PowerPoint is an amazing resource to teachers. That is, unless we strip the “power” from it by sticking to the same old bulleted lists. One of the first steps we can take towards our liberation from the boring is by adding multimedia… PowerPoint is a multimedia presentation software, ya know. With this being true, you are free to add more than text and the occasional picture. You can add sound and video. If done well it will strengthen your presentation significantly. (If you truly want a powerful presentation via PowerPoint, …

Everyone knows technology enhances education. When we use what the students are already immersed in, the results are always mind blowing! Unfortunately, the price tag that comes with it is also mind blowing. Maybe you checked out our earlier post on Donorschoose.org where you can submit a need for your school and have donors contribute toward it, and now you are wondering where to start. Well maybe a full blown computer lab is a few steps down the line. So where is the first step and how can you do …

Most of you guys are on your computer as much as I am – if not more. So we have all had the occurrence of having something important happening on screen along with someone in our ear trying to speak to us at the same time. What happens? Usually for me, I end up with a jumbled message of both what they were saying and what is on my screen. Try having someone say something to you as you read this article and see what happens.