Last year one of the best ads released during the SuperBowl was this simple ad by Google Shortly after the release of this video Google asked you to make your own search stories. Simply go to http://www.youtube.com/searchstories and start creating your story. What a great way to teach students search skills. Give students and start and end point. For example […]
A New School Year Begins!
Tomorrow marks the start of a new school year. My job title might have changed but the focus remains the same. How do we prepare student for today’s digital world? I had a chance last week to introduce myself to the high school staff. It happened to be right after a discussion on cell phones in the classroom. A discussion […]
Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios PDF
The 2009-2010 school year ended for me early today and I’m just wrapping up a few loose ends before I head into vacation mode for the summer. I did want to release the Free PDF of the Web-Based Portfolio series I’ve been working on for the past couple of months. I’ve taken the four blog posts and put them into […]
Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 4
(Part 4 of 4 on a series of blog posts to be made into a free PDF. Your feedback, ideas and thoughts are critical! Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) Making your WBP an Open Platform for Learning The two major benefits of having a Web-Based Portfolio are: 1) They are accessible from any Internet enabled device2) The ability […]
Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Video
Chad Bates my IT Director sent me this great video today. What I love is many of the points I’ve been making in my series of blog posts on blogs as Web-Based Portfolios (1, 2 and 3) come through in this video. It always makes me feel good when I see that others are thinking along the same lines as […]
Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 3
Part 3 of a series of blog posts to be made into a free PDF. Your feedback, ideas and thoughts are critical! Part 1 & Part 2) Options for a WBP Blogging System There are three different ways you can build a WBP Blogging system for your school. Each option has both positive and negative factors to consider. In the […]
Software for 2010-2011
It’s that time of year again as last week we started working on our student computer image for the 10-11 school year here at ISB. Trying to find the best software for students is always difficult as there are so many things to consider. That’s what makes the Educational Software Wiki a great place to start when looking for what […]
Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 2
(Part 2 of a series of blog posts to be made into a free PDF. Your feedback, ideas and thoughts are critical! Part 1) Finding the right Web-Based Portfolio Container Web-Based Portfolios (WBP) can come in all shapes and sizes. There are literally hundreds of programs and ways you can create a WBP. The issue then becomes which way is […]
Proper typing out, thumb typing in
Just as I’m having conversations again around why we should or shouldn’t teach typing in our schools technology has once again moved us into another typing realm. The thumb typing. I’ve watched more videos than I care to count about the iPad (my thoughts here) and in a recent survey to our students here at ISB revealed that almost 70% […]
I Need My Teacher to Learn Music Video
Kevin Honeycutt…..you rock!