Digital Bytes - 17th April 2017

	Clips This new app has the potential to be the app of the year in education. If you haven’t already downloaded it, do it now. It is incredibly easy to use and perfect for students who want to create a quick video. One of the best features is the ability to to speak and the app automatically creates the text in real time. You can also add filters to your video and easily share it.
	Autodraw This is beyond amazing. Autodraw from Google is something you just need to try to believe. Start to draw anything and Autodraw will recognize what you are drawing and give you options. Draw a house and you will see options for buildings pop up. How might you use this with your students? So many possibilities!
	10 Apps for Creating Poetry on an iPad This site shares some great ideas and apps for creating poetry on your iPads. Even though there are a number of apps that you may not have heard of, you can always use the ideas presented with apps you already have.

Digital Bytes - 20th March, 2017

	DIY.org This amazing site is a fantastic starting point for anyone interested in student-driven inquiry. There are over 130 different skills/interests to look through and thousands of projects to try. Everything from animator to gardiner, paleontologist to woodworker and everything in between.
	What is Media Literacy? This YouTube Video answers the question ‘What is Media Literacy?’ and provides 5 key questions to answer when viewing any source of information. The key questions help determine biases in the information, and examine why it was produced in the first place.
	Google Docs Blackout Poetry Blackout Poetry is the process of taking an existing text, selecting the words you want to form your poem, then shading in all of the extra words. Eric Curtis has come up with a clever hack for doing this process in a Google Doc. Check out his blog post which explains how he does it!