Reeve EdTech Tips

To celebrate the holiday season, I'm sending  12   Days  of easy classroom tech ideas you can use right away!   Day   12 : HHS Social Media I picked the  easiest one  for our last  day  before the break!  We're working on increasing  our school's social media presence , to better  communicate with parents  and the community. Many parents check social media at least daily, and it is a great way to send out "non-essential" notices and photos. We are using social media to help develop a  positive, friendly presence  online. If you use  Facebook ,  Twitter ,  Google+ , or  Instagram , please consider taking a moment to "Like" or "Follow" HHS! It only takes seconds! You can participate in different ways: Candy Cane  level:  Like or follow  us! Reindeer  level:  Like , s hare, or re-tweet  one of our posts! Elf  level: S end me photos or n...

This was specifically written for someone a making a slideshow to display before a large group presentation. The directions are specific for a Windows 7 laptop. Feel free to adjust them to suit you own needs! Get  your Instagram pictures Go to http://instaport.me Click "Sign in with Instagram" and sign in Choose "All my photos" and click "Start Export" Let it work for a few minutes Click the little "Download only" link to save the zip folder. Open the zip folder and click "Extract all files". Click on "Desktop" and then click "Make New Folder." Make a folder called "Instagram Export." Click "Extract." Install PhotoStory Go to http://download.cnet.com/Photo-Story-3-for-Windows/3000-12511_4-10339154.html and click the big green "Download Now" button. The specs label this download for WinXP, but it works just fine on Win7 as well. Run the downloaded f...