tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54540587910558626152024-03-18T04:47:09.492-04:00North Reading Digital LearningCelebrating the digital life in North Reading!North Reading Digital Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705348307383696633noreply@blogger.comBlogger427125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454058791055862615.post-68316977616379510782020-03-01T18:51:00.002-05:002020-03-01T18:51:24.133-05:00Potty PD at the EE Little SchoolProfessional development can happen anywhere! The next time you visit the E.E Little School, check out our Potty PD posters or follow me at @hkelleytech for more! <br />
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<br />Mrs.Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840882934519874895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454058791055862615.post-57027406816568822852019-04-30T19:42:00.000-04:002019-04-30T19:42:00.986-04:00Celebrating Earth Day in Digital Learning at the Little School<h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
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to learning more about the environment and how you can help to protect it. The
students at the </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Little School</span><span style="background-color: white;"> have participated in many projects in Digital
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species strand using school/library databases as well as government
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Mrs.Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840882934519874895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454058791055862615.post-44440988394061293842019-04-25T13:26:00.001-04:002019-04-25T13:31:39.669-04:00Designs On Digital Learning In North Reading Week Of 4.22.19-4.26.19
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from 2:30-3:30 in the Media Center classroom at the MS/HS. On April 11th Chris
Lindsay will be doing a training on QR codes in the classroom at 3:15 at the
Batchelder school and also on April 11th Kathy Dasho will have her session on
the use of video in the classroom for teachers from 2:30-3:30 in room 110 at
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courses to support building robotics. A large thank you to the Reading/North
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we have a several exciting topics this week. I will include important links and
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overview of the 1:1 program and other Digital Learning presentations will
include Website Design and Development with Kathy Dasho and an Elementary
presentation on Digital Learning by Christine Lindsay. Superintendent Bernard
does a fantastic job with this event and it is a must see and attend! Register
here: <u><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/nrpsk12.org/parent-university-2018/">https://sites.google.com/a/nrpsk12.org/parent-university-2018/</a></span></span></u></div>
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learning across a range of MS and HS classrooms. This tour will feature our
work with our 1:1 program as well as our work expanding personalized learning
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will be providing resources and tools to support student engagement in core
subject areas with digital tools. This will be on April 1st.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Helen Kelley will be holding a Makerspace 1
session at the Little School on April 3rd in which she will support the
creation of maker-space lessons and resources. These sessions are always open to teachers from all
schools to attend and please sign up in My Learning Plan.</div>
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Last week the high school 10th graders were part of a
highly successful computer based testing experience. The Digital Learning team
and High School Staff and Administration have a lot to be proud of as we
implemented this new testing requirement seamlessly within the school. Many
thanks to all that supported this project.<o:p></o:p></div>
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robot project and will look forward to presenting their project at an upcoming
technology conference in the fall. Students are also exploring the Unity Game
Programming Engine to create their own games. Keep an eye out for videos
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The March post to the Digital Learning blog was made by
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implementation of the 3D printer at the school Makerspace and some of the
students projects they have worked on. Find the article here: <u><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://northreadingdigitallearning.blogspot.com/2019/03/3d-printing-at-ld-batchelder-school.html"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://northreadingdigitallearning.blogspot.com/2019/03/3d-printing-at-ld-batchelder-school.html</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></div>
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North Reading Digital Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705348307383696633noreply@blogger.comNorth Reading, MA 01864, USA42.5750833 -71.08543250000002442.4815483 -71.246794000000023 42.668618300000006 -70.924071000000026tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454058791055862615.post-40421443201353467342019-03-25T10:28:00.002-04:002019-03-25T10:28:38.462-04:003D Printing at The L.D. Batchelder School<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
