Archive for March, 2008
The BIG Picture
During my daily professional development time (a.k.a. reading blogs, articles, Twitter, etc.), I came upon a site from my del.icio.us network. My Wonderful World created by National Geographic provides students, parents, and teachers with resources to get a GLOBAL perspective. There are links to information, lessons, links, and much more. One of my favorite aspects [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )It Takes a Community
Bobby Hobgood from Learn NC conducted a session at the NCaect conference about culturally responsive teaching. The suggested resources focused on meeting the needs of Latino students but the real key to creating a culture for learning is to realize we all bring our own history and our own perspective into the classroom. Teachers are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Are Flakes for You?
Do you have password dementia – then Pageflakes is for you. While at the NCaect Conference I learned about Pageflakes. This website is among the growing popularity of websites using AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), a group of inter-related web development techniques used for creating interactive personal publishing solutions. You can create your own homepage [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How do you learn Math?
Using manipulatives can help students learn and understand Math. When involved and actively working with physical objects, concepts are visualized for the learner. The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) helps students interact with math skills through web-based virtual manipulatives. Using a SmartBoard or ActivBoard to access the website gets the students up and participating. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Teacher Tube
While I was at the conference, I had a chance to sit in a session presented by Jason and Jodi Smith. One of the things they discussed was www.teachertube.com. This is a site that they created as a resource for teachers around the world. It’s similar to youtube, but this site targets teachers. It’s a place where [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Discovery Education streaming Plus
I am interested in learning more about the new features in DE streaming Plus with more videos and more materials to make it even easier for teachers to correlate the materials to the SCOS.
There is a new Planet Earth that has fourteen programs, a teacher’s guide with learning objectives, discussion questions and writing prompts.
I spoke [...]
Ustream.TV is it good or what?
While attending the NCAECT Conference last week March 13 -14, I had the opportunity to see a Web 2.0 tool that I had not seen before. Ustream.tv a free web-based application to allow you to do live interactive broadcasts over the internet. For me this will help out some of the schools that I work with [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Yugma- Desktop Sharing and Collaboration
While at the NCaect conference, I learned about a free web 2.0 tool called Yugma. Yugma allows you to share your desktop in real-time. At anytime, you can empower an attendee and have them take over as presenter. Their desktop is then shown and they take control of the mouse and keyboard. There is also [...]
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