blogspot.com/	New Entrants
Room 4 Hamilton East School	http://room4hes.blogspot.com/	Year 1
Room 1 Hamilton East School	http://room1hes.blogspot.com/	Year 1 & 2
Room 2 Hamilton East School	http://room2hes.blogspot.com/	Year 1 & 2
Room 8 Hamilton East School	http://room8hes.blogspot.com/	New Entrants
Room 7 Vardon School	http://room7vardonschool.blogspot.com/	Year 3 & 4
Room 8 Melville Intermediate	http://melvilleroom8.blogspot.com/	Year 7 & 8
Room 9 Glenview Primary School	http://glenviewgo.com/	Year 1 & 2
Room 3 St Andrew’s Middle School	http://sams.ultranet.school.nz/ClassSpace/53/	Year 7 & 8
Room 7 Frankton School	http://room7frankton.blogspot.com/	Year 3 & 4

Going Mobile

This Is my first mobile post. 


Typed/swyped mainly on a mobile. What I'd like to push myself to do is be more transformative in my actions. Lately I have become read alot (obsessed) about what features are to be available in the latest version of Google Android versus Apple's iOS.
This is an area that is changing so fast that new utility,applications and features are being added daily. 
There are people writing and reflecting on this even more often. We can read multiple updates and perspectives on this as easily as going to the web or even easy if we have them come to us using aggregation (reader) software.
My feeling is that we are a bit myopic in our adoption of Apple products fantastic though they are; without enough people testing other ways of doing things. My reading would tell me there is some realistic basis to this ie that the alternative are not without merit or functionality.


So There is some purpose to this Reading/Finding out but it is limited.

• preparing for purchase decisions 
• predicting future capability 
• finding useful applications 
• to be knowledgeable in the area of rapid change
• this is the fastest developing focus area for new tech

There are a few downsides

• lack of impact beyond the above
• this can become a habitual response 
• more passive than active 
• comes at opportunity cost for other learning 
• often relates to content acquisition rather creativity or adding value

So to break the cycle ...

I am limiting myself to set periods of reflection and to keeping a focus on 

the relationship of this learning to what it can bring for schools and learners as a result. When I read and follow I will put the GEMS into this blog or spaces for others. 

And on that note...

A great tool for android are the swype type keyboards have a look at this video to see how they work. Think this works on iOS but only jail broken phones/pods/pads.

This shows touchpal but swype is another great one.

Great Recipe from Chloe

COOKED  APPLES AND LOLLY SAUCE.

WHAT WE ARE MAKING:

• We are making a yummy quick desert in seconds.
• This desert comes with a sweet sticky lolly sauce and mushy sweet apples perfect for any occasions.
• Great for the out-doors for a Delicious desert.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of sugar.
• 1/2 cup of water.
• 2 apples.
• 8 lolly snakes.

Equipment

• Billie including lid.
• Cup.
• Knife.
• Gas canister.
• Wooden Spoon long enough to not get burnt when stirring.
• Flat surface.
• Bowl to put in when serving.

INSTRUCTIONS
[Make sure the Billie is on a flat surface and Gas Canister is turned on)
1:First make sure you have boiled the water in the Billie for a least 5 Min's.
*TIP*make sure you have boiled it with the lid on at high temperature for 5 Min's straight and make sure the Gas Canister is on a flat surface.
2: While water is boiling Cut up the apples into eat-able slice or squares.
3:Once the water is boiled add one cup of sugar into the Billie.
4:Stir until sugar is dissolved.
5:Add in the chopped apples and the lollie snakes into the Billie.
6:Stir the lollie snakes and apples for 5 Min's.*TIP* Stir well so you don’t burn the bottom of the Billie
7:After stirring let it boil for 10 Min's at high temperature stir occasionally to stop the bottom of the Billie burning.
*TIP* If you  have to much water you may have to drain it, the less amount of water the sweeter it is.

EVALUATION
1:Check the snakes, if melted or in tiny pieces its done. If not boil for another 5 Min's and stir.
*TIP* Let it cool down for about 1 min so you don’t burn your tongue.
2: Once done poor into bowls[Best served when hot and sticky]



OPTIONS:
Best served:

• Whipped cream.
• Vanilla ice cream.
• Sponge cakes or a plain slice.
• If cooking at home, follow the same instructions but instead of a Billie use your stove with a Saucepan.

WARNINGS

• Make sure you are careful around the Billie as you don't wont to get burnt or for it to fall over and burn yourself.
• When serving beware that the Billie is hot and it may burn your.