With the help of the Batch BPO, we were so excited to add a 3D printer to the Batch Makerspace (Imagination Studio) last year. Students have been thrilled about this addition to the space and they love walking by and seeing their original creations coming to life on the 3D printer.<br />
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This winter all fourth graders at The Batch had the opportunity to design an original keychain/bag tag to be printed on the 3D printer. They started by learning the features of Tinkercad, an online 3D design and modeling tool. This was a great way for students to apply what they have learned about three-dimensional shapes during math instruction.<br />
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Once they were comfortable manipulating and joining shapes, students applied these newly honed skills to their original creation. As you can see from the picture below, students impressed us with their creativity and their designing skills.<br />
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North Reading Digital Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705348307383696633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454058791055862615.post-2254585522877407142019-01-28T09:44:00.000-05:002019-01-28T09:45:47.714-05:00Classroom Management in a 1:1 Environment<span id="docs-internal-guid-4ff15240-7fff-ee07-e54c-6d71a8d2403d"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As many of you know, our 9th grade students will be receiving Chromebooks on January 24th and 25th as part of the district’s ongoing 1:1 initiative. In preparation for this event, the Digital Learning Team will not only continue to support teacher experiences with the 1:1 program, but we will also provide support through instructional coaching and the use of digital tools as well as offering Tech buzz Professional Development in relation to these devices and Personalized Learning. We would also like to take this opportunity to discuss the influence this will have on the classroom environment and recommend some tips and tricks in order to help maintain and promote efficient classroom management.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although you may be familiar with Chromebooks in the classroom already through the use of carts or the library, once the students have their own devices, you may want to take the time to remind them of the acceptable use policy. This will set the tone in regards to teacher expectations of device use in the classroom. Once a well defined classroom policy and procedure have been established, it will help with managing the student’s accountability more consistently and lower the risk of misuse because they will know what is expected of them and more importantly, they will know the consequences if misuse occurs. Policies can range from which websites students are allowed to use during class to making sure their devices are ready for class use (ie. batteries are fully charged). Whatever the rules are, teachers should write them with the intention of enforcing them. Consistency with the rules will foster good student device practices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Movement is another strategy teachers can utilize to help support and sustain student accountability. Circulating around the classroom or work area enables the teacher to better monitor their students when using their devices and it will often keep them on task as they know they are being observed at any time. When students are working with their devices in groups, try to cluster the desks together in a way where their screens are always facing out and not to a wall. This will allow teachers to monitor the device screens more conveniently as they are moving around.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When it comes to devices in the classroom, I think Julie Davis says it best, “Being a strict disciplinarian regarding technology does not mean you aren't a fun or good teacher. It means that expectations are there. Be honest with your students, discuss with them why you have the rules you have. Have them dialogue with you about ways that might help them be less distracted. Remember that you have a responsibility for teaching them good digital citizenship skills. Every moment is a teachable moment, every teacher should be teaching their students how to harness and expand the power in their hands in productive ways (Davis, 2015).”</span></div>
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For those of you who don’t know me yet, I am Michael Callahan, one of the District’s K12 Digital Learning Specialists. I began my K12 career with North Reading Public Schools last year after a number of years supporting Higher Education institutions in Educational Technology roles. With a successful last year, I am excited to see what this year brings . Already the last few months have been full of excitement and have been a great time for new initiatives and planning for the future.<br />
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In October, the Batchelder’s 5th grade students learned how to put together all the major parts of a desktop computer. They were given mice, monitors, keyboards, power cords and USB cables. As a class, we learned about the different pieces, how everything connected, and some of the common areas for major trouble. This was an excellent learning opportunity for the students, as most are all familiar with how to use a desktop computer, but not necessarily how things connect and interact. Even the co-teachers were excited for the students and the value of the lesson; “I thought the idea and practicality of today's DL lesson was great! I wish someone had taught me all of that stuff a long time ago” said Lori Johnson, fifth grade teacher.<br />
