The One-Five

Episode #17 - Cleartune & Forscore (iOS Musician Apps)

SHOW NOTES:
Cleartune App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cleartune/id286799607
ForScore App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/forscore/id363738376 
Airturn DUO500 Bluetooth Pedal: https://amzn.to/3J6E6YJ 
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TRANSCRIPT:  (full transcript link)
Hello and welcome to episode number seventeen of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.
In this week’s episode, I will be talking about two apps I utilize on my iPhone & iPad - Cleartune & ForScore.
Let’s get started with Cleartune. Cleartune is a tuning app for your iphone/ipad. I have been using cleartune for 15 years now and what makes it my choice for a tuner is that it has zero latency - which is key to knowing if your instrument is in tune or not. The precision of the app allows you to tune any instrument (including guitar and timpani). I keep my cleartune set at equal temperament, but if you are playing music/instruments from different time periods, you can even choose from a wide variety of temperaments. The app is built to be used on either an iPhone or an iPad and can be a great teaching tool if you mirror your iPad to a display or projector. This app is $4 and well worth the purchase price because of its precision and the purchase cuts out any other ads that might appear in other apps.
Now let’s learn about the ForScore app. The ForScore app is the ultimate app for your sheet music. You can upload PDFs of any type of music (from the web, email, or via other cloud services), organize the scores into playlists, annotate on the score with a variety of drawing tools and musical symbol stamps, and even link audio tracks to the score (like accompaniments, or others) and be able to hear & play the music at the same time. There is so much in this app and it has evolved over the 13 years it has been around - and I have been using it for that length of time. The interface for using forscore has an easy learning curve and there are so many powerful tools included in it. Here are just some of the amazing tools in the app:
Score Sync - so if you have a couple of devices, your scores stay up-to-date no matter which device you use
Half-Page Turns - so you can see the bottom of a page and the top of the next page at the same time
Repeats - link pages so you can handle repeats with one tap on your ipad
Scanning - if you get sheet music, you can scan it immediately into the app using the camera on your device
View options - you can choose how you want the music displayed on your device
Built in Utilities - If you don’t want a dedicated tuner app like I mentioned before, there is a tuner, metronome, and pitch pipe built right into ForScore
Hands Free - if you pair a bluetooth pedal or bite switch (which is an adaptive device) to your iphone or ipad, you can turn the pages of music without taking your hands off your instrument. I use an AirTurn pedal with my ipad and it works flawlessly. There is a link to the AirTurn bluetooth pedal in the Show Notes, so be sure to check that out along with the app links.
Recently, ForScore has added a Pro option to the app which is a $10 yearly subscription…I have not felt that I needed this subscription as the full app cost at $20 has so much included with it…and that is $20 one-time purchase NOT a yearly subscription for the app. 
I highly recommend these apps for your iPhone or iPad if you are a musician - they make “making music” so much easier!
Do you want to learn more? Check out my website - tricialouis.com. There you can explore my resources, subscribe to my weekly email newsletter, and contact me. And if you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five.
Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 
Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!

Episode #16 - Stop Motion Animator Chrome Extension

SHOW NOTES:
Stop Motion Animator Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stop-motion-animator/bjkfigedpppnggdamgeclieeekhbgjpc/related?hl=en 
Compact Mirror Hack PDF: http://bit.ly/3Ew6O2k 
Demo Video using Stop Motion Animator on a Chromebook WITH Compact Mirror Hack: https://youtu.be/MPWNFP9fQrk (no sound)
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TRANSCRIPT:  (full transcript link)
Hello and welcome to episode number sixteen of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.
In this week’s episode, I will be talking about the Stop Motion Animator chrome extension. I have been a fan of stop motion animation as it is a great activity for students to not only express themselves in the making of a video, but it is a fun way for them to share information and show what they know.
When doing stop motion animation on a chromebook (or laptop since this is a chrome extension) it can be kind of tricky, but I have a solve for that and I will go into it more later.
Let’s get started. Once you install the extension, I would recommend pinning it to your chrome toolbar for easy access. When you click on the extension a new tab will open up and the first thing you will want to do is allow access to your device’s camera (otherwise there will be no pictures to animate). Once that access is allowed, take a look at the different buttons:
On/Off: Turn On, Off webcam camera
Capture: Take pictures from the webcam camera
Undo: Undo previous snapshot
Play/Stop: Preview video
Clear: Clear all video
Clock: Displays the effect of the video's Frames Per Second rate
Flip: flip the camera
Record Audio: Record audio for the clip
Clear Audio: Remove record audio
Save: Save clip to computer
What I like about stop motion animator is that it’s super simple to use. The addition of the onion skinning (that’s where you see the previous image while preparing the next image), makes it easy for students to prepare their images. 
Remember earlier I mentioned that I have a solution for using the webcam on your chromebook or laptop for stop motion animation? Well here it is - a compact mirror. Simply go to your nearest retailer and grab a cheap compact mirror and then you can use a piece of tape (painters tape works best) to position the hinge of the compact mirror to reflect the camera down. Then you can put a little whiteboard over your keyboard and place the objects on it that you want to animate. If you want to see this hack, be sure to check out the show notes for a link to a PDF that shows how to set it up. Also in the show notes, is a link to a youtube video where I used the hack to make a video.
When you are finished taking all the pictures for your stop motion film, you can view it and then choose to save it in your google drive (as a webm file) when you are on your chromebook. If you are on a laptop (pc or mac) the webm file is downloaded and you can store it anywhere. 
I hope that you think about adding stop motion animation as a fun activity in your classroom. You will be surprised with the creativity of your students and what they can come up with!
Do you want to learn more? Check out my website - tricialouis.com. There you can explore my resources, subscribe to my weekly email newsletter, and contact me. And if you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five.
Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 
Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!

