Tips on Hardware, Software, Lessons, and General Computing
Posted in Blogging, FETC, Student Tech, Tools on Jan 24th, 2008
In the past we have covered several resources on student blogging such as guides for teachers and blogging platforms. It’s truly something that we, here at TTB, feel is one of the next giant leaps in education. The ability to provide students with a global audience for their creative and analytical thoughts can provide an [...]
Posted in Resources, Student Tech, Tools, Web on Jan 16th, 2008
There are few people these days that don’t know about YouTube. People from almost every background are using it to express their own ideas, remix other material into their own, or even follow the election. It currently hosts so many videos that it would be hard to search for any given keyword and not come [...]
Posted in Literature, Productivity, Resources, Student Tech, Tools, Web on Dec 19th, 2007
We’ve covered several different ways to generate bibliographies, but Bill over at bloggingonthebay.org has pointed out a useful tool, The Citation Machine. The concept of this web resource is that it gives you the fields to fill in about your source and it generates a citation for you. Handy. Check out Bill’s article here.
Posted in MS Office, Productivity, Resources, Student Tech, Tools on Dec 4th, 2007
Ever had that student that constantly turns in their work done on a program that you don’t have(ahem, Word Perfect)? Or perhaps you needed to do some work for school but the schools computer uses a program that you don’t have at home? Usually, the solution for this involves finding a program to convert it [...]
Posted in Student Tech on Nov 29th, 2007
Everyone has “that kid” in one of their classes that has become the unofficial technology guru. This kid is usually found either on a computer, talking about computers, or helping someone with theirs. Chances are that they have often helped you out with multiple technology related problems. So why not pay them back, or better [...]
Posted in Lessons, Student Tech, Tools on Oct 10th, 2007
Students are always trying to pull out their portable game systems and get a few last minutes of gaming in. With their portability it’s easy to just slip it out of their pocket and get right to it. For a lot of us it’s becoming a problem in our classes. Their eyes are glued to [...]
Posted in Productivity, Student Tech, Tools, Web, Writing on Oct 7th, 2007
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 [...]
Posted in Student Tech, Tools, Web on Oct 3rd, 2007
To some, a classroom webpage is simply one that students or parents can log into and view basic details about your class. At least at my school this has been the case. They usually go up, have a couple of minor changes, then for the most part collect dust. WikiSpaces can change that.
Posted in Student Tech on Sep 27th, 2007
I teach Arts & Humanities which means that I teach how the world communicates through art. This is some important stuff folks. Students are learning to communicate, analyze, understand, express and create. This should be some of the most relevant course work they encounter on a daily basis. It should, but when students enter my [...]