GVC #10: Important sites to note for the Global Virtual Classroom Contest

I want to just keep a record of the various sites in the Global Virtual Classroom project:

• Post telling us about the competition: http://gvcnews.blogspot.com/2014/08/connect-collaborate-through-global.html 
• Global Virtual Classroom blog: http://gvcnews.blogspot.com/ 
• Global Virtual Classroom website: http://www.virtualclassroom.org/ 
• Global Virtual Classroom Contest: http://www.virtualclassroom.org/contest.html
• Global Virtual Classroom Teachers’ Lounge wiki: http://gvcteachers-lounge.wikispaces.com/Timeline

In addition I have also been joined to the Hello Little World Skypers https://sites.google.com/site/skypershello/ where teachers from all over connect on Skype chat all day every day! I am starting to feel connected to teachers around the world!

GVC #9 We make avatars using Bitstrips.com

Today we started making avatars for our Global Virtual Classroom Contest Project. These are to use in Edmodo for when the classes write to one another. The class loved this lesson. We made full length avatars as well as the face-only ones we’ll use in Edmodo

Make avatars using the site www.bitstrips.com

1. Go to http://bitstrips.com/create/avatar/

2. From this point on you work through all the options trying to get a replica of yourself.   

3. When you get to the point where  your face is complete it’s time to do a snip with the snipping tool.

4. Continue in Bitstrips to get the full length avatar.

  

5. Use the snipping tool again to get a the full length avatar

Here are some of the class’s avatars that we have used for Edmodo.

Aaron	Adam
Ashleigh	Ben
Tamyka	Hannah
Nathan	Rachel

One way to transfer photos from your iPad to your PC

Some time ago I downloaded the app Photo Transfer from the ITunes store but I have never used it. Tonight was the night! At the time of downloading this app it was free but I see it now costs $2.99



How did I do it?
1. Make sure both your iPad and your desktop are using WIFI
2. Open Photo Transfer on the iPad and select ‘Send’.  This will enable you to transfer the photos and videos to a selected destination.

3. The App will now ask you where you want to send the photos. In my case I selected Windows/Computer.

4. The App now gives the option of installing Photo Transfer on your computer or using the web browser. I chose to use the web browser.

5. The app will give you the option of selecting the desired photos and/or videos to send from the iPad, and it will tell you the address to type into your browser in order to receive the photos on your computer. Follow the instructions and type the address into your browser.

6. In the computer browser you will have the option of downloading a zipped file either in medium or full resolution OR downloading the photos individually in medium or full resolution. I chose the zipped file option and created a folder on my computer. I then right clicked on my option and saved the photos in a folder I had designated for this task.

It’s as easy as that. It works beautifully! The final step is that the iPad tells you that the photos were transferred successfully.

The video below, although made a long time ago, gives a good idea of how the whole process works.