Episode #15 - Page Marker Chrome Extension

SHOW NOTES:
Page Marker Chrome Extension:  https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/page-marker-draw-on-web/jfiihjeimjpkpoaekpdpllpaeichkiod?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon 
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TRANSCRIPT:  (full transcript link)
Hello and welcome to episode number fifteen of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.
In this week’s episode, I will be talking about an amazing chrome extension called Page Marker. Installing this chrome extension is something you wish you will have done a long time ago. It allows you to have drawing tools on ANY webpage and yes, that includes google documents. Once the extension is installed (and you will want to pin this one for sure), you can click on it and then a panel of tools opens up. On the tool panel, you can choose from a pen, highlighter, eraser, select, text tool, move, line, download, undo & redo, trash, exit, and the size slider (for pen size). I pretty much just use the pen tool and it is incredible. One cool hack for this extension is that you can open up your google slides and then choose “publish to web” in the file menu. Once you have that link, open it up in a new tab and then you can use the page marker extension to mark up your slides - this is better than just presenting the slides as that goes into a full-screen mode and you can’t access the extension during that full-screen mode.  After you have made your marks on a slide, you will have to clear the ink once you move to a new page in your slide deck, but before you do that, you can download an image of your marked up page. Those images can be then loaded into your LMS for reference by students. You can also combine page marker with loom and make great screen recordings with all the markings! One more thing to know about page marker is that if you are on a regular web page (not like the slide deck I mentioned before), the “ink” that you put on the page is actually sticky and you can scroll the webpage up or down and the ink stays put. Now that is pretty darn cool in my book. 
I encourage you to try the page marker extension and then share with your students as it gives them a great way to do annotations anywhere on chrome!
If you have any questions about the content shared in this podcast, you are free to contact me at any time through the contact me section on my website - tricialouis.com. And if you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five.
Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 
Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!

Episode #14 - Noisy Book App

SHOW NOTES:
Noisy Book App Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noisy-book/id1474786858
Noisy Book Word List: http://bit.ly/3HR6RH5 
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TRANSCRIPT:  (full transcript link)
Hello and welcome to episode number fourteen of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.
In this week’s episode, I will be talking about the Noisy Book app. This is a fun app that takes a story you make up OR one you read from a book and adds sound effects as you read. The app is free for iphone/ipad and at one time had a 99 cent in-app purchase to unlock saving more than one story. Thanks to a few emails to the developers of the app, I am able to tell you that the app is now ALL FREE (with all functions).
When you open the app, you have to make sure to allow the use of the microphone & access to speech recognition on your device. Once that happens you simply start reading or making up a story and the app adds the particular sound effects in. The app has nearly 800 of these sound effect words (check the show notes for a link to a google sheet with about 600 of them listed) so you can use that as a guide if you are making up a story. Just as a note, saying the words “the end” is a verbal cue for the app that your story is done and then it saves it locally on your device. This would be a fun app for students to use in your learning environment as there are no logins necessary and since it saves locally there are no cloud services involved.  You could give your students 3-5 (or more) words on the list to write a story and then have them read it into the app to hear the sound effects. With the full functionality of the app unlocked, you can save your stories and be able to listen to them later. You can even save the story as a PDF and print if you want to.
If you select the menu in the upper right corner of the app you can change the colors/fonts used when stories are saved, learn more about the app, and even access a FAQ section. Under the advanced part of the menu, there are a few options you can choose from and you can even choose to “reset everything” if you want to erase all the stories on the app and just start over.
All in all, this is a cute and fun app to use with young students as it is a way to bring a little variety to a reading or writing assignment.
If you have any questions about the content shared in this podcast, you are free to contact me at any time through the contact me section on my website - tricialouis.com.
If you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five.
Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information  shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 
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Episode #13 - Momentum & TabSpace

