 Click here to read instruction for getting started using Bit Strips in your classroom, or watch the one minute video below.
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1. Go to www.bitstripsforschools.com
2. Click on the link that says, "Ontario Teachers - Activate your account!"
3. Select your school board and school from the list that appears.
4. Enter your 'durham.edu.on.ca' email address.
5. Fill out the form requesting your name and email, choose a password, and click the ‘sign up now' button.
Click here to read more about Bit Strips, its creators, and how it can be used in your classroom.
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Now you're ready to engage your reluctant writers with Bit Strips, allowing them to create comics like this example in any area of the curriculum.
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Comic Life is a simple and easy-to-use piece of software allowing students to create comic-style stories with their very own picture selections. Teachers can supply images or students can take their own to use in the software. Simply drag and drop the images into the software, add some text and a few effects and the comic is complete. Kids love to see themselves integrated into stories. Comic Life will steal the show!
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| Click the video for an "in three minutes or less" introduction to Comic Life. |
Getting Started with Comic Life
 Click here to view a student sample. |
Smart Ideas is a kid-friendly tool to create colourful graphic organizers in a snap! Students can create webs, flowcharts, and other graphic organizers as brainstorming or planning templates, or as a finished product. Pictures and sound can easily be added to capture student interest!
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Click the video for an "in three minutes or less" introduction to Smart Ideas or take a look at the support documentation in the links below.
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Great Classroom Ideas
Quick Start Guide |
Graphers is an interactive graphing tool for primary students. Have students conduct class surveys and graph the results instantly using easy, drag and drop icons. Students can quickly change between bar graphs, pictographs, circle graphs, and many other options. A great way to cover the Data Management curriculum and make math fun and interactive!
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Click the video for an "in three minutes or less" introduction to Graphers.
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Getting Started With Graphers
Blackline Masters for Graphers Activities
Full Graphers Manual |
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Great Ideas! 
Click here to view a student sample