Malchow's Tech Bytes ~ October 1st 👩🏻‍💻🎃

Malchow's Tech Bytes ~ October 1st

EpicPals October ~ 🎃

Our Back to School, October EpicPals primary and intermediate collections are ready and waiting for you. 

Are you new to EpicPals? If so, head over to the #EpicPals page at the top of the blog for additional information to get you started!

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Bobbi and I are excited to be bringing you #EpicPals for a 4th straight year! We'll continue to offer you a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts each month which can be read on Epic along with a coordinating Padlet board for each book!

 Padlet has some phenomenal updates which allows you to draw, take pictures, leave an audio or video post right in the app or online by simply clicking the 3 vertical dots on the sticky note!  Each of our boards has a reminder of this posted for students to refer to. We encourage you to share one or several of these new upgrades with your students to allow them to take more ownership of their posts. 

As always, encourage your students to read others' posts and if they like their post, have them click on the heart at the bottom of the sticky note or leave a comment if comments are turned on. Being reflective and having an authentic reason to like something is a great first step towards leaving meaningful and authentic feedback. 

We encourage you to have conversations with your students on what constitutes a good post and how to be a good digital citizen when working online. You can find several resources to help you with these conversations on this previous blog post. 

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If you have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to Bobbi or myself. You can find both of us on Twitter- @smalchow (primary boards) and @bhopteacher (intermediate boards)

Brain Breaks with Guided Access

Guided access is a fantastic accessibility feature that can benefit a variety of students as it locks students into one app. This can be a life saver for those students with focus issues or who are a bit impulsive and end up in places they shouldn't be. One of the features that I love is that you can also set a time limit. This is a great way to give students time on the iPad for brain breaks not only in an approved app but for a set period of time. You can even set it up to play a sound when time is up or speak a reminder when time is almost up.

Interested in trying it out? Here are directions that will work on iOs11 and iOs12. Click the image below to access the image.

Malchow's Tech Bytes~ Sept 24th

Malchow's Tech Bytes~ Sept 24

I've been encountering some issues with the blog for the past few weeks and am working with tech support to hopefully have them fixed SOON! 

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Malchow's Tech Bytes~ Sept 17

Malchow's Tech Bytes~ Sept 17th

Malchow's Tech Bytes ~ Sept 10th

Malchow's Tech Bytes~ Sept 10th

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Thanks! Sorry for any inconvenience. There seems to be a little hiccup with the blog this week.

👩🏻‍💻 Malchow's Tech Bytes ~ Sept 2nd

Looking for ideas for the beginning of the year? This week's Tech Bytes newsletter brings you a variety of activities and resources that will help you incorporate the 4Cs! Click the image below to access the newsletter. 

Malchow's Tech Bytes~ Sept 2nd

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