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If you want to show the Mac desktop quickly, the fastest way to do so is often with a keyboard shortcut to reveal the desktop. This approach will push aside all on-screen windows, apps, and other information, and show only the Mac desktop – all without closing any apps.

http://osxdaily.com/2018/01/04/keyboard-shortcut-show-mac-desktop/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29

If you are new to Mac or not, the Apple Teacher Learning Center is an invaluable resource. I want to encourage you to earn your Badges for both Mac and iPad.

http://appleteacher.apple.com

Log in using your Apple ID. Start with either Badges for Mac or Badges for iPad. You will see a series, they are in a suggested order. Choose Getting start for example. when you get to the page, scroll down and download the iBook to read. when you have read it and practiced the various tasks, take the 5 question quiz to earn your first badge. By the way, you can take the quiz as many times as you want. I do this in my tech class at KSU and my students indicated it takes 30 minutes to an hour to complete each badge.

I guarantee you will learn a ton, even experienced users will learn some new tricks.

https://appsolutelyapril.com/2018/01/02/create-transparent-images-in-keynote-and-preview/

Good news works the same way on both the Mac & iPad

Website: https://spark.adobe.com/about/page

iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-spark-video/id852555131?mt=8

Tutorials: http://ded318ksu.weebly.com/spark-page.html

Examples

• A Students Research Report: https://slate.adobe.com/a/78KQK/
• Design with Fractals-Nature's DNA https://spark.adobe.com/page/HogaMjEdmNTfr/
• Kindergarten Newsletter to Parents: https://spark.adobe.com/page/CkzPZn7MIxki7/
• A Review of Cats: https://slate.adobe.com/a/2J6kK/
• iPad Monthly PD Newsletter: https://slate.adobe.com/a/R94Rx/
• Adopt A Dog: https://slate.adobe.com/a/73Knv/
• The Unpleasantness of TouchScreens: https://slate.adobe.com/a/20Kw9/
• Do's & Don't of Infographic Design https://spark.adobe.com/page/GgYWxC7JMfNYB/

More examples from KSU Education Majors on Padlet

• Fall 2017: https://padlet.com/ded318/adpbesparkpagefall17
  
• Summer 2017: https://padlet.com/ded318/45folaos5l03
  
• Spring 2017: https://padlet.com/ded318/ztryur1k63j2
  

Again works on the Mac and your iPad the same way, and guess what, you use the exact same account login and password.

Website: https://spark.adobe.com/about/video

iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-spark-video/id852555131?mt=8

Tutorials: http://ded318ksu.weebly.com/adobe-spark-video.html

Examples from KSU education majors

Fall 2017: https://padlet.com/ded318/sparkvideofall2017

Summer 2017: https://padlet.com/ded318/3hkdxhja0vdh

Spring 2017: https://padlet.com/ded318/oku4qlkrt31u

Infographics are visual representations of information. They can include numbers, text, images, or any combination of the three. Just as in traditional writing assignments, infographs can take on any of the various rhetorical modes — informative, instructive, descriptive, persuasive, etc. Infographics provide authors with a quick way to convey a lot of information.

Want to make a seemingly mundane topic more interesting? Check out this infographic on cremation. Who knew that you could have your ashes stuffed into a teddy bear for your loved ones? Definitely, something to consider. Notice that this infographic does include sources, although they may not be in MLA or APA format. This, though, is something you can require of your students if you assign an infographic writing assignment.

Examples from KSU Education majors

Fall 2017: https://padlet.com/ded318/384kkqy930a8

Summer 2017: https://padlet.com/ded318/ly7z7czf5fdd

Spring 2017: https://padlet.com/ded318/infographicspring2016

Examples from KSU education majors Fall 2017: https://padlet.com/ded318/keynotemagicmovefall2017

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