I am super excited this week to share the new Microsoft updates with you! Those of you using Reading Progress should see AI Generated Passages as one of your reading passage options and the program will keep track of the words students are struggling with and will add those words to new reading passages (I know, this is so cool!). Teams Assignments now have AI generated assignment descriptions! You choose your topic and let it run, add sparkle, more details, step by step instructions and then have it make a rubric for you! (Sorry about the exclamation marks-I’m really excited about these!) Reading Coach has also been released. This is a low maintenance, stand-alone reading accelerator that students can use at school and at home on their own! Please watch the short video below for more details and share the Reading Coach poster with parents.
Click here to read the new Microsoft Updates in May.
Here is a video about the Teams Updates-they are awesome!
…and Reading Coach
Exciting news . . . . printing can now be done from district iPads at school. Each school is assigned one printer for the iPads to print to (usually the library printer). Printing can be done from any app on the iPad although the process may be different for each one. Thank you Shannon for writing this tech tip and Jane, Shannon, John and Shaun for all of their work making this happen!
Printing from an iPad at School
Below is the link to the webpage that houses the set of instructions, both printed and in video form. Click on the image to access it. The video demonstrates how to print from a variety of apps on the iPad.
The Printing Process:
1. Open app to print from.
2. Click on the Share icon.
3. Select the Print option.
4. Select the printer (only one option listed).
5. Print.
6. Sign in using the SD71 username and login (same as for logging into the computers). OK.
(Note: the process is slightly different for the Office products (Word, PowerPoint). The instructions for this are located at 1:25 in the video.)
The Inclusive Ed iPads (#35s) have all the printers listed. The specific school printer will need to be chosen to print at that location.
I can’t believe that tomorrow is May 1st, it seems like time is flying by! Speaking of being in a hurry-I bet you have had to text someone with one hand while your other arm is full of work or groceries… Did you know that you can slide the keyboard on your phone to the left or the right to make it easier to text with one hand? Read on for instructions for this. I am also excited to share that our Ministry of Education has produced some guidelines for using AI. in schools. We have posted them all on Learn71 here. Click here to go our page with the Ministry of Education AI Guidelines
One Handed Typing Mode on an iPhone:
1. Use an app that makes the keyboard pop up.
2. Press and hold your finger down on the globe at the bottom left of your screen
3. Choose which side of the screen you would like the keyboard to slide over to.
One Handed Typing on Android Phone:
With an android phone you can shrink the screen and have it go to bottom left or right to make it easier to navigate with one hand. Click here for instructions for one handed mode for android phones.