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Category Archives: Patrick Cauley
Picking an Interactive Whiteboard (IWB)
This is a pretty meaty topic so hang on. An interactive whiteboard (IWB), or interactive flat panel, is basically a large TV that ranges 55“ – 88” (139cm – 224cm) that has touch capabilities. They usually come loaded with an … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Tips, Patrick Cauley
Tagged interactive flat panels, interactive whiteboard, IWB
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Anchor – I am worried :(
In February of 2018 I wrote a review for Anchor. Anchor is a website and mobile app that will let you create and publish your very own podcast! I had a lot of very nice things to say about and … Continue reading
Make your own flashcards in Google Sheets
OK – to be fair, you need Google Sheets and the Flippity add on, but still, this is pretty handy, easy to do and works really – really well. I’ve seen a couple of articles about this on the web … Continue reading
Posted in Google Apps, Instructional Technology, Patrick Cauley, tutorial
Tagged Flippity, google sheets, Google Translate
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Virtual Reality – I am hopeful for its future
I recently wrote a post titled I Played with Virtual Reality. In that post I review the Mirage Solo – A standalone (no wires) Google Day Dream device. I did not find it super impressive and it got me thinking. … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Patrick Cauley
Tagged playstation virtual reeality, psvr, virtual reality, VR
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Fun Holiday movies
Only a few more days until the winter break and the end of 2018 so I thought that some teachers might like some holiday movies that they could show some of their students. Here you go! How the Grinch that … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, Opinion, Patrick Cauley
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I Played with Virtual Reality
In the not too distant past there was a promise that virtual reality and/or augmented reality was going to be the “next big thing.” Well both are here and there is less buzz around them than ever before? I have … Continue reading
The Beauty of Repairability
At my school, we are trying out Chromebooks instead of iPads for our 1:1 program. I’ve written about it here and here. I still feel it is too early to see how Chromebooks fair and so I’ll reserve those observations … Continue reading
Apple products in schools? It’s complicated
Apple just unveiled a new MacBook Air, Mac Mini and iPad Pro. Much of this news should get schools excited. I want to be excited so why am I not excited? To oversimplify my issue is price. I am not … Continue reading
New Google Docs, Sheets or Presentation? Just type “New”
Well, sort of. You see if you wanted to create a new document you could that out of Google Drive or go to Google’s respective Docs, Slides or Sheets website. Those individual websites seem a little silly to me but … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Tips, Patrick Cauley
Tagged google docs, google drive, Google Presentation, google sheets
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Predictions, Patience and Observation
I saw this article by Jamey Keaten in the Huffington Post titled Automation In The Workplace Means Machines Will Handle Half Of Tasks By 2025: Report. It basically says that automation will replace people at their jobs. So schools need … Continue reading
