It has been a long year, but teacher's college is finally over. Though I have learned so much, it is nice to have a bit of a break. In my last practicum, I was so lucky to be in the York Region District School Board. This board has really embraced the idea of having technology in the classroom and has equipped its schools with some amazing technology. In my last post I discussed teaching with the iPad. In this post I would like to talk about one awesome app for students but even more for teachers. Notes Plus is an incredible app that allows the user to mark-up pdf documents. Since discovering this app, I have become almost paperless in my teaching. The students simply send me a copy of their work and I use Notes Plus to mark. You can change pen colours, highlight (awesome for note taking), and insert pictures. Often, I will take a picture of a student's work such as the time I had them write text messages using 1920s slang. Instead of collecting the work, I took a picture using my iPad, marked it and sent it back to the student. That way, their creative work remains original without having pen marks all over it.
