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 …

When starting a research assignment students often turn to Google. Even teachers do – you do right? And often times I wonder about the credibility of where they get their info from. Google makes it easier to keep it in check with Google Notebook. Let’s take a look at it’s features and then explore it’s possibilities for students AND teachers.

Most Kentucky teachers are aware that they can log in to their school email from home or on the road by going to ketsmail.us by adding your domain name to your username when you sign in. This is pretty handy for the times you are at home or anywhere that you aren’t at school. What about when you don’t have a computer with internet access handy? Access your email with any web enabled cellphone.

As a busy teacher it often gets hard to check a lot of my favorite sites each night to grab the latest goodness that they have to offer. A lot of these sites have updated news on education and I like to keep up to date. Luckily there’s a way to keep up to date without having to go to all of them. Using RSS feeds and igoogle (google’s personalized webpage) we’ll show you how to get set up to see the latest news of your favorites all in one …

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