Tips on Hardware, Software, Lessons, and General Computing
Posted in Productivity, Resources on Mar 17th, 2008
If you happen to be one of those teachers that live their life from the screen of your Smartphone, then you probably already know that with a data plan and a few quick settings you can have your email sent directly to your phone. Not only can you check your mail, but you can reply [...]
Posted in Productivity, Resources, Tools on Mar 11th, 2008
Call me crazy, but the times when I am able to take my work home is often some of the most productive time that I have. My focus is clearer, and I am able to settle in to a comfortable place and work where the distractions are fewer. I get a type of productivity going [...]
Posted in Productivity, Resources on Mar 5th, 2008
Today, I was firing off a couple of emails when I noticed that the message count in the top corner said, “483 Messages”! I decided enough was enough and began doing some more research into managing my inbox. I checked up on lifehacker.com, 43folders.com, and a few others to see what was going on. One [...]
Posted in Productivity, Resources, Tools, Web on Feb 17th, 2008
If you’re like me, you probably have an assortment of Education related blogs and sites loaded into your feed reader or bookmarks that you like to check on a frequent basis, but one way to add to your list of resources is to use the browser add-on, StumbleUpon.
If you are unfamiliar with StumbleUpon, it’s a [...]
We’ve talked about BrainPop here before, and how they have some incredible content for K-12 through their animated lessons, but now they would like to extend an opportunity to the readers here at TTB. So, from now until the end of May if you sign up for their free trial to you can enter in [...]
Posted in Resources, Student Tech on Feb 12th, 2008
I came across this site today and was blown away by the model they are using. Though it doesn’t seem comprehensive as of now, and I am in the works of contacting the creator, it does seem to offer quite a bit or promise. The site offers interactive quizzes for keyboard, theory, and song analysis. [...]
Posted in Productivity, Resources on Feb 10th, 2008
Next year my school will start the process of moving to Infinite Campus. It won’t be an easy switch, as it seems that we still have to do training for the old system quite frequently. For the tech-savvy, it looks to be an incredible leap forward, but for the rest it could make for a [...]
Consistency can be a good thing. People rarely like change, and students often find it calming when they walk into a classroom knowing what to expect. But sometimes this same consistency causes ruts that keep student brains from having the proper traction for learning. If you happen to find yourself in one of these ruts, [...]
Sorry for the absence of content lately. TTB Headquarters has sprung a leak(literally). So while we’re bailing out the water and cutting out the carpet, you can check out this list of the 13 most overlooked Tax Deductions. My personal favorite:
2. $250 educators’ expenses. Teachers and their aides can deduct up to $250 they spent [...]
Posted in Resources, Student Tech, Tools, Web on Jan 30th, 2008
If you are unfamiliar with HotChalk, it’s a free, web based course management solution that allows teachers to create dynamic lessons and content in a online environment. Beyond just allowing teachers to create their own lessons, HotChalk also lets you share lessons in their Swap Shop. Meaning that teachers can access many quality lessons created [...]