SHOW NOTES:
Momentum Chrome Extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/momentum/laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca?hl=es-MX 
TabSpace Chrome Extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabspace/kcinhoikngobhiikicnpahoanenlnlha 
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TRANSCRIPT:  (full transcript link)
Hello and welcome to episode number thirteen of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.
In this week’s episode, I will be talking about two chrome extensions that enhance your new tab experience in the chrome browser and they are called Momentum and TabSpace.
First, let’s learn about Momentum. Momentum is a free chrome extension that amps up your new tab. When you start a new tab with Momentum installed, you are greeted with beautiful landscape photos & encouraging quotes. Along with that you will find areas that you can customize like focus, quick links, to-do lists, and local weather. I have used the Momentum chrome extension on my personal chrome account for years now and I love how it makes my new tab not only a more beautiful space, but gives me additional utilities. Momentum does have a paid version, but I have never invested in that and for the casual user, I think that the free version is great!
Now, let’s learn about TabSpace. The tagline in the chrome web store for TabSpace is a “scratch space for your new tab page” and it is just that. Once you install this extension, your new tab becomes a way for you to keep notes for yourself and it just remembers it and when you start a new tab, whatever you have added just appears. Now, this is an extension that I am using for my school chrome account and it is really beneficial. Being able to take quick notes that always show up on a new tab can be good reminders for tasks or maybe continuing certain chrome journeys. The only thing that is lacking in TabSpace is that it is device specific - notes you take on one device do NOT show up on another device. Let me make sure I explain that a little bit more - say I take a note on my TabSpace on my desktop pc. When I open my school chromebook that note is NOT there even though I am signed into the same chrome account. Now this isn’t a deal breaker for me when using TabSpace, but I just wanted to make sure I told you about it.
I am sure there are a multitude of other new tab extensions out there, but these are two that I have used and seem to be filling the needs I have for a new tab on my devices. If you know of a good new tab extension, feel free to reach out to me via my website and let me know.
I hope you and your students will find these new tab extensions useful in your learning environment.
If you have any questions about the content shared in this podcast, you are free to contact me at any time through the contact me section on my website - tricialouis.com.
If you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five.
Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information  shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 
Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!

Episode #12 - Google Jamboard

SHOW NOTES:
Google Jamboard Tutorial Video https://youtu.be/Yznx6XsCPSM?t=61 
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
iOS App https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jamboard/id1143591418 
Google Play App https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.jam&hl=en_US&gl=US 
Help https://support.google.com/jamboard/?hl=en#topic=7383644 
Training in Teacher Center https://edu.google.com/intl/ALL_us/for-educators/product-guides/jamboard/?modal_active=none 
TRANSCRIPT:  (full transcript link)
Hello and welcome to episode number twelve of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.
In this week’s episode, I will be talking about Google Jamboard. Google Jamboard is a digital whiteboard and collaboration tool developed by Google. It allows users to create and share documents, drawings, and presentations in real-time, from anywhere with an internet connection. It allows multiple users to work on the same document at the same time, and also offers features such as the ability to import images and videos, add text and drawings, and use sticky notes. It is primarily used in classrooms and business meetings for collaboration and brainstorming.
Google Jamboard can be used in education in a variety of ways, including: Collaborative problem-solving, Interactive presentations, Graphic organizers, Mind mapping, Classroom polls and quizzes, Student-led discussions, Digital storytelling, Group work, and so much more. Now, there actually was a device from Google that is a Google Jamboard, but through some web investigation, I believe that the device is now discontinued, but the awesomeness of the Jamboard lives on in the web version or through the app (for iPad or Android Tablets). 
Jamboard is a visual tool so in order for you to learn more about Jamboard, I encourage you to check out my Jamboard tutorial video posted in the show notes. In the video, I share about the Jamboard interface, the similarities & differences between the web & app versions, and give ideas how to use your jams…so be sure to check it out for a more visual explanation of Google Jamboard.
Be sure to check out the additional resources in the show notes for links to the Google Jamboard Apps for your iOS or Android device as well as links to help & training guides from Google.
If you have any questions about the content shared in this podcast, you are free to contact me at any time through the contact me section on my website - tricialouis.com. If you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five.
Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information  shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 
Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!

