By Matt Kock What is being tech-savvy? Being tech-savvy is not always about having the newest technology. It doesn’t mean that you are constantly downloading every new App that comes to the store. Cambridge Dictionary describes it as, “knowing a…
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The New Google Sites
The new Google Sites have arrived! What can I do with the new Sites? You can build a classroom web page, make a resource site and more —all without designer, programmer, or IT help. With the new Google Sites, building websites…
Creating A Custom Search Engine for Students
Created by Alex King and Jenna Miller If you are starting a research project and would like to control where your students get their resources from then this tool is for you! With just a few simple clicks you can…
Getting Started with Seesaw
WHAT IS SEESAW? Seesaw empowers students of any age to independently document what they are learning at school. Students capture learning with photos and videos of their work, or by adding digital creations. Everything gets organized in one place and…
Sharing Student’s Work
For the month of November, Carrie Brown, Dustin Carlson and Alli Pontious share different ways that students can share what they know! Notability + PicCollage with Carrie Brown I use Notability for everything! Students enjoy taking notes on their ipads…
Students Creating with iPads
For the month of October, the eMerge theme is ‘Creation’. Below you will find tutorials created by several eMerge members that show quick, easy ways that you can get your students to create content on their iPads. Creating is a…
Collaboration Quick Tips
Introduction Each month, eMerge members will be putting together resources to share with Westside66 staff. Below are the first two, each showing a different way to collaborate with students and staff. Check out how to use iCloud to share documents,…
Apple Pages vs Google Docs on the iPad
A question that frequently comes up from iPad users is which app is better for creating text-based documents – Pages or Google Docs. The answer is both. Each app has its unique strengths. The video below will walk you through…