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Tech Tuesday: Airserver & QR Codes

Yesterday during Tech Tuesday, we explored using Airserver/Airplay and QR Codes in the classroom.

If you haven’t gotten set up for Airserver yet and would like to, let me know. Airserver_icon_x512Airserver makes it super easy for you (and students) to stream whatever is displaying on your iPad directly to your laptop. If your laptop is plugged in to the projector then you can rove the classroom UNTETHERED while still projecting ideas to the class.

Quick Response (QR) Codes are those square barcodes that can be used for giving you quick access to a website. qr-codeAll of the TIS students have a scanner application on the toolbar of their iPads. My favorite way to create a QR code is by using www.goo.gl. After you paste in a link to shorten it, you can click on details for a QR code that can be saved or printed. There are a multitude of ways to use QR codes. Check out this video for a few ideas.

Please let me know if you would like support, ideas or a second pair of hands infusing this technology into your classroom instruction.

Tech Tuesdays

Hello everyone,techtuesday21

Tech Tuesdays start tomorrow (Oct 1st – sorry for the short notice). In general, Tech Tuesdays will focus on one app or program that will make life better for you and your students in the classroom (either by enhancing learning or streamlining work-flow). Each session is worth 1/15th of a credit (1 seat hour). We’ll be working from 3:30-4:15 and will have a 15 minute follow-up assignment. The location is TBA.

Tomorrow, we’ll be focusing on using uPad as a student note taking application. uPad allows students to not only take notes just like on paper, but also mark-up documents you provide them, annotate pictures and store the notes digitally in the cloud.

You can register for this session at www.edmodo.com using this class code, “zczzhv.”

MEETING DATES (3:30-4:15 w/ 15 minute follow-up assignment):

  • October 1st, 8th, 15th, 29th
  • November 12th
  • December 10th
  • January 7th, 21st,
  • February 4th, 18th
  • March, 4th, 18th
  • April 1st, 29th
  • May 13th