Morgan McKeen

Microsoft Whiteboard is another useful app that brings together the best of pen, touch, and digital inking. With Microsoft Whiteboard, create pages with unique page templates such as square grid paper or refill lines to write and sketch your ideas. Perfect for math modelling on the big screen or demonstrating letter formation for younger students during a handwriting lesson.  With 'Ink to Shape' and 'Ink to Table', quick brainstorming sessions become easier as the whiteboard app gives your notes a professional look and feel.  Clicking on the '+' icon allows you to insert an image from your files, take a photo with your camera or search Bing's image gallery online. Simply use your stylus to write your keyword in the search bar and Bing's intelligent search power will suggest the best images for you. The best thing about the Microsoft Whiteboard app is there is no need to worry about your handwriting! Scrawl your ...

Digital inking is enabling teachers to reimagine how they deliver their learning experiences in new and exciting ways. One of the ways inking transformed the way I taught was by allowing me to shift my modelling from a traditional paper modelling book to a digital notebook with unlimited pages… also known as OneNote! Quick Lesson Prep With a few clicks, you can have the reading text for the day inserted onto a OneNote page and use the OneNote  Draw tools  to highlight and annotate keywords, new vocabulary and record questions. Now when you find a relevant article you can simply print it to the OneNote page, ready to highlight and annotate. Alternatively, you can insert a printout of a PDF or document directly onto the page!  Tip: Right click on the printout select 'Picture' and 'Set Picture as Background' to stop the printout from moving around and causing your annotations to lose their alignment with the text. Student Engagement Traditionally...