Posted in Multimedia, Presentations, Web Tools on Aug 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
TPDS – who are they? They are “tech savvy” teachers who have agreed to help others in their school with technology. TPDS is an acronymn for Technology Professional Development Specialists. They are a great bunch of teachers and very helpful in our district.
I have been requested to put together a summer training for the TPDS [...]
Posted in General Technology, Multimedia, ProfDevelopment on Feb 23rd, 2008 4 Comments »
Had winter break this week and had quite a productive week. Finally recovered from the flu by Wednesday and didn’t have to spend most of the day in bed. Having a laptop sure comes in handy when you aren’t feeling well.
I am enrolled in an Immigration course and am reading the book “The Inner World [...]
Posted in Multimedia, Presentations, Second Life on Feb 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Last week, I worked with 5 classes of 8th Grade Students on a great project. The students did research on the presidential candidates. Each student selected their candidate and wrote an essay focusing on their selection. They concluded their essay with a brief paragraph on the candidate’s views. This is where I came in. We had about 50 [...]
Posted in General Technology, Multimedia, Presentations, ProfDevelopment on Oct 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Just went to Bloglines to catch up on some reading and my first posting was from Beth Knittle from Beth’s Thoughts referencing the Moving Forward wiki which lists videos, slideshows, and handouts (all in one place). A great reference.
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Posted in General Technology, Multimedia, Presentations on Oct 27th, 2007 3 Comments »
Find a great educational video on YouTube but YouTube is blocked at your school? Well, you are in luck. You can download YouTube videos and then burn them onto a CD or DVD for use in your classroom (or just download them to your notebook).
I have chosen to use Zamzar which is a very simple [...]
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