Tips on Hardware, Software, Lessons, and General Computing
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2008
The much anticipated Educators page over at BrainPop has had its debut, and teachers can head on over and start getting involved in the BrainPop Community. BrainPop.com/educators.
Some things to do while you are there:
Check out the blog, and leave your tips, ideas, and thoughts in the comments.
Take a look at the improved state standards tool.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 1st, 2008
Tuesday morning started off with a presentation by Allysin Levy of BrainPop on using their movies to make your science lessons more interactive. I’ll be covering some of the highlights here as I paraphrase and elaborate on the content of the presentation.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 18th, 2008
Email accounts have limits. They can only take so much before they freak out and stop taking anything else that gets sent to it. You usually find out about it after a long break or weekend, and typically when you are expecting something important. It doesn’t have to be this way. There is a solution. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 17th, 2008
So you’ve found that gem of a video on Youtube. It perfectly aligns to your curriculum, and you are all set to show it to your class. You arrive at school ready to direct your projector mounted laptop to Youtube and play the video only to find that it is blocked. Wouldn’t it be nice [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2008
We’ve covered the incredible free current events and discussion questions provided daily by Izzit.org, but one thing we didn’t mention was their videos. We like to keep the tips free here, and while the videos are available for purchase they also offer one free video per year.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 14th, 2008
So you’ve stayed awake many nights working on that perfect poster for your classroom. It looks nice, but could be better in the right hands. Your kids are learning from it, but could it do more? According to Cash For Creations it could make you some cash.
Cash For Creations is a company that lets you [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 11th, 2008
Most schools that use Microsoft Outlook on site give the option for teachers to check and send mail when away from school via Outlook Web Access. This web-based client features most of the same abilities that you would get while at school, but still leaves most wanting a little more functionality. One feature that it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2008
How green is your classroom? Have you ever stopped to wonder exactly how much paper is used in your classroom? Maybe it is time to consider turning more of your hard copy documents into a digital format.