As schools open their doors in the fall, there’s no doubt that some will be starting with a slightly tighter wallet than in years past. Some schools will handle the tough economy by cutting programs, others will be cutting jobs, and most will be finding it tougher to get their hands on those high price [...]
Category Archive for 'Resources'
Seemless Exploration of the Universe With Microsofts’s Worldwide Telescope
Posted in Resources, Student Tech, Tools on Jul 6th, 2008
Google has had an option now in Google Earth that allows for exploration of the night sky through Google Sky, but Microsoft’s new Worldwide Telescope may be a stronger player in the game.
Microsoft’s Worldwide Telescope offers students, teachers and astronomy buffs a chance to seemelessly explore the night sky through a virtual telescope. It allows [...]
Creating Your Own Comics with readwritethink.org
Posted in BrainPop, NECC, Resources, Student Tech, Tools, Web on Jul 1st, 2008
As attendees of one of BrainPop’s presentations were discussing some of the cool ways that they were using BP in their classrooms, I had a chance to pick up an awesome tip. Monica Nahas, an Instructional Technology Specialist, mentioned that Readwritethink.org has a tool for creating your own comics, and it [...]
I realized after posting the poll about Twitter that it may be unknown to some exactly what Twitter is. Describing Twitter isn’t so much hard, as it is difficult to explain without leaving people wondering why anyone would want to use it… which is a question most people ask, and only try out of curiosity. [...]
Veezyon: Trusted Video Content for Educators
Posted in Resources, Student Tech, Tools, Web on Jun 1st, 2008
A couple of weeks ago I received an email telling me about a site that offered up video content from the likes of the University of California that combined trusted video content with a sort of social media twist. And to be honest it has taken me quite some time to really dig into their [...]
Printing handouts with notes in PowerPoint
Posted in MS Office, Presentations, Resources on May 10th, 2008
Often, teachers will use PowerPoint in their lessons and print off the slides for students. PowerPoint has a few good ways of doing such a task, but printing the slides and including the notes is an option that is slightly elusive since it requires the use of Word.
After you have completed your slide show in [...]
Saving flash animations from websites
Posted in Productivity, Resources, Tools, Web on May 1st, 2008
Flash animations can be found all over the web, and several can be very useful in the classroom-especially with interactive white boards. But what would happen if the site that offers it were to go offline, get blocked, or delete the video?? For these moments, it would be great to have a copy of it [...]
15 Hours of Free Computer Training in 5 Minutes a Day
Posted in Freebies, Lessons, Productivity, Resources, Tools, Web on Apr 16th, 2008
Learning to use a computer efficiently can be a tough task if you weren’t born with one already at your finger tips. Solutions to simple problems typically aren’t obvious, and unless you have spent a great deal of time with one you won’t inherently know whether something needs to be clicked, double clicked, downloaded, uploaded, [...]
Browse Brainpop Movies by State Standards
Posted in Lessons, Resources, Student Tech, Tools, Web on Apr 10th, 2008
We’ve talked before about the incredible movies that Brainpop has to offer for a very wide selection of topics and content areas. But we have failed to mention one feature that places Brainpop above being just a place for good educational movies. Other than providing quizzes and the soon-to-be-added lesson plans, the site offers [...]
Using Cellphones in Class for Education
Posted in Hardware, Phone, Productivity, Resources, Student Tech, Tools on Apr 9th, 2008
The following post may be a little too cutting edge for some, and still old news for others, but it at the very least shows a potential resource that could be tapped to reduce the strain on low budget schools needing more computers with internet connection. Rules and guidelines will still need to be hashed [...]