Mobile Learning I: Stories to Share

The inaugural Mobile Learning I group just finished the class before Spring Break.  We wanted to share some of the project ideas they tried.  They’re committed to playing, setting learning goals, and trying new things with students!  Mobile Learning I will again be offered in June and in the fall.  Mobile Learning II is also [...]

Norski Ninja: Week 9!

We’re in the home stretch of our Norski Ninja series. And today we’ll begin thinking about the ways we love GoogleApps as next week’s tip will be just that–sharing the good parts of this change. Here are this week’s Ninja skills: Calendar: Sharing your calendar with others takes a few steps and we covered that in [...]

Open Labs!

I’ll be making the rounds to each school throughout the year to host Open Labs–a voluntary drop-in technology playground for you to work on whatever project you’d like with tech support and ideas available to you.  Each lab will run for 1 hour after school.  No need to RSVP, just stop in! Here are the [...]

Welcome Back Norskies!

This will be an exciting year in, among other places, the area of instructional technology!  Now is a good time to review the basics, brush up on a few skills, and learn something new. Today, you will have some time to get familiar with the new house (network) we’ve moved into, find and unpack your [...]

Welcome to Our New Norskies

We’ll have plenty to do this Friday morning, but our flexible format will help. Besides the obvious things like getting into email and where to save documents, we’ll also be looking at GoogleDocs, your new Xoom, Twitter, and more. Here are a few links to get you started: Xoom Help Center App (if you didn’t [...]

Mobile Learning: What’s #XLGDASD?

Big things are coming! Next week we’ll be handing out the first mobile devices for staff members meant to be customized. Our existing GoogleApps accounts make it easy to do this. Although we don’t have all of the kinks worked out, we’re still diving in because we know it’s time and we know it’s important. [...]

Technology Playground Per Diem Days

Here are some resources you might find helpful today… Revised Web Page Manual Online Learning Guide (Moodle) Collaborating with GoogleDocs Creating Contact Groups in GMail Exporting Your Groupwise Calendar to Google GoogleForms Picasa 3 and Picasa Web Albums Glogster Presentation ideas Digital Storytelling resources Comic creators iPod Apps for Families You may also search the [...]

Professional Development Sign-Up

Once again, we’ll be using Moodle for Professional Development sign-ups. Most of you have already logged into Moodle, but for those who haven’t or if you need a reminder, we have a couple of helpers for you: A handout with screenshots that you may print or view online. A short video that walks through the [...]

Professional Development Sign-Up

Once again, we’ll be using Moodle for Professional Development sign-ups. Most of you have already logged into Moodle, but for those who haven’t or if you need a reminder, we have a couple of helpers for you: A handout with screenshots that you may print or view online. A short video that walks through the [...]

Reflections on WEMTA, FTC, ASCD

I’ve had an interesting week–three conferences. Starting last Monday, I attended my state professional organization’s (WEMTA) annual conference. Tuesday afternoon WEMTA merged with the annual Wiscnet conference, our internet access provider. Later in the week, I had the great opportunity to attend ASCD. Needless to say my head is swimming with ideas. Here are a [...]