There has been discussion of the difficulty of discovering UI features on modern Apple Devices vs Classic mac on apple-centric sites, to which I was nodding my head. Today I notice a pupil’s screen, split view and split undocked keyboard. Features I don’t use and didn’t teach.
The new Office app simplifies how you work on a phone by combining Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into one app and adds mobile-first features so you can get more done all from one app. This app maintains all the functionality of the existing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint mobile apps but requires far less phone storage than using three separate apps. New features leveraging the camera help you create content in uniquely mobile ways. Additionally, the app includes a new Actions tab so you can accomplish many common mobile tasks without needing to switch between apps.
Works with Glow’s O365 education accounts.
I don’t use office apps on my phone very often except for office lens.
This looks like an interesting development.
The quote above was grabbed with the Image to text function. This seems less powerful than Lens (no immersive reader) but allows you to copy text without a trip to OneDrive/Word which is handy. For my use, as opposed to pupil’s, it should be more useful.
A follow up to yesterday’s post, where I figured out how to extract the source from a list of tweets.
I asked a few folk on twitter if they had lists of schools twitter accounts by LA in twitter list. Andrew Bailey gave me an Angus one and Malcolm Wilson pointed me to William Jenkins who has a pile of lists. I quickly grabbed 18 LAs alone with Andrews to make 20 to run through my script.
The results are above.
I am interest in the result only tangentially. Partially is my idea of fun to figure out how to write the script. Mainly I am interested in thinking about encouraging folk to use Glow Blogs as a primary place they post school and class news as opposed to twitter. I’ve been told a few times that teachers use twitter because it is easier. I want to explain how blogging can be a lot easier. This indicates that mobile devices are the way to go.
I gave presentation/workshop to a few groups at the UWS this morning about Glow Blogs. Rather than use a presentation I made a blog: Glow Blogs – An Introduction This goes over some of the basics about Blogging and a few tips. Far too much to cover in an hour.
It may be useful to you if you are learning or explaining about Glow Blogs.
Some of the pages are pretty sketchy, but it was made to be expanded on in person.
Read: The High Window by by Raymond Chandler ★★★★★ re-read of a favourite, so good.
A bit of Scots, poetry & iMovie fun with the @Banton_Pr Biggies today. Bantiraptors.
Finally got my ticket for WordCamp Glasgow. There are not many left. Looking forward to going along on Saturday 8 February.
Broken Washing Machine part glitched with Hyperspektiv
I used this video in class as a writing stimulus. I also watched a few time in preparation.
I’ve had got a lump in my throat every time I’ve watched. The class liked it too. HT @LiteracyShed.
Every time we watch we see more detail and things to talk about.
@vasta on micro.blog posted about satellitestud.io/osm-haiku/app (one of my favourites)
we automated making haikus about places. Looking at every aspect of the surroundings of a point, we can generate a poem about any place in the world.
I’ve been having fun generating random haiku and then matching with photos from my camera roll of the same places.
