Creating a Professional Digital space

'Growing Social Media' by mkhmarketing via CC 2.0

We all have needs for posting the great things we do at school.  This session is around how you can customise what you can do, without too much difficulty.

Social Media, Websites, Blogs, all help build a profile for your professional life.

This session is about how you can create new, or build upon what you already have!

Infographics, Charts & Posters

Want easy tools to make awesome displays?  Want students to output data collected in an interesting way?  How the heck do I get that big thing to print out on my teeny-tiny printer?  All things answered here.

canva.com A website that creates great graphics, without much hassle.  Does have in-app purchases, but they can be avoided easily.

piktochart.com Very similar to canva, but it can interpret data in spreadsheets for use with Charts.  Fill in the form here, and we will see how this works!

color.adobe.com Keep your colors collected!  Also has an iOS app, that allows you to upload images to create your custom color palette.

rasterbator.net Don't let the name put you off.  This is a website that allows you to create poster sized images, with an A4 desktop printer.  This feature can also be done in Adobe Acrobat, but this does not add in some of rasterbater's filters.

FishBowl PD: Professional Development That Works @ 21CL Hong Kong

Professional Development isn't meant to be boring.  It needs to be relevant.  Our session is about building PD at your school that meets your school's needs.

Professional Development is about creating a learning community within your school. Not drop-in, after hours, forced training.

You are 'just in-time' to help create a vibrant professional development plan for your school!

Ben, Steve, & Art by Art Schultz ©All rights reserved

ISKL Project Proposal (Google Doc)

Proposal Template (Google Doc)

Collaboration Spreadsheet

Fishbowl Narrative

Contact us?  Via Twitter: @artschultz13 @bensummerton @stevekatz

iOS Maintenance

I am often asked how to get their iPad or iPhone to do something.  Often when these devices are not playing nicely, there are some simple steps to fix it.

Here are some tips on getting that Apple iOS device to play nicely.

Photoshop for Beginners

I love Photoshop.

I have a confession.  I like Photoshop, and I'm self taught.  I'm a geek, and I taught myself.  I might be a bit different than everyone else, because it isn't an easy application. The problem is that Photoshop is a bit of a difficult program for some people to wrap their heads around.  

So, here are some of my beginner's steps to getting their head around Photoshop...

3D Design & Printing

3D Printing

3D printing is a new frontier at my school, where they have invested in purchasing 4 3D printers this year.  As many students use iPads, this post is geared to use the touch interface to create 3D objects on the iPad, and export for 3D printing.

This is a work in progress, and as I learn more, I will add more to the post.

Twitter for Beginners

I believe that all teachers should have a way to reach out to others, and build a Professional Learning Network (PLN) of like minded educators.  We all have interests, problems, questions, and need advice.

There are many ways to build this PLN, and there are many educators using Twitter.

Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets". It is a microblogging platform, which allows you to post and show what you are doing, ask questions, and follow an interesting feed of information.

Many people use Twitter to:

• Share ideas
• Develop a PLN (Personal Learning Network)
• Connect and collaborate with people
• Reflect and engage in dialogue with others
• Access to new resources...every day
• Follow interests
• Expand your professional development

Here are some common definitions of commonly used terms in Twitter.

#tags (n):	hashtags are markers placed in a Tweet that can be traced by other Tweeters. They are used to link people interested in similar topics. HashTags are not a ‘source’, they are a label only.
#tagchat (n):	a ‘conversation’ that is connected and followed via a specific hashtag.
@symbol (v):	the transportation method to get a tweet to a particular individual.
Followers (n):	people interested in what you say and share.
Following (v):	individuals who say and share things you are interested in.
PLN (n):	Personal Learning Network.
ReTweet (v):	the act of Tweeting someone else’s tweet. Referred to as an ‘RT’ in most tweets.
Twit or Tweeter (n):	a Twitter user
Twitterverse (n):	a universe inhabited by individuals who are active members of Twitter.
Tweet (v):	the act of communicating via Twitter.
Tweet (n):	a single message communicated via Twitter.
Tweacher (n):	a teacher who uses Twitter to engage in great ideas with students and other teachers.

Common hashtags used by educators on Twitter, curated by @cybraryman1