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Batchelder students participated in the Fall Makerspace Challenge. Created by Ms. Nancy Boudreau, first grade teacher, students took the role of farmers trying to get their giant pumpkins into their trucks and trailers for the fair. In this challenge, students had to design and build a machine or system to raise the pumpkin safely off the ground and up to a specific height. It was truly amazing to see all the different ideas among the classes and how groups would approach the task from completely different angles but ultimately came out successful. These types of challenges push the students to think in a variety of different ways as well as allow students to use a variety of skills including executive functioning, analytical thinking, communication, time management, collaboration, and design skills.<br />
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Image provided by Mrs. Borek. <a href="https://twitter.com/TinaBorek/status/1053833383288147968">https://twitter.com/TinaBorek/status/1053833383288147968</a><br />
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<u>WIDA ACCESS For ELL Testing Preparation </u><br />
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With district wide testing beginning in January, the last few months have been full of planning and development. Our top priority in supporting our students as they begin testing has been ensuring a smooth and seamless experience. That means organizing and coordinating a number of district technologies, as well as collaborating with a number of district staff including Barbara Fitzgerald, District ELL Coordinator, Daniel Downs, Director of Digital Learning, Nicholas Langford, Network Administrator, and Nan Cook, Data Manager, to ensure our students have exactly what they need.<br />
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I am extremely excited to see where this year takes me in support of our students. All the projects, Makerspace Challenges, and district initiatives we support make my role as a K-12 Digital Learning Specialist a varied and ever changing role that I enjoy and find rewarding.<br />
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Thank you,<br />
Michael Callahan</div>
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The L.D. Batchelder School's Makerspace (named The Imagination Studio by a fifth grade student) officially opened in the fall of 2017. This initiative was spearheaded by a team of Batch teachers, who are passionate about the maker movement and bringing additional engineering challenges to our students. They, along with all the faculty members, feel it is so important to prepare children for their future careers by giving them additional opportunities to think outside the box, to work as a team, and to experience the engineering design process, as they attempt to solve real world problems. We are so appreciative of the Batch BPO for funding many items, such as the 3D printer, in this space.<br />
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During the current school year every K-5 student will have the opportunity to experience at least three different challenges in The Imagination Studio during their weekly Digital Learning time. The first challenge took place in October. Ms. Nancy Boudreau, first grade teacher, came up with a real world problem relating to giant pumpkin contests. The challenge was to design a lift for the farmers to get their giant pumpkins to the fair. Here are two designs created by 2nd and 3rd grade students:<br />
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Chris Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09661857998332358820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454058791055862615.post-59014276301079230772018-11-21T09:38:00.000-05:002018-11-21T09:38:36.134-05:00Mrs. Jolibert's Academic Biology class investigating how glucose is used to make energy during cellular respiration through clay modeling.<br />
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Google has come a long way since it was first founded back in 1998 and has become a byword for internet searches.
But, beyond chucking a couple of words into the main search box, do you really know how to get the best out of it? We've done some research and put together a few tips on how to get Google to do even more of the work for you.<br />
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<b>Google search basics </b><br />
If you've got no intention of spending hours studying the ins and outs of every search option on Google then don't worry. As long as you know the basics, then you should be able to save yourself a lot of time without having to delve too deeply.<br />
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<b>Spelling </b><br />
Even if you're not the world's best speller, it doesn't matter as clever old Google will do the hard work for you. If you don't spell a word correctly, Google will automatically switch to the most common spelling for the jumble of letter that you've typed in.<br />
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<b>Web history </b><br />
For many, the idea of anyone having access to their search history may well be enough to bring them out in a cold sweat and cause them to hit the 'delete history' option at the first available opportunity. But, unless you have anything truly incriminating on your browser cache, it's wise not to be too hasty. Giving Google access to your web history means that Google will spot trends in your web history and offer tailored results according to what you searched for and which sites you've visited before. This will also help you to find any good websites that you've previously stumbled upon but are now unable to find again.
