March 13, 2013

The Future of Teaching - iPads



iPads are growing in popularity more and more each day.  Whether they are being used for personal entertainment, businesses, or even teaching, they can be extremely useful.  If you’re a teacher, or a student, you may be wondering- “How can my iPad be useful for me in school?!”  Well, here are a couple of different ways you can use an iPad in the classroom:


Take Attendance

There are APPS for the iPad you can use to take attendance.  When using the iPad to take attendance, you will not have to worry about losing track of your things.  It will be more organized and easier to access at any time.
 

Go Paperless

Save trees and your money by going paperless.  Use the iPad to administer tests for the students.  No more pens and paper!  There is an APP called Notability, where you can take notes, record lectures, and share pictures.


Presentations

Improve your presentations by using an iPad APP like NearPod.  With an APP like this, you can put together an amazing presentation quick and easy, while controlling the speed of the slide flow to promote peer engagement.


Virtual Field Trips

Sometimes planning a school trip can be a hassle.  Why not take a virtual trip?  Go anywhere in the world, using APPS like Skype to interact with people and places.  Most places these days, like museums and historical parks have a virtual guide on their websites.


Step by Step Equation Solving

Do you often forget formulas and the steps to those tough to solve algebra questions?  Well, using an iPad, and the many math help APPS on the market, you will be able to learn how to solve the hardest questions you never thought possible.  Forget your notebook in class with all your step by step notes?  Not a problem anymore!  You can go through the same question as often as you like, until you completely understand how to get to the right answer.
 
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March 08, 2013

Upcoming March Movies

How many movies have you seen so far since the new year started? There will be a few movies coming soon that you might want to catch in theaters since there will be more free time because of SPRING BREAK!


The Call (3/15)- Starring Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund, and Michael Imperioli. 
Plot: A veteran operator, Jordan (Halle Berry), saves lives daily as part of her job, but when a young lady's life-altering call which reveals that the young girl has been abducted, Jordan realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save this girl's life.


Ginger & Rosa (3/15) - Starring Elle Fanning, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall, and Oliver Platt.
Plot: A look at the lives of two inseparable teenage girls growing up in London in the 1960s. The pivotal events that comes to redefine their relationship as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms.

Admission (3/22) - Starring Tina Fey, Paul Rudd,  Michael Sheen, Wallace Shawn, and Sonya Walger
Plot: Portia Nathan (Tina Fey), is a Princeton University admission officer who is caught off guard when she goes to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, John Pressman(Rudd) that his gifted unconventional student, might be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption years ago.

The Host (3/29) - Starring Saoirse Ronan, William Hurt, Max Irons, Jake Abel, and Diane Kruger
Plot: The Host is the next epic love story from the bestselling author Stephenie Meyer (Twilight Saga). When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) will risk just about everything to protect the people she cares about, proving that love conquers all in a dangerous new world.


When going to the movies don't forget to ask the person in the ticket booth if they have student discount prices or buy your tickets online so that you don't have to wait on a long line to get your ticket and wont risk having the ticket sold out before you get to the booth!

March 06, 2013

How to Determine the Price of a Yearbook with Picaboo Yearbooks




In the final installment of this tutorial series, see how to determine the price of your yearbook with Picaboo's automated pricing calculator, and find out how to order!





If you have questions, leave a comment or ask us on our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/PicabooYearbooks! 

March 01, 2013

St Patrick's Day

St Patrick's Day has become associated with everything Irish, meaning anything green and gold, shamrocks and well...luck! Usually St Patrick's Day is celebrated by having a parade on March 17th so if they are having a parade in your town/city you should check it out! It usually consists of marching bands, floats and numerous people wearing green and dancing. Fun, right!?

Did you know every year in Chicago they dye the Chicago River green about an hour before the St Patricks Day parade? 


For St. Patricks Day there is a limited amount of things you can do but you whatever you do try to have the most fun with it. You can try to march in the parade, eat a corned beef sandwich and make sure you wear something that is green! We wish you the best o' luck all year long!