District Coach on the Go
06 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in Microsoft Tags: invisible dots
When using Microsoft Word, I like to reveal the invisibles, you know, see the behind-the-scenes formatting on the page. I recently discovered some mysterious items that I cannot figure out.
When working on a table, I found these invisible dots in the table cells.
Do you have any idea what they are for? They are not placeholders for text, as they are still there even when text is entered into the cell.
04 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in 23q, Queens Tags: book, food, lifeline, Wiley
I love pictures, especially when they are slick renderings of food, especially exotic food. Wiley, my man, you have done it. The cover is so gorgeous.
The inside page, not so much.
The book was on a shelf in a room that hadn’t been used in years. The book was sitting there, wasting away. Sigh.
04 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in 176X, 23q, iPad, Queens Tags: blue screen, green screen, ipad, lifeline, movie
Who says you must use a green screen to make movie magic? This teacher used blue bulletin board paper hung from a wire across the room.
This was good for headshots and above-the-waist action.
04 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in iPad, Workshops Tags: Amanda McFee, do ink, green screen, ipad
Coworker Amanda is a green screen movie star. Here is the finished short
And here is the same movie, with the thin, gauzy veneer of reality torn asunder:
04 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in iPad, Workshops Tags: ipad, Lego, minifig, movie, stop motion studio
Well, not so much madness. But a couple good shorts from the IPad movies workshop I gave last month.
Here is one. We used Lego minifigs.
here is another
Have you made these ever?
so much fun
04 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in 36K, Brooklyn Tags: Argo, paper, shredding
So much shredding. I want to pile it up and jump in.
Of course, we can always pull an “Argo” to see what secrets are within.
04 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in 226M, Curriculum, Manhattan Tags: Ablenet, Duplication Prohibited
I was looking through some curriculum materials in a classroom, and had to share my findings. If you look at the bottom right corner of the page, there is a “Reproduction Prohibited” notice. However, the pages I was viewing were photocopies! Someone had purposely disregarded the “do not copy” prohibition. Guilty guilty guilty!
Meta, this blog post duplicates the photocopy, which duplicated the original. So am I guilty as well?
Here is the close-up
04 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in 226M, Manhattan, STEM Tags: marble ball, slow-mo, toy
The school I visited had their first STEM club meeting on Friday. I hung around to get some ideas. Okay, I admit I stayed to play with the metal marble drop toy.
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