July 2010
Students Motivating Students
Today I found this great website “Learn it in Five” that has many great “how to” technology videos/tutorials for the classroom teacher that are 5 minutes or less. I watched one on the use of Automotivator a program that creates motivational posters. This is a very simple tool to use and would be great for younger kids. An idea for this tool is for each student to...
Something to give back
I really enjoy sharing what I have learned and of course learning from others. But I want to give back in a more concrete way. I’ve been thinking about making things that other teachers might use, posters etc. Once I figure out how to post my creations I will make a tutorial on how to access them. Hopefully it will be successful and the staff at my school can access them too.
Good...
Google Images
Love-love-love the new interface for Google images. I saw Marissa Mayers (Google’s first female engineer) on Squakbox this morning, talking about Google images new interface so I had to check it out. Wow! This is fantastic. 1000 images at a time. This will be great for educators. No more flipping through pages and pages of photos (and waiting for them to load). Also refining your...
Who knew I would love being a life-long learner?
Every night before I go to sleep I think about what I have learned that day and how I can use it with my classes or in my life. I’m so amazed to find that a day does not go by when I have not learned something new. Ahh…but when I wake up in the morning it’s sometimes a different story. Where have all my great ideas gone? I’m also amazed that I don’t always...
