Tuesday Tech Tip: Copyright Friendly Music

It’s May and that means end-of-the-year projects and assemblies!  Students and teachers are creating multimedia projects to share in the classroom, in the school, and with the world.  I wanted to pass along some good resources for copyright friendly music and project creation tools that have soundtracks built in. From the FAQ on Soundzabound (abridged): [...]

It’s Digital Learning Day!

Digital Learning Day is being celebrated all over the country today!  To peek in on the celebration, search Twitter for #DLDay and #WiDigitalLearning.  You can even tweet your own Digital Learning question or comment with #dldefo In honor of the event, you’ve been adding to our Digital Learning Day Showcase.  Check it out to see [...]

Tuesday Tech Tip– Links by Staff

Today I’d like to share with you the work of others. Fifteen of your colleagues recently finished the Viterbo course, “Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works” and have cultivated over 200 resources for a wide variety of uses in the classroom.  They are all available from our district website. Here’s how to get there: [...]

Tuesday Tech Tip: Japan/Earthquake Resources

I want to share two timely tools with you today. I imagine students and teachers in most classrooms, in some way, are talking about Japan.  It’s a teachable moment–earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear reactors, relief organizations, engineering, the stock market, charity, satellite imagery, and more.  Here are two resources for understanding the scope of what’s happened. The [...]

Your Periodic Table on Glogster

This morning’s visit to DAMS revealed this super work from the Apollo team students…..the periodic table as seen through Glogster. Mercury team’s take will follow soon. Kudos to the students and their teachers: Jennifer Melum and Dave Matthews.

Tuesday Tech Tip: Keyboard shortcuts & Twitter

Today’s tip and tool include handy keyboard shortcuts, a specialized Twitter tip, and a bonus: Keyboard shortcuts: You probably already know the shortcuts for copy and paste… but there’s a wealth of others.  I’ve compiled a list of some useful ones:  Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts. Feel free to print and post near your computer. A plethora [...]

Geogebra!

Geogebra is free open source award-winning software for teaching and learning.  It contains graphics for algebra, geometry and spreadsheet–along with lessons, tutorials, and support materials. Here’s the Getting Started document which shows you what the tool can do. Check the wiki for teaching materials, lessons, tutorials, and support. There’s no need to download anything… just [...]

Evaluating Moodle Activities & Resources

I came across Moodle Tool Guide yesterday via Twitter (via moodleman) and although I am still digesting it, I like it. Thanks to Joyce Seitzinger, its creator. All the commonly used Moodle activities are categorized/evaluated for how well they get the job done in these areas: Information Transfer Assess Learning Communication & Interaction Co-create Content [...]

Publish a Book?

I think I really like this site: www.tikatok.com. You can create an account and, if you like, add children/students. (This feature preserves their privacy.) There is a cost for publishing the book, but it looks like a great way to use student ideas, illustrations, and creativity online.

Thinkfinity Faves

Here are just a few of the Thinkfinity resources we really like: Comic Creator Compound Interest Calculator Planet Size Comparison Bar Grapher Primary Krypto Azucar: Life and Times of Celia Cruz Gravity Launch Power Up!