Digital Bytes - 27 Feb, 2017

	Pixar: The Art of Storytelling We are all storytellers. Here is your chance to learn from the master storytellers at Pixar through this Khan Academy course which takes you through the process of telling an effective story. There are videos and activities that make this a great process for you and your students regardless of the medium you are using to tell your story.
	Adobe Spark Video A number of our grade levels have been creating movies with students and a fantastic tool to explore is Adobe Spark Video. It provides excellent structures to help students understand the elements of various genres of videos. You can easily log in with your Google account (students can log in with your class account).
	When Social Media Breaks Bad: Why I STILL want my Students Using Social Media Things don’t always run smoothly when using social networks. It would be easy to shut down access and avoid having to risk potential problems. However, our students need us to support them in dealing with conflicts, such as the “11 year old troll” mentioned in the article. This is a great read from @MrShoenbart, which we encourage you to check out!

Digital Bytes - January 4, 2016

	Pixar in a Box When I think of Khan Academy, I think of lessons for mathematics or science. They also have something called Pixar in a Box. Students can see what they are learning in school helps to creatively solve problems that the people at Pixar face when making films. This is something you might want to try for yourself or with your students.
	5 Great Sites for Finding Images on an iPad We all know about Book Creator as it is such a fantastic tool for our students. The Book Creator team has shared 5 great sites for finding images on an iPad. You may be aware of a couple of them such as Photosforclass and Flickr but there are others that will help you find images for your students’s work. Each site is rated for: Design, Ease of Use, Search, Quality of Images and Explanation of Licensing.
	Word Cloud in Google Docs You may have used Wordle to create a display of words where the more the words appear in your text, the larger the words are in the display. Now you can do this right in Google Docs using an Add-on called Tag Cloud. This is very useful for students to use in their writing to see what words they are using the most.