Showing posts with label resources. Show all posts
Showing posts with label resources. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Converting Flip Camera Files
Our buildings have been struggling lately with converting Flip Camera files to work in MovieMaker on our PC computers. The new camera's files are mp4. You can use their software to produce a video file, but if we are teaching students to use MovieMaker, it's nice to be able to quickly pull video clips in to use. And the Flip Share software isn't really that great. So thanks to my Tweeps, we put together a list of what everyone else uses/recommends:
Monday, March 16, 2009
Hooked On Classroom Blogging - March/April 2009 L&L
Below is embedded an article from ISTE's March/April 2009 Learning & Leading with Technology, Hooked on Classroom Blogging by Rachel Peters. The article is a great resource if you are looking to convince classroom teachers, even in elementary, why their students should be blogging. Plus, it gave me the opportunity to try out their embedding. Hopefully everything works well.
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Monday, December 1, 2008
My Two Favorite Blogs
The Tech Fridge had meant to get out a pre-Thanksgiving note to everyone, but, as you may have noticed it didn't happen. We hope that all of you had a happy and safe weekend.
I have started adding more and more blogs to my Google Reader, which leaves me with hundreds and hundreds of posts to check in for a day or two. I have found two blogs that rarely have an un-useful post.
Teachers Love SMART Boards
If you or your district owns even one SMART Board, this is a must subscribe. They offer challenges to get you to use your Board more and provide links to very useful resources that run the K-12 gamut. They keep the mood light, which makes the posts that much better! They offer websites for teachers just starting with their Boards and Notebook Challenges for those who want something more advanced. Again, a must for districts who have SMART Boards.
Free Tech 4 Teachers
Free Tech 4 Teachers is a blog that provides a variety of technology resources that are very meaningful at many different grade levels. They also are resources that a variety of schools can benefit from, regardless of the amount of technology in the building. The biggest problem? The large amount of information. They update multiple times a day. Bad? Can be an issue. What really amazes me is that even if I get multiple updates in a day, most of the resources are new to me! So you can see the dilemma subscribing to them causes. Good, new information, but a whole bunch of it. So much that they just announced today (in the 6th post of the day...they average about 20 posts a week) that they have created a wiki to better organize their resources. So good content, but expect the feed reader to fill up a little quicker.
I have started adding more and more blogs to my Google Reader, which leaves me with hundreds and hundreds of posts to check in for a day or two. I have found two blogs that rarely have an un-useful post.
Teachers Love SMART Boards
If you or your district owns even one SMART Board, this is a must subscribe. They offer challenges to get you to use your Board more and provide links to very useful resources that run the K-12 gamut. They keep the mood light, which makes the posts that much better! They offer websites for teachers just starting with their Boards and Notebook Challenges for those who want something more advanced. Again, a must for districts who have SMART Boards.
Free Tech 4 Teachers
Free Tech 4 Teachers is a blog that provides a variety of technology resources that are very meaningful at many different grade levels. They also are resources that a variety of schools can benefit from, regardless of the amount of technology in the building. The biggest problem? The large amount of information. They update multiple times a day. Bad? Can be an issue. What really amazes me is that even if I get multiple updates in a day, most of the resources are new to me! So you can see the dilemma subscribing to them causes. Good, new information, but a whole bunch of it. So much that they just announced today (in the 6th post of the day...they average about 20 posts a week) that they have created a wiki to better organize their resources. So good content, but expect the feed reader to fill up a little quicker.
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