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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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 [...]
Jeff Utecht put up an url about a library in Delft Holland on Twitter. Being of Dutch background, I couldn’t resist having a look.
The mission statement of Holland’s ‘Library Concept Center’ says they want “to become and remain the most advanced library in the world. Using creativity, technical innovation, and advancing scientific understanding, DOK endeavors [...]
Each year the Upper Primary school produces an Art and Literary magazine. It’s new this year. well kind-of new. We’ve gone electronic. In so doing, we now call it the eZine. This is actually the fourth edition of Upper Primary’s Art and Literary Magazine.
In moving to the digital format, we have created some controversy [...]
Last year I had the privilege to be part of an international team of educators to visit the Kennedy Space Center. I was selected to be members of the NASA/UCF Aeronautics Space Institute. Being given VIP passes,
we were able to visit the launch and landing sites as well as visit numerous buildings where few are [...]
Sometimes I scare myself with the outrageous ideas I have. I’m going into a writing unit and using vodcasting as the mass media to reach an authentic audience. Here’s the first example I put out there for my fifth grade class. It’s only 2.5 minutes long but effective at getting out the word.
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Students love to podcast, no doubt about it. For students, it’s like learning without the pain. It’s a great learning activity. But what will the students learn?
As an educator, we must ask ourselves what we want students to learn before assigning a podcast. Here are some typical questions one should ask before assigning and design [...]
The Best Tech: Our Top Tips
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Many Ways to Reach Parents
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Linda Shalaway provides concise descriptions of the best methods of parent communication. Her class newsletter content suggestions are applicable for both written and electronic formats.
Parents and Teachers Working Together
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Linda Starr shares strategies for using technology to increase parent involvement; including Web sites, email, and voice mail.
Parents Expect E-Mail Accessibility
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Nora Carr takes [...]
