The Prediction

This would be a good video to share with students.

Homemade iPad Stylus

If you use iPod touches or iPads in your classroom, I have found an easy and inexpensive way to make a stylus for your students to use.  

Materials:

Unsharpened pencil

Aluminum foil

Scotch tape

#0000 steel wool (this will NOT scratch glass)

Colorful duct tape

1.  Attach a small piece of scotch tape to one corner of the aluminum foil.

2.  Attach the tape to the middle of the unsharpened pencil.

3.  Begin to tightly roll the aluminum foil around the pencil.

4.  Tape the loose end of the aluminum foil to the pencil.

5.  There will be excess aluminum foil on each end of the pencil.  Cut half of the foil off each end and fold over the end of the pencil.  Make sure each end is smooth and then tape to the pencil.

6.  Get a small piece of #0000 steel wool and wrap over one end of the pencil.

7.  Tape the steel wool tightly to the pencil.

8.  Use colorful duct tape to customize your new stylus.

Welcome to the Tech Lit 21 Classroom Blog!  This is the first posting of what I hope to be many.  For those of you who do not know what Tech Lit 21 is, let me share some background with you.  My name is Christina (Jesse) Hanson and this is my third year teaching Tech Lit 21 (or Tech Lit, as many of my students call it).  Tech Lit is a project-based class at Lincoln Junior High in LaSalle, Illinois for 7th and 8th grade students.  

During this year-long class, students will learn how to use a variety of Web 2.0 tools and apps on the iPads, collaborate with students and classrooms around the world and many other computer skills in order to make projects for other classes, and to try and keep up with the ever-changing world of technology.  

I will be sharing with you lessons, activities and events that are going on in our classroom.  Feel free to share these lessons with your students or fellow colleagues too.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by email (hansonc@lasalleschools.net) or on Twitter (@cjesse21).  I am also working on making a Tech Lit 21 page on Facebook so look for that release soon!