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Edmodo
In my opinion, Edmodo is one of the most wonderful technology tools to use with your students! Edmodo is a secure learning management system that is designed similar to Facebook. Teachers create a free account and then create groups for their students. Each group is assigned a code. Students sign up or register for Edmodo using the assigned code. Teachers can use Edmodo in a number of … [Read More...]
Veteran’s Day Project – