Learning in the Lou

This post was created for choice PD - LHS How many passwords do you have right now? Do you just reuse the same password for a million different sites? Do you have to constantly reset the passwords for certain sites because they keep asking for all kinds of numbers and symbols? What about when you get a new phone and you have to log into all your apps, that is so time consuming! Then sometime in the summer you have to add all the passwords back into your freshly reimaged laptop. Who has time for that? All of these issues can be a thing of the past once you start using LastPass, the last password you will ever need. This post will help you: create an account install the browser extension understand how to use the app Getting Started Watch this to get started. Browser Extension A quick overview of what the extension can do for you. The add it to Chrome . Adding Sites to Lastpass This is the best feature, so simple to add your sites. LastPas...

We all log into Google every day to access email, calendar and all the other G Suite apps but have you unlocked the full potential of Chrome? Check out how logging into Chrome makes everything better. Getting Started Update Chrome You really should start by updating Chrome. 1. Open Chrome. Click on the ice cream cone (three dots) in the upper right. 2. Hover on Help . 3. Click About Google Chrome . Chrome will automatically start checking for updates. In the image above you can see an update is downloading. After the process is complete it will ask you to relaunch Chrome. Logging into Chrome 1. Click the ice cream cone (three dots) in the upper right corner of Chrome. 2. Click Settings . Click Sign in to Chrome . The above image shows that I have now logged into Chrome. I did use my personal account but it works just the same for your school Google account. I clicked Ok, got it to fully sync everything. Why syncing matters I u...

Google Keep is like the ultimate notepad, the only one you will ever need. Check out what Keep can do for you. This post is an update to one we wrote this summer , be sure to check that one out as well. An Overview Super quick overview of Keep. Getting Started with Keep      Download the Android or iOS app.      Install the Chrome extension . App Walkthrough Open Keep on your mobile device. 1. Click the hamburger (three lines) to access all the various settings. 2. Search for notes using the magnifying glass and click the two rectangles to show notes in list view. 3. Pinned notes. These will always appear at the top of the app. To start a new note just look to the bottom of the screen. Click  Take a note... or on the icons to the right to get started. 1. Make sure you title your note. 2. To access additional options, click the plus in the lower left. 3. The options that appear are similar to what ...

So many books... make more time! Too many great books to read and so little time. I started to listen to books at the gym and in the car because there was just too much down time. I used to buy tons of books on tape and CD but after a few months all that starts to add up to serious money. Did you know that you can download all kinds of audiobooks on your mobile devices? All you need is a St. Louis County Library card and a little storage space on your device. I'm also pretty sure every single student was just issued a new card just last week, why not get them listening before break! Getting Started Download and log into Hoopla . Also check out Libby, the newer version of OverDrive, for additional audiobooks from the county library. Download and click hoopla. It should ask you to login with your county library account. Click the search button or you can choose a category below. I searched for Freakonomics and this is what I found. I then clicked o...

So I have this blog and a classroom Facebook page, how do I get my blog posts to automatically show up on Facebook? It is wicked simple if you use one simple site, dlvr.it . Getting Started Make sure your Facebook page is using your Lindbergh email and a Facebook place page. You will know it is a place page if people can like it, not friend you. These are district requirements to using Facebook for your classroom. Complete the following three steps: Log into your Facebook page. Log into Blogger . Create an account with dlvr.it . Connecting through dlvr.it First step is to copy the address of your blog. Make sure you copy the correct address. Examples: lindberghlinc.blogspot.com - address of our blog lindberghlinc.blogspot.com/name-of-some-post - this only links to a post, not the full blog Log into dlvr.it 1. Click Automated or Feeds at the top. 2. Paste blog address. 3. You should see your blog pop here after a minute or so. 4. Click the plus...

Check out how to get a video that was shared with you on Drive into FilmoraGo. Drive Start in Google Drive on your mobile device. Click on the video you want to add to your project. Click the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen. Click Send a copy . Click Save Video . Open FilmoraGo. The videos should be the first on the list.

Do you find kids struggling to find things to read? I'm sure you have seen someone pick up a book read a page then discard it. They might repeat that cycle over and over again. This isn't isolated to just books, reading magazines and things online fall into the same wandering pattern. There might just be a way to help some of the kids discover new things to read based upon what others in Flyer Time, or class, are reading. Padlet To The Rescue What is padlet Think of it as a simple Post-It Note board but totally online. To add a note all you need to do is click, it is really that easy. Padlet Examples Reading - this example shows how the kids share what they are reading week to week. Check out week seven. What are you reading this week? Similar to the above, kids posting about what they are reading. These types of pages help others discover great books and magazines to read. Here is another example of kids sharing. Creating A Padlet Visit padlet.com and crea...

A Quick Response, or QR, code allows the user to access something in a snap. Creating the QRs are as easy as scanning them. Check it out! How To Pull up the page you want the kids to access. Copy the web address. 1. Visit goo.gl   This is Google's URL shortening tool. 2. Paste address. 3. Click Shorten URL Click Done in the lower right corner. 1. Click on the ice cream cone (three dots) at the far right side. 2. Click QR Code . Right click to copy/paste the code.

There are things that I just buy without a second thought, this was one of them. While I have no idea how to make it all work it can't be that hard. Just watch the video and see what you think. A simple processor, motor and voice. That is all you need. Check it out. I wonder if you could alter the programming to tell you if it was indoor or outdoor recess. So many ideas to help introduce the students to IoT (internet of things).