If in doubt, keep in general - As with many things in life, the best advice is to keep things simple. If you're looking for a stationery shop that you know of, but you're not exactly sure what's it's called, then you're better off just typing stationery shop and the town or road name, rather than trying to guess at the name. Chances are this will bring up what you're looking for or give you a list of shops in that area and you can go from there, whereas misspelling (or 'misremembering') the name of the shop might not get you very far.<br />
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<b>Web-friendly words </b><br />
Try to use web-friendly words where possible, by thinking about how the information you're looking for would be written on the web. If you use a word that's correct but not the most commonly used term for what you're looking for then you might not get as many results as you'd expect. So, searching for fish and chip shop in your area is likely to get you more results than if you typed in takeaway cod, while searching for celebrity gossip will get you better results than typing in news about famous people.<br />
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<b>Keep it short</b><br />
Start off using as few words as possible, then add words to refine your search if need be. If you add more words than you need to, then your results may prove to be too narrow and you might miss what you're looking for.
No punctuation needed - If the use of apostrophes and commas isn't your strong point, then don't panic; Google doesn't recognise punctionation marks so even if you do type them in, they'll be ignored. Similarly, the search function isn't case sensitive so there's no need to worry about whether you should be using upper or lower case letters.<br />
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<b>Get Fast Facts</b>
Moving on from the basics brings us to Fast Facts - a very useful aspect of the Google search offering but possibly the least well known. The idea is that you can type certain search criteria into the box and the results will be displayed instantly at the top of the page, as well as all the usual pages below which you can click through to if you choose.<br />
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<b>Conversions </b>- Google will convert pretty much any unit of measurement - all you need to do is type in the unit and measurement, such as 5 km to miles, saving you from having to search for a conversion site and type the info in there.<br />
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<b>Stock information</b> - You can also search for real-time stock information using ticker symbols - such as APPL for Apple - and click through to Google Finance for more detailed information.<br />
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<b>Calculator </b>- Number crunchers can also use Google to work out maths equations by typing them into the box - Google can cope with anything from simple sums like 2+2 to more complicated equations. It's also easy to convert currency by just typing 10 dollars in british pounds, or whatever it is you want to convert.<br />
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<b>Dictionary </b>- Possibly the most useful Fast Fact option is the dictionary function. Rather than digging out your copy of the Oxford English Dictionary, you can simply add define: in front of any word in the search box and Google will automatically tell you the definition.<br />
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T<b>rack packages </b>- You can also track parcels from UPS and FedEx by typing the tracking number into Google.<br />
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<b>Advanced Google Search tricks</b><br />
There are lots of extra parameters that you can use in the search box to narrow down your search. It's worth taking the time to see what's available as it could end up saving you a lot of time in the long run.<br />
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<b>Filetype </b>- If you're after a specific document then it's worth knowing that you can search for PDFs, PPTs, or XLS files, by adding filetype: and the 3-letter file abbreviation after the title - for example searching for Declaration of Independence filetype:pdf will find you a handy, printable document of one of US history's most important documents, saving you a trip to the local library or the National Archives.<br />
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<b>Missing words or letters</b> - If you're searching for something that you don't know all the words for then Google will help you to fill in the blanks. All you need to do is use an asterisk (*) in place of any missing words or letters and the search engine will find the answer for you - a godsend for working out pesky song lyrics and completing especially challenging crosswords.<br />
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<b>Exact quotes</b> - If you do know exactly the words you're looking for then putting them within quote marks will refine the search. For example typing a direct quote from a book "it was a bright cold day in april, and the clocks were striking thirteen" will only bring up pages where it's written exactly the same, missing out sites where it's misquoted. However, there is a danger of being too precise and accidentally excluding relevant results. For example, if you type "george orwell", then your results may miss out pages where the author is referred to by just his surname.<br />
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<b>Related sites</b> - If you find a website that you like, then typing related: followed by the website URL should locate some relevant sites for you, saving you from repeatedly googling the same thing over and over. You can also search something within a specific site, or type of site, which is good news as many site's own search functions are very clunky. To do this, just type site: followed by the type of site (such as .org .biz) or the site name. For example, site: org or site: washingtonpost.com followed by your search term.<br />
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<b>Highlight essential words</b> - Google will usually ignore words like 'and', but if they're essential to your seach then you can highlight them by putting a + sign in front of them. Using + and - signs, you can also highlight specific words that you do or don't want to feature in your results. For example, you could search for a recipe for chicken caesar salad without anchovies by typing caesar salad recipe +chicken -anchovies.<br />
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<b>Search within a range</b> - You can look for numbers within a certain range by putting ... between amounts, for example, Samsung Blu-ray player £100...£150. This is particularly handy if you're on a limited budget and you don't want to waste time searching through items that are way too expensive. You can also just type £100... to look for anything above that amount with no top limit.
