Jan
29
Keeping Quiet About Voice Recordings
January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment
At times I have to remind myself that technology integration often happens on this campus without the Tech Coordinators’ direct involvement. Such is the case with one of our 6th Grade Spanish teachers, a self-defined technology resistant teacher, who inquired in the Fall about how to use GarageBand to record a Spanish dialogue. Imagine my [...]
Jan
23
Maiden Voyage with Voicethread
January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment
I’ve been very anxious to begin playing with the new educational version of Voicethread, and I finally found a willing set of guinea pigs in our 2nd Grade Team. If all goes according to plan, we should begin recording student voices later this week. For $10, it has been relatively easy to set up an [...]
Jan
23
6th Grade Blog Club — A Few First Glimmers of Hope
January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
As I wrote in “I May Be Nuts, But…” a few months ago, I am now the advisor of a 1x/week blog club for 6th Graders. Although the first meeting attracted boys only, by the end of November we had 7 girls in the club as well. The kids were completely pumped about the opportunity [...]
Jan
7
2nd Grade Hansel & Gretel Slideshow
January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Here’s a super simple way that a 2nd Grade teacher published student work on her class webpage using iPhoto Slideshow:
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addthis_title = ‘2nd+Grade+Hansel+%26amp%3B+Gretel+Slideshow’;
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