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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Here’s another animoto slide show that was produced by the MS media crew after school.
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
I had a wonderful time today learning to play with PREZI.com a new presentation tool. I took one of my talks, abbreviated it and here’s what I got. I am very pleasantly surprised and am on the road to an upgrade.
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
Well hello there world! I have moved from Hong Kong International School to the American International School of Guangzhou.back into Middle School and High School. The move has brought me out of the elementary classroom and into the world of technology integration … well almost.
AISG is still following the 90’s model of stand alone [...]
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
We’re starting a unit on variables in science this week. A great way to get the student interest is by showing how variables can effect the outcome of a project. Honda produced an ad about the Accord in 2003. They called it Cog. There are no computer graphics or digital tricks. Everything you see really [...]
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
It’s that time of year where teachers begin to prepare portfolio’s with students. Some of us start right at the beginning and other wait until the last minute. Perhaps it depends on how organizationally challenged we are
This year I started collecting student work electronically from the beginning of school. Our school developed an [...]
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
I found a news report on YouTube today that is the epitome of character. This is about a softball game between two college teams in Washington state. This six minute video is a compelling story of what it really takes to be a winner. I’m sharing it with my class. Watch for yourself.
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
Sorry I’ve been gone for a while. My wife has just had her hip replaced and I have been the primary care givier which has demanded some of my time. While helping her I had some time to surf and update my knowledge on some Google apps, of which one is Picasa.
With the all new [...]
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
I recently ran an after school activity called Race to Space for 4th and 5th graders. A lot of my material was based on materials I obtained from having spent time at the NASA Aerospace Institute in Cape Canaveral Florida. The kids were into it! The highlight for them was our launching rockets. Now that [...]
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
Tech Tips: Internet Explorer 7 Printing Shortcuts
Tip #A:
When you only want to print part of a Web page such as a paragraph or an image, you can copy and paste into a word processor and print from there; however, here is a quicker way:
Highlight the desired text or image with the mouse, go to [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Step 10: Authentic Assessment
Now it’s time for the show! I always like to have an authentic audience. I invite parents, peers, and special guests to come for our Film Festival. Each group has the opportunity to share their video with the audience. I ask them to share something they learned through the process, one [...]
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