Digital Bytes - 24th April, 2017

	A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Shareable Infographics Infographics help us understand complicated data sets and simplify the complex. With outstanding examples and easy-to-understand text, this guide for beginners  will help you learn about what makes a good infographic, the various types of infographics and steps to create a powerful infographic.
	Teaching Digital Citizenship with Seesaw A lot of the behaviours we want our students to exhibit in regards to digital citizenship can be taught in Seesaw. Teacher Heather Marrs explains in her post, “Don’t Teach Digital Citizenship - Embed it!” how she uses Seesaw to teach her help her students learn how they can interact in a digital environment.
	Five Ways Humor Boosts Creative Thinking and Problem-Solving in the Classroom John Spencer raises some great points in support of humour and fun in the classroom, particularly as a model of creativity and divergent thinking for our students. Read about the Five Ways Humor Boosts Creative Thinking and Problem-Solving in the Classroom to get your week off to a great start!

Digital Bytes - 21st November, 2016

	Instructables Instructables is a great site for seeing what people are making and sharing what you have made. It doesn’t matter what you want to make, a cake, a cardboard robot or anything in between, you can share your process on the site. There are also challenges which you can take a part in if you want.
	Lance Makes This website is a great source of projects and ideas for making things. The website includes lesson plans and video and can be a great starting point or just used for inspiration. You’ll find hydraulic judo robots, marble roller coasters, paper rockets and more.
	5 Minutes For Fun Shaun Kirkwood, who recently keynoted at the iPad Conference, advocates that teachers should take 5 minutes out of their day to do something fun with their students. This can be a mini project, game, creating something, drawing, etc. The possibilities are endless! There are ideas everywhere - feel free to make up your own. Put a picture on twitter and add the #5mins4fun hashtag.