Redeveloping my presentations and material year to year, I’ve been waiting for the search engine that looks for:
Historical Information – encyclopedic Images Video
with any given search term (for example: Boston Tea Party). I’m still in the process of review, but Navify seems to be what I’m looking for. Type in the search terms, [...]
On your new computers you have the most excellent program called “Jing” (look under “all programs – it’s called “Tech Smith”).
What does Jing do? First, it allows you to camputer pictures of what’s on your computer screen. You can then add text, shapes, highlights, etc. to the picture. Second, it lets you create screencasts [...]
If you’re looking for an excellent website to upload video (perhaps using your new, nifty webcam), Vimeo’s the site to use. With Youtube blocked, and Teachertube relatively worthless (both with high quality content and technical abilities), Vimeo’s the best option (at least currently). You can find some really good clips [...]
Continuing our Western Theme.
Monday
WU: Seating Chart Frontier House
Tuesday
Field trip to High School
Wednesday
WU Conclude Handouts from Last week Frontier House
Thursday/Friday (block schedule)
WU Handout Frontier House: Conclude Begin Project
What is WordPress?
WordPress is a blogging platform used by the majority of bloggers on the web. It is ridiculously simple to use and atheistically pleasing in design. It’s also free open source.
Students can easily post their thoughts, video, or images.
Why use it in the class?
Teachers use blogs for a number of [...]
This week we continue to look at the settlement of the American West.
Monday
WU Frontier House
Tuesday
WU: Story of Stuff Guided Reading: The West
Wednesday
WU Frontier House
Thursday
WU Frontier House
Friday
WU Finish guided reading
The new computers teachers receive this year are PCs and, consequently, won’t feature Safari as the main web browser. The problem is that many teachers have a number of bookmarks saved in Safari and want them to travel with them to their new computer. This post suggests 2 solutions.
First a quick primer on browsers. [...]
I’m adding a new category today called “Technology Tips”. This category will feature a number of tips both for students and teachers. I expect to use it quite a bit over the next year – especially with the new computers we’re getting in the Middle Schools.
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