Episode #11 - Canva

SHOW NOTES:
Visit canva.com/education to get your free Canva for Education account.
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TRANSCRIPT:  (full transcript link)
Hello and welcome to episode number eleven of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.
In this week’s episode, I will be talking about Canva. Canva is a graphic design tool that has many applications in education. It is a simple, intuitive platform that allows users to create a wide range of visual content, including posters, infographics, social media graphics, and much more. Here are just a few reasons why Canva is a great app to use in education:
The first reason is that it is easy to use: One of the main benefits of Canva is that it is extremely user-friendly. It has a simple drag-and-drop interface that allows users to quickly and easily create professional-looking graphics. This makes it an excellent tool for educators who may not have a lot of design experience, as it allows them to create visually appealing materials without a lot of hassle.
Next, it has a wide range of templates and resources: Canva has a vast library of templates and resources that can be used to create a wide range of visual content. This makes it an excellent resource for educators who are looking for pre-made templates that they can use to quickly and easily create materials for their classrooms.
Our next reason is that it is affordable: Canva is Free to educators! Simply visit canva.com/education and follow the prompts on how to get verified. Not only will you be able to utilize canva, but your students will as well.
And finally, it can be used to teach design skills: In addition to being a useful tool for creating materials, Canva can also be used to teach design skills to students. After you get your free account, make sure you set up a class space where you and your students can share designs with each other as well as work collaboratively on design projects.   With canva’s simple drag-and-drop interface and wide range of templates and resources, it is an excellent tool for helping students to learn the fundamentals of graphic design. Also canva can be easily used on any chromebook or laptop with the web interface OR you can download the canva app to an iPad and be able to utilize canva that way. One advantage of the iPad is the touchscreen - there is something inside of canva called “draw beta” and that brings inking tools right inside your canva project.
Overall, Canva is a great app to use in education. It is easy to use, has a wide range of templates and resources, can be used to create a wide range of materials, is affordable, and can be used to teach design skills. Whether you are an educator looking to create materials for your classroom or looking to learn more about design, Canva is an excellent resource that you should definitely consider.
If you have any questions about the content shared in this podcast, you are free to contact me at any time through the contact me section on my website - tricialouis.com.
If you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five.
Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information  shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 
Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!

Episode #10 - Youtube Chrome Extensions

SHOW NOTES:
Adblock Plus Extension 
DF Youtube Extension
Picture-in-Picture Extension
Youtube Screenshot Extension
Image to Text Website
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TRANSCRIPT:  (full transcript link)
Hello and welcome to episode number ten of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.
In this week’s episode, I will be talking about 4 chrome extensions that can enhance you and your student’s youtube experience. Please be sure to check out the show notes for the links to each of these extensions.
The first extension I will share is adblock plus. There is nothing worse than starting a youtube video and an ad (especially one that is really not geared towards education) interrupts the start of the video. Simply install this extension and your videos will start right away!
I like to pair adblock plus with the second extension on my list:  DF Youtube. DF stands for Distraction Free. Have you ever played a youtube video and all your students can do is pay attention to the “suggested” videos on the right of the screen? Once you install this extension, all those distractions are gone and your students can learn from the video you have selected.
The third extension on my list is the picture-in-picture extension. This little extension is like magic. You simply goto the youtube video and then click this extension and the video will “pop-out” to the lower right corner…but wait…the magic is that the video will now show in the lower right corner of ANY TAB! This is great for when you want to watch a video and maybe do something on a website at the same time (like tutorials) and you are only on a “one-screen” device (like a small chromebook). To return the video to the full youtube experience, hover over the pop-out screen and click “back to tab”. 
The last youtube extension on my list for this podcast is the youtube screenshot extension. Sometimes you want to get a still image of a part of a youtube video and with this extension installed you will now see the word “screenshot” near the lower right corner of the video. Simply click the word screenshot when you want a still image of the video and immediately a PNG file will be downloaded for you. This is so handy if you want to read some text or be able to zoom in further on part of a video’s image. BONUS: Take the image and upload it to a website called “image to text” and it will extract the text for you where you can copy and paste it wherever it is needed! Super cool!
I hope these 4 extensions will enhance your youtube viewing in your learning space!
If you have any questions about the content shared in this podcast, you are free to contact me at any time through the contact me section on my website - tricialouis.com.
If you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five.
Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information  shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 
Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!

