Month: November 2016

Teachers – get Office 365 for free and try out PowerPoint’s morph transition!  I am amazed that many teachers do not know about Microsoft’s program which offers a free Office 365 subscription (for up to 5 devices) for students and teachers. Here’s the link:  Office 365 offer 

One of the best things about Office 365 is getting access to the Morph Transition which gives you an animation effect without all the old hassles.   Check out the two videos below for examples of what Morph can do!

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Bloomz wowed me!  Normally, I doze off during those teacher professional development days.  Not this time.  I recently had the opportunity to see a demo of a new parent communications mobile app.  Founder, Chaks Appalabattula in Redmond, Washington wanted to connect with his child’s classroom in a private, secure way.   His creation, Bloomz, is a easy to use, sophisticated app for the teachers and parents of the social media generation.   And, its FREE!

The Bloomz app allows teachers to communicate in a variety of ways:  photo sharing, class calendar, text alerts and emails.  Teachers can use it for volunteer sign-ups and parent-teacher conference scheduling.   You can elect to allow parent comments or “likes”.

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