New App to Try

I just came across an app called Emaze. It's similar to Powerpoint and Prezi except the templates are really cool. It's web-based like Prezi meaning you can work on it on both ipads and computers. It seems pretty cool. I used my mrapats.org email address to create an account because it's only $2.90 per month. Of course free is better but maybe it will be free soon?

Here is a preview:

This is what it looks like when you log in:

Google Drive

Let me tell you how much Google Drive has changed my life. Want to start a document, form, spreadsheet, or slide on your computer at school and finish it on your iPad, home computer or phone?

Google apps are amazing! School accounts have unlimited storage so literally every picture or file that I create goes into my Drive and I can never fill it up.

The fifth graders are usually my "test group" with new ideas I have. They have all been given school email accounts that we are using Drive with. They can start a paper in my room, share it with their teacher to proofread, and pick up an iPad in their classroom to finish typing or editing. It's going to change the way a lot of things are done. I'm all about simplifying.

I walk around with my phone in my hand all the time because my docs are synced and I can access my schedules, etc. from my app. If you are a teacher that wants to utilize Google apps, let me know and I will get you started!

I know some of you are reading and panicking that you will have one more email to keep up with. You won't! You will still email through outlook like you always do. The email part doesn't change because we will forward your email to your regular school account. Your gmail account will be .com and your school email is .org but when you reply to an email through your outlook, it will reply from your regular school email.

You will just login to drive.google.com to access your Google Drive.

Very user friendly!