Learning in the Lou

In this post, we will detail how to open, submit and resubmit assignments in Canvas using an iOS device. It is wickly important to make sure the app is up to date. Please open the app store and double-check to make sure you have the latest update. Open the Canvas app on your Apple device. 1. Find and click on your assignment. 2. Click the huge green button at the bottom of your screen. It says Launch External Tool . If you see the big green button again, click it. You might see the login screen if this is your first time using the external tool, Google Docs. You will also see this screen if you are using a new device, like a phone. Scroll down and click on the Authorize button. If you need to authorize, or reauthorize, the Google sign-in will appear. Sign in with your school Google account. Click the big blue button. Google Docs should now launch. Type what you would like to say. Click the blue Submit button in the upper right corne...

This post was created to help the Sappington 5th grade as they worked on their Genius Time projects. Sites can be used for just about anything you want it to be. Some use it to teach fellow students about a topic while others have created sites as a summary of a book series they are reading. One strong recommendation is to start your planning on a simple piece of paper and post-it notes before creating on a computer. We have seen many start creating on a laptop and soon get bogged down in too many disjointed pages. Planning I highly recommend starting your planning on paper. In my example, I am creating a Google Site to house all my photographs and videos. I can easily add a page by sticking on another post-it. I drew lines to show which page connects where. If you are creating a site with someone else, paper helps both of you collectively plan before you build. Think, they are starting to build the new high school on paper first before they ever dig in the ground. ...

This post was used to help teach the art of documentary film making for our PBL English classes. We were tasked with helping our PBL English classes learn a little about documentary films and how they are made. This post was used in class and then sent to the students as a reference. In class, we watched this video to build a common understanding of how documentaries are put together and how they address the audience. The first time we watched the film we split into teams of two. Our goal was to help identify the audience, who it might be created for.  In our research, we found some documentaries are created to instruct, educate, help improve society, entertain and to uncover a hidden mystery. While this list could be huge, these were some of the most common themes.  The purpose was to help the students start to identify an audience for their own film and how to shoot clips that will help tell a compelling story. Once we have established the audience, we...

This post was used as a teaching tool in some of the English PBL classes. I'm pretty sure after reading your book you have an idea or two you want to share with the world. There are billions of videos online, some are super impactful and others are somewhat hard to watch due to how they are shot. This post will introduce you to a few ideas to help with the video project. In class, we watched this video twice. The first time we focused on a few questions based upon the work completed in class.  For the second viewing, we broke into small focus groups. Each group watched for just one thing. The goal was to pick out something specific they could reproduce in their own videos. Focus Groups Audience - Who are you creating this video for and what do you think they need to really know? Plan - Sketch out your shoot. This is the most important step that will save you time and effort. Using some type of storyboard will save you and make your whole production efficient....