The Skokie Technology Edge

Nearpod is a fantastic tool for eLearning and classrooms. Nearpod allows teachers to create interactive presentations that appear on the student devices synchronously and asynchronously. It also allows the teachers to pre-build lessons for substitutes to use with ease and guide students through a day when you are not in the classroom. You can even activate nearpods for homework or in class student paced lessons. You can embed 3D objects, go on VR Field Trips, and get real time feedback in Live Lessons. And that is just scratching the surface of what it can help you with. There is a lot that Nearpod can offer you and your classroom. You can use your google account to login, or if you have more questions, let me know! Here is a quick video on how they describe their features. I have also included this video recording of my Nearpod PD I lead for our iPLC Remote Learning. 

With all the e-Learning happening, you are also probably downloading and creating a lot of things. This can eat up alot of space on your laptop. Here are a few tips to clean up some space. First, how do you check. Click on the apple () on the very upper left of your screen. Then select "About this Mac". In the window the open select storage and it will show you all the info you need. If you click "Manage" It will break it down a little more and also give you recommendations. But here are my recommendations.  Empty your download folder from things you don't need anymore. (Do I need 3 copies of the student export???)  Consider moving things you want to keep out of your downloads and into a folder.  Also think about creating folders in Documents instead of Desktop. This will help keep desktops clean and computer processing information faster.  Move completed videos to Google Drive You can always download them again later if need t...