IHMS Tech Tips

If you have ever had your students working collaboratively, then you might have found yourself reminding them to be mindful of their noise level.  Today's tip provides several websites that you can display for your students during group work time to indicate the volume of the classroom. I can imagine it was entertaining to watch me get these sample screenshots for you. 1. Bouncy Balls This one is probably my favorite.  Go to the bouncy balls website and display for your students.  You will have to allow access to the microphone with any of these sites.  Set the sensitivity of the microphone and watch the balls bounce around.  When students are too noisy, the balls bounce higher and a notification will appear.  You can choose what item is bouncing around (eyeballs, emojis, bubbles, and more). 2. Zero Noise Classroom Go to the Chrome Web Store  and download the Zero Noise Classroom (ZNC) app.  Once you have downloaded it, it will appear ...

This week's tip is courtesy of Nichole Hoehn! Many of you use YouTube in the classroom for teaching and learning.  Have you ever found a great YouTube video to show your students, but you only want a certain part of the video?  Today's tip will help with just that.  There are a few ways you can share a certain part of a YouTube video with others.  The two we talk about today will be from within YouTube itself, but there are other sites/apps that do the same thing. 1. Use the Share button Choose your video and decide where you would like the video to start.  Then click the "Share" button.  Before you close that window, choose "start video at ____" and enter the point at which the video should begin .  If you pause the video at the time you want it to start and then click Share, it will automatically enter the time stamp of when you paused it.  Copy the link and paste the video into Google Classroom, Skyward, or wherever. 2. Use the ...