Tips on Hardware, Software, Lessons, and General Computing
Posted in BrainPop on Jun 30th, 2008
At 10:00, 11:00 and 12:00 Brainpop will be giving away free BrainPop shirts at booth 8074. Wear it while you explore NECC because three times a day, they will be flagging lucky shirt-wearers to win a BrainPop School Combo subscription. Stop by booth 8074 for more information.
This week at NECC, BrainPop will be debuting a new section of their site just for teachers. I had a quick chance to look it over yesterday, and was thoroughly excited. The idea behind the section seems to focus around tieing together the network of educators that use their services. So it’s no suprise that [...]
I had a chance today to sit down with a Robert and Lorraine, two of the educators that are here with BrainPop. They will be presenting ideas and best practices for incorporating BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. in the classroom throughout the duration of NECC. The first to be presenting is Lorraine Prince.
Though I’ve talked about [...]
Posted in BrainPop on Jun 29th, 2008
I’m settling in and getting ready for the big show here in San Antonio. Like I mentioned, I will be blogging with BrainPop during my stay. If you happen to be in the area, stop by and let me know your favorite tips for using BrainPop. I’ll be featuring them through the duration of NECC.
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TTB is on the road and heading for San Antonio to blog with BrainPop at NECC. Arrival at the conference is set for late tonight. Be on the lookout for presentation updates regarding several very talented teachers that will be traveling with us.
As for now, you can check out all of the upcoming events for [...]
Posted in News on Jun 26th, 2008
Recently I had a chance to be interviewed by Annie Teich of The Teich Group, a marketing and sales firm for K-12 publishing. You can check out part 1 at How An Educator Uses Social Media to Share Ideas - Part 1 and part 2 at How an Educator Uses Social Media to Share Ideas [...]
Posted in Lessons, Student Tech, Web on Jun 25th, 2008
Frequently, I find myself going to Google to solve this or that. - maybe too frequently. Needless to say, I’ve got it down to an art. The question is whether or not spending a few minutes here or there to answer questions like “What was the name of GI Joe’s arch nemesis” and “Who played [...]
Not money.. we want your ideas! TTB has started a Twitter account twitter.com/teachertechblog. We will be posting ideas for upcoming posts and give you the chance to chip in. Reply with some useful ideas, either to an existing work in progress or something new, and we’ll feature your words of wisdom(giving you credit, of course)!
www.twitter.com/teachertechblog
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. [...]
Posted in Polls on Jun 18th, 2008
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