Episode #9 - Sketches School

SHOW NOTES:
Sketches School App Link
Everyone Can Create Drawing from Apple Education
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TRANSCRIPT: (Full Transcript Link)
Hello and welcome to episode number nine of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.
In this week’s episode, I will be talking about an iPad app called Sketches School. Actually the long name of it is Tayasui Sketches School, but for brevity, we will just call it Sketches School. 
Sketches School is a drawing app for the iPad that hits the big three with me for iPad apps. The big 3 being: 1. Free - this is a free app, so you don’t have to worry about budget, 2. No Ads - There are no inappropriate ads to disrupt work in the app, and 3. No In-App Purchases - sometimes with free apps you are limited to what you can use, but that is not the case in sketches school - the whole app is unlocked for the price of free. Actually, there is a bonus to the Big 3 for sketches school - no sign-in/account needed to use the app. This makes it the perfect drawing app to include on ipads for students of all ages.
Once you get the app, you will notice its simplicity. You can organize your drawings into different notebooks if you want (but that is not necessary). When you get ready to start a drawing you can start from a blank white page or choose different backgrounds or “paper type” and you can even start with an image from your photos app as the background.
Once you have your page setup, you have entered the app. The pen tools are along the left hand side - you have pencil, pen, marker, paint, pastel, acrylic, watercolor, and what always seems the student favorite is airbrush. Be sure to have volume up on your device when using the different pen tools - they actually make the sounds as well when you use them - how neat is that? You also have some text/shape options, eraser, the knife/cutting tool, and my favorite artist tool “smudge” - so you can blend those ‘inks’ together. Inside the ruler tool you can choose to draw with a variety of symmetry, you can draw lines, and bring up a ruler (great for math lessons).
The pen size and the ink color choosers are along the right side so there are a ton of different options there.
Across the top you have a menu under the ellipse that contains different settings, import/export tools, and even a screen recording tool (with microphone) - a great way for teachers in lots of disciplines to make video lessons! Also at the top you can connect an apple pencil, but that is not needed to make this app work. And finally you will see a small grid - that will return you to the new project/new notebook screen.
Sketches school is even highlighted in the Everyone Can Create Drawing book from Apple Education. The link to this free e-book is in the show notes.
I also see sketches school as a great entry tool into drawing for students before they graduate to more complex drawing apps like procreate.
Overall, if you are looking for a quality drawing app for your ipad, I highly recommend sketches school. Download it and start to play with all of the drawing tools and you will see how it can become a powerful application in your learning environment.
If you have any questions about the content shared in this podcast, you are free to contact me at any time through the contact me section on my website - tricialouis.com.
If you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five.
Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information  shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 
Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!

Episode #8 - Start.Me

SHOW NOTES:
Start.Me
Tricia’s Start.Me Page
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TRANSCRIPT: (full transcript link)
Hello and welcome to episode number eight of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.
In this week’s episode, I will be talking about start.me. Start.me is a way for you to customize a start page (or home page) for your browser. You can add Bookmarks, Notes, Tasks, RSS/Social Media Feeds, and also embed content from other webpages. Start.me works on any browser and on any device. It is a great way to make a hub for your valuable information in a one-stop place.
There are different pricing levels: a personal free and a personal pro account and of course pricing for a team or enterprise. I am currently using the personal free account and with that I can have up to 3 start.me pages and on each page an unlimited number of widgets. Now, some of the widgets are only available with the paid version, but I have found that I have not had the need to upgrade to the paid account. 
What I really like about it is the customization you can do with the bookmarks. You can have them in list form or in different icon sizes with the link names or with no text. Above all, this makes a great way for you to have a hub of your links if you have to switch devices or work in different locations than your home classroom or office. I have put my start.me page link at the bottom of my website - so that is a great way for me to be able to visit a classroom (within my district or in other districts), call up my website and then have all my essential links.
If you would like to take a look at my start.me page, check the show notes for the link.
Finally, if you are working on a new interactive panel, like a smart panel, you know the chromium browser is lacking in functionality. By creating a start.me page, you can make that your homepage on the chromium browser and you have all the links you need in an easy to access place! 
Overall, I think start.me is a great way for you to organize those most important links and other information into one easy to access collection that is device agnostic and shareable to those in your learning environment.
If you have any questions about the content shared in this podcast, you are free to contact me at any time through the contact me section on my website - tricialouis.com - or via social media. 
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Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information  shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 
Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!