Words meaning the same thing - You can include synonyms in your search results by placing the ~ sign in front of your search term. For example, best Christmas ~gifts will return results for presents and tokens as well as 'gifts'.<br />
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<b>Filter your image search</b> - You probably already know that you can also search for images, but trawling through millions of pictures can be tedious. Google lets you refine your search. As well as filtering by colour and image size, you can also whittle the selection down by only including photos including certain elements such as faces.<br />
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<b>Instant results</b> - Google Instant is the feature that brings up possible results while you're still typing your query.
Fill your schedule with nearby events - Simply search for [events near me] or for a specific event type ([dog meetup], perhaps?) and you’ll see listings for local activities from around the web.<br />
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<b>Movie Showtimes and Tickets</b> - When you’re in the mood for a movie, Search brings together showtimes, cinema locations, and ratings all in one place.<br />
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<b>Recipe Search</b> - If you’re looking for a recipe in a pinch, just search on mobile for whatever you’re craving (say, chicken parmesan) and you’ll see a carousel of recipe suggestions.<br />
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<b>Live sports scores</b> - For everyone from the fervent fantasy football aficionado to the casual fan, Search makes it easy to stay up on the latest scores. Type in the name of your favourite team or league, and get relevant real-time scores and recaps from recent games.<br />
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<b>Styling and shopping help from Google Images</b> - When you're exploring style ideas or browsing for your next buy with Google Images, images of products that are available to purchase are marked with "product" in the Google app on Android and in your mobile browser. These include price, reviews and availability, making it easier and faster to visually research and shop.<br />
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<b>Find your next job </b>- Now available in more than 100 countries around the world, you can search for jobs right on Google. For example, you can search for [jobs near me] or [retail jobs] to get relevant positions that match your skills. Jobs come directly from employers and career sites across the web, and you can save jobs, map your potential commute and click through to a third party website to apply.<br />
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<b>Calculate the tip and split the bill</b> - You can use Google to calculate your tip when you’re in a restaurant. Simply search for [tip calculator], enter the cost of your meal, and the percentage you want to tip. You can even ask Google to help you split the bill evenly with your friends.<br />
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<b>Convert cash</b> - If you’re heading out on a trip, here’s a tool that makes a ton of cents - you can get real-time currency conversions right on Google. Search for something like [£500 in euros] and you’ll get a box with the current exchange rate and an interactive graph of change over time.<br />
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<b>Quick access to appointments, flights and more</b> - Search can help you find information about your upcoming plans in a snap. If you’re logged into your Google account, searching for “my trips” or “my appointments” will show you (and only you!) relevant results about upcoming flights, hotel reservations and your schedule from Gmail and Google Calendar.<br />
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<b>Get the numbers about your food </b>- You can search for nutritional information and find out the number of calories in your everyday foods. For example, you can ask “how much fat is there in chocolate cake?” and Google will break down the nutritional stats for you.<br />
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<b>Ask complex multi-part questions</b> - You can ask Google “compositional queries” that require us to solve the first piece of the question before addressing the second part. For example, if you search [when were the members of NSYNC born], you will (feel old and) see the birthdates of Justin, JC, Chris, Lance and Joey.<br />
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S<b>earch with an image</b> - Upload a photo to Google Images to find the same or similar photos on the web. Click on the camera icon in Google Image search and Google will also tell you the origin and other details about the photo.<br />
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<b>Advanced Search</b> - If all of these tricks still don’t get you what you need, you can use Advanced Search to specify terms you want to exclude or only find pages that are in the languages, regions, sites, or file formats you want.<br />
<b>The best Google UK Search Easter eggs</b><br />
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<b>Flip a coin</b> - (query [flip a coin]) - Google flips a coin for you<br />
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<b>Pacman </b>- (query [pacman]) - Play the Pacman Doodle<br />
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<b>Roll a dice</b> - (query [roll a dice]) - Google rolls a dice for you<br />
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<b>Barrel Roll</b> - (query [do a barrel roll]) - browser does a flip<br />
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<b>Zerg Rush </b>- (query [zerg rush]) - play the game, click the dots before they destroy results<br />
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<b>Once in a blue moon</b> - (query [once in a blue moon]) - formula for the frequency with which a blue moon occurs<br />
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<b>Askew </b>- (query [askew])<br />
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<b>Results are tilted</b> - (also works for [tilt])<br />
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<b>Atari Breakou</b>t in Image Search - (query [atari breakout]) - play Breakout it in Image Search<br />
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<b>Google Gravity </b>- (query [google gravity] into search bar and then “I’m feeling lucky”)<br />
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<b>See what Google looked like in 1998</b> - (query [google in 1998])<br />
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<b>Blink HTML</b> - (query [blink html]) - the words blink<br />
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<b>Bletchley Park</b> - (query [bletchley park]) - the name of the place appears as a series of letters as a nod to this being the location of British codebreakers<br />
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<b>Conway’s Game of Life </b>- (query [Conway's Game of Life] - yields a life simulation. Conway's Game of Life is a zero-player game that uses a set of rules to evolve from its initial state.<br />
Google's Game of Life evolves to spell Google (if you watch it for a while)<br />
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<b>Solitaire </b>- (query [solitaire]) - play computer favourite Solitaire<br />
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<b>Tic Tac Toe </b>- (query [tic tac toe]) - play Tic Tac Toe<br />
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<b>Snake </b>- (query [play snake]) - play the classic mobile game Snake<br />
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<b>Animal Sounds</b> - (query [animal sounds]) - play different animal sounds<br />
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<b>Spin a Dreidel</b> - (query [spin a dreidel]) - spin a dreidel in the homepage<br />
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<b>Spinner </b>- (query [spinner]) - spin a number wheel<br />
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<b>Fidget Spinner</b> - (query [fidget spinner]) - spin a fidget spinner<br />
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<b>I’m Feeling Curious</b> - (query [i’m feeling curious]) - find out the answer to a random question<br />
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<b>Color Picker -</b> (query [color picker]) - find the details of an exact colour<br />
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<b>Random Number Generator </b>- (query [random number generator]) - generate a random number<br />
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<b>Breathing Exercise</b> - (query [breathing exercise]) - regulate your breathing<br />
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<b>Internet Speed Test</b> - (query [internet speed test]) - find out how fast your internet is<br />
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<b>Festivus pole</b> - (query [festivus]) - pole appears on the left hand side of the screen<br />
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<b>Is Google down?</b> - (query [is Google down?]) - Google will tell you if it’s down<br />
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<b>I’m a teapot</b> - google.com/teapot leads you to a short and stout error page<br />
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<b>Marquee HTML</b> - (query [marquee HTML]) - the results bar will scroll<br />
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Anagram - (we say “did you mean: nag a ram”)
Define Anagram - (we say “did you mean: nerd fame again”)
What is the answer to life the universe and everything? - (we say “answer is “42”)
Number of Horns on a Unicorn - (we say “answer is 1”)
What is the loneliest number - (we say “answer is 1”)<br />
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H<b>ow to Insert Symbols into Google Docs and Slides</b> </h2>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">BRADY GAVIN @bradyjgavin
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You can insert special characters in your documents and presentations without having to remember all those Alt-codes by using Google Docs and Slides easy-to-use character insertion tool. It offers a myriad of symbols, characters, symbols, languages, and more. Here’s how you can insert special characters into your documents.
<i><b>Note</b></i>: You can’t insert characters directly into Google Sheets, but you can copy and paste them into a cell on the spreadsheet.<br />
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<b>How to Insert Special Characters into Google Docs and Slides</b><br />
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Inserting symbols into your file is a straightforward process that you can perform in several ways. Whether you want some silly emojis, arrows, or a different language’s scripts you can achieve this by manually selecting a category, typing in the search bar, or by drawing what you’re looking for.<br />
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The first thing you’ll need to do is open up a new Google Docs or Slides file to get started.
Alternatively, if you’re using the latest version of Chrome, you can type “docs.new” or “slides.new” into a new tab’s address bar.<br />
In your document, open the “Insert” menu and then click the “Special Characters” command.<br />
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<b>Manually Search for Symbols </b><br />
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If you don’t have a particular character in mind (or you’re not sure how to search for what you do have in mind), you can use the drop-down menus to browse through the plethora of available symbols.<br />
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Click the second drop-down menu to choose a category. You can choose from symbols, punctuation, emojis, different language’s scripts, and even different whitespace characters. There are a lot, so be prepared to spend some time browsing.<br />
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Next, click on the other drop-down menu to refine the characters even further.<br />
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Once you’ve chosen the categories, all you need to do is click the character you want to insert it into your file.<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-6bc47aec-7fff-c43a-bcf0-50c96ee6aa1b"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "roboto"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="274" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_BPzFJXt4LemxSx9ZfiDrgzImicI-nS_ViamClz9QH0ycqE2aZbjAb2UhtsYdiSx53ZSz1sLKwLNJgh_jW_F1yKSMGiq2EjKQ84nl2qwyvh2vZ0RV0NF3nf4V3cpJUnKxVW3Bamm" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="366" /></span></span><br />
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<b>Use the Search Bar</b><br />
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If you know what you’re looking for you can use the search bar located to the right of the pop-up window. You can search by keyword, description, or by Unicode value–if you know it.<br />
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Using the search bar can prove a bit troublesome as searching for an emoji with a smile didn’t produce the intended results. This is because it uses the word to match the description of the character.<br />
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If you search “Smiling” instead, you get more results.
Still, searching for a symbol is usually faster than browsing all the menus to find one manually.<br />
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Finally, if both your attempts to find the correct character or symbol have turned up dry, you can try the draw feature that lets you sketch whatever you want.<br />
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<br />Kathy Dasho, District Digital Learning Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12620411467717571206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454058791055862615.post-70296475560488663792018-11-14T15:41:00.002-05:002018-11-14T15:41:20.757-05:00Building a Mindset for STEAM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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North Reading Digital Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705348307383696633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454058791055862615.post-13963966401783248062018-11-14T14:14:00.002-05:002018-11-14T14:23:15.403-05:00STEAM Night Brochure & Information-North Reading Public Schools 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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North Reading Digital Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705348307383696633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454058791055862615.post-53927787992961043392018-11-13T12:20:00.003-05:002018-11-13T12:22:03.087-05:009th Grade 1:1 Informational Night For Parents: North Reading Middle/High School Media Center <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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North Reading Digital Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705348307383696633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454058791055862615.post-87961990802649722522018-11-08T12:08:00.001-05:002018-11-08T12:33:15.758-05:00November Tech Buzz Session List 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Any combination of 12 hours of participation in the "TechBuzz" Training contributes to an in-service credit through "North Reading University" for advancement on the salary scale. If you plan on participating "For-Credit" please be sure to sign-up for the "Tech Buzz Credit" in My Learning Plan. </b><br />
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North Reading Digital Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705348307383696633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454058791055862615.post-25801460307417654452018-11-02T09:58:00.000-04:002018-11-02T15:00:25.353-04:00Kathy Dasho, North Reading District Digital Learning Specialist K-12<br />
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