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Alan November at NCETC 2007
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007This presentation was all about improving the learning experience using a 21st Century context. I’m going to talk about Alan’s “Student Containers” presentation in which he introduced six student jobs for every classroom.
Adapted from Alan November’s presentation 11/28/2007 at NCETC…
Tutorial Developer - Let kids develop screencast tutorials of what they are supposed to learn next [...]
K12 Online Conference 2007
Sunday, October 14th, 2007 Email I sent out to teachers and administrators in McDowell…
Dear MCPS Staff Member,
There will be no Tuesday Tech Tip this week or next week. Instead, I would like to invite you to take part in a world-wide professional learning experience designed for teachers by teachers. The K12 Online Conference focuses on teachers helping teachers understand [...]
Using Zamzar & Vixy.net
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007I have had several questions about using YouTube (and others video sharing sites like Google Video, Metacafe, etc.) videos in the classroom. We block these due to the explicit nature of some of the channels offered on these video sharing sites, including the “Most Popular” and/or “Most Viewed” channels, which typically expose visitors to the [...]
Basic Computer Troubleshooting - A+ Customer Service
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007This TeacherTube video is part of an ongoing course in Computer Maintenance (A+ Certification).
Snap Shots & Talkr Visitor Enhancements
Sunday, July 8th, 2007I use a tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.
Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, [...]
LeaderTalk for School Administrators
Monday, March 12th, 2007While in a NCaect pre-conference workshop on using blogs, wikis and podcasts in education given by Will Richardson I discovered a new website/blog for school administrators that looks promising.
LeaderTalk
From the “About This Blog” page…
Welcome to LeaderTalk. The time is ripe for a blog by school leaders for school leaders. A blog that is ‘the place [...]
Image Freeze Projector or Document Camera
Thursday, December 14th, 2006One of the coolest features incorporated into most projectors and document cameras is the ability to use the remote control to freeze the image on the screen.
This feature can really save time and embarassment for a teacher. For example, if you are using your computer as a source for the projector and have a web resource pulled [...]