Winter Break

 

Video Making

 

Parent Pointer: Kami

Kami is a digital annotation tool that helps students (and teachers) interact and collaborate with pdf documents. All students have the Kami extension pre-installed on their Parkway-issued Chromebooks. Kami has a Read Aloud feature that allows learners to hear the text to be read aloud. (Remember, this feature is also available with Chromebook Accessibility.) Kami also has a Dictionary feature, which gives the definition of the highlighted text. Finally, a tool that both students and teachers enjoy is the colorful stickers rewarded after a job well done. Go ahead, have your child test out Kami’s features with this fun Kami Geography Scavenger Hunt Activity (you must use the Parkway-issued Chromebooks and open the PDF with Kami).

Parent Pointer: Keyboard Shortcuts

 

Teacher Tip: Kami

Kami is a digital annotation tool that helps students and teachers interact with pdf documents. All students have the Kami extension pre-installed on their Parkway-issued Chromebooks. Teachers need to install the Kami extension in Chrome. 

Some features unique to Kami include:

• Read Aloud - This allows learners to hear the text to be read aloud. Read Alouds are especially helpful for students learning to read.

• Dictionary - When the text is highlighted, it gives the definition of the vocabulary word.

• Stickers - These colorful stickers can be rewarded after a job well done.

Go ahead, test out some of Kami’s features with this fun Kami Geography Scavenger Hunt Activity. Make sure you have the Kami extension installed and turned on in Chrome in order to open the PDF with Kami. If you did it correctly you should see the Kami (K) near the top of the web address in Chrome. If not, you may need to go to Google Extensions to make it appear.

Stay tuned for more Kami features in the future!