Archive for May, 2009

Tech Tip: Navify

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, [...]

Posted on May 28, 2009 at by Mister V · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Tech Tip: Jing

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 [...]

Posted on May 21, 2009 at by Mister V · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Tech Tip: Vimeo

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 on Vimeo  (check out Dan [...]

Posted on May 21, 2009 at by Mister V · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Lesson Plans: May 18-22

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

Posted on May 18, 2009 at by Mister V · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Tech Tip: WordPress

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 [...]

Posted on May 13, 2009 at by Mister V · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Lesson Plans: May 11-15

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

Posted on May 12, 2009 at by Mister V · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Getting your Bookmarks out of Safari and Using Delicious

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. [...]

Posted on May 7, 2009 at by Mister V · Permalink · Leave a comment
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