Monday, March 19, 2012
Edmodo keeps making life easier!
It is a fabulous day to be back at work. Now some people may think I am crazy for saying this being that is not only a Monday but the Monday after Spring Break. I am all sorts of giddy because Edmodo has finally integrated Google Docs! WOOHOO! 
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
ALPHABETIMALS
Simple little tools are so often the best tools! Alphabetimals is a great way to get kids to read! It makes it fun for you and your students! There are free resources that you can download. I am thinking I need an Ed Tech t-shirt! http://alphabetimals.com/
Love affair with Learner Response Systems
It is no secret that I am a huge fan of learner response systems. The more I see Promethean's ActivExpression2s the happier I become! They are amazing! Where to begin!?
I love the QWERTY keyboard. Do not misunderstand me the old school form of texting still get the job done on my eInstruction clickers as well as my ActivExpression clickers but oh how I do love to be spoiled by the little things like a QWERTY keyboard.
The screen is backlit! Genius I tell you. It is like the designers of this product have heard me griping in a teacher's classroom about how I wanted to turn the lights of to better show what was being projected but could not becuase the kids could not read their clickers.
The software has not changes greatly which I consider a plus for me so that I do not have to go retrain all the teachers in my district.
I do not know what the battery life is like yet but will report on that after the clickers we have have been heavily used for at least one year.
Now for the Piece de resistance:
During the self-paced assessment the test questions show on the clicker and you can scroll to the answers!!!!
Sigh. It makes me happy.
I love the QWERTY keyboard. Do not misunderstand me the old school form of texting still get the job done on my eInstruction clickers as well as my ActivExpression clickers but oh how I do love to be spoiled by the little things like a QWERTY keyboard.
The screen is backlit! Genius I tell you. It is like the designers of this product have heard me griping in a teacher's classroom about how I wanted to turn the lights of to better show what was being projected but could not becuase the kids could not read their clickers.
The software has not changes greatly which I consider a plus for me so that I do not have to go retrain all the teachers in my district.
I do not know what the battery life is like yet but will report on that after the clickers we have have been heavily used for at least one year.
Now for the Piece de resistance:
During the self-paced assessment the test questions show on the clicker and you can scroll to the answers!!!!
Sigh. It makes me happy.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Mirror Image of Text in Word 2010 Part 2
I love Microsoft Word 2010. I do have one issue. I can flip an image horizontally but I cannot do the same thing to the text. Well I can but it is not done in a very direct way.
I ran into some parents at one of my campuses who wanted to create cute shirts for the kids to celebrate the First Hundred Days of School. They wanted to keep it simple due to time constraints so they were going to use iron-ons. They were running into issues getting the text to mirror image the text in Word. I showed them how to do so in Word which is a rather involved process.
So I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to create a handout with step by step instructions and screen shots!
I ran into some parents at one of my campuses who wanted to create cute shirts for the kids to celebrate the First Hundred Days of School. They wanted to keep it simple due to time constraints so they were going to use iron-ons. They were running into issues getting the text to mirror image the text in Word. I showed them how to do so in Word which is a rather involved process.
So I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to create a handout with step by step instructions and screen shots!
Mirror Image of Text in Word 2010 Part 1
I love Microsoft Word 2010. I do have one issue. I can flip an image horizontally but I cannot do the same thing to the text. Well I can but it is not done in a very direct way.
I ran into some parents at one of my campuses who wanted to create cute shirts for the kids to celebrate the First Hundred Days of School. They wanted to keep it simple due to time constraints so they were going to use iron-ons. They were running into issues getting the text to mirror image the text in Word. I showed them how to do so in Word which is a rather involved process.
So I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to create a handout with step by step instructions and screen shots!
I ran into some parents at one of my campuses who wanted to create cute shirts for the kids to celebrate the First Hundred Days of School. They wanted to keep it simple due to time constraints so they were going to use iron-ons. They were running into issues getting the text to mirror image the text in Word. I showed them how to do so in Word which is a rather involved process.
So I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to create a handout with step by step instructions and screen shots!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Our Universe Visualized
I find that YouTube is allowing me to be a lifelong learner! I am in love with a particular YouTube channel called Our Universe Visualized! I am a firm believer in visuals for efficient learning and this site is PERFECT for that! You can tell me all day what something looked like but a 4 minute video that shows it will have a much greater impact for me.
From YouTube:
About Our Universe Visualized
A compilation from numerous sources of science visualizations, animations and videos related to astronomy, physics, meteorology and climate change. All sources are cited at the bottom of each video's text description.
Here is a link to a video about the 1906 San Fransico Earthquake. From their site:
To better understand the distribution of shaking and damage that accompanied the great 1906 earthquake, seismologists have constructed new computer models to recreate the ground motions. The simulations show how ground moved on the two sides of the San Andreas fault and how seismic waves radiated away from the fault to produce the shaking. The earthquake, which began 2 miles offshore from the City of San Francisco, ultimately grew to cause shaking and damage along more than 300 miles of the San Andreas Fault. This movie portrays the shaking over a 155 mile by 70 mile area covering the San Francisco Bay region.
credit: Amit Chourasia, Steve Cutchin, Mike Rossmassler / Brad Aagaard, USGS
source: http://www.sdsc.edu/us/visservices/projects/sfquake/
From YouTube:
About Our Universe Visualized
A compilation from numerous sources of science visualizations, animations and videos related to astronomy, physics, meteorology and climate change. All sources are cited at the bottom of each video's text description.
Here is a link to a video about the 1906 San Fransico Earthquake. From their site:
To better understand the distribution of shaking and damage that accompanied the great 1906 earthquake, seismologists have constructed new computer models to recreate the ground motions. The simulations show how ground moved on the two sides of the San Andreas fault and how seismic waves radiated away from the fault to produce the shaking. The earthquake, which began 2 miles offshore from the City of San Francisco, ultimately grew to cause shaking and damage along more than 300 miles of the San Andreas Fault. This movie portrays the shaking over a 155 mile by 70 mile area covering the San Francisco Bay region.
credit: Amit Chourasia, Steve Cutchin, Mike Rossmassler / Brad Aagaard, USGS
source: http://www.sdsc.edu/us/visservices/projects/sfquake/
Monday, January 30, 2012
Parent Tech Night
I am really excited about Tuesday night! I will be presenting at a Parent Tech Night at one of GCCISD's Elementary campuses! I am focusing in PLNs, Microsoft Word, Subscribing to Sites, and fine tuning Google searches. I am really hoping the parents will take away some great information.
To organize all my thoughts and resources I had to make a LiveBinder of course! If you are interested in holding a Parent Tech Night check out my LiveBinder here. It is not complete by any means but it is a start!
To organize all my thoughts and resources I had to make a LiveBinder of course! If you are interested in holding a Parent Tech Night check out my LiveBinder here. It is not complete by any means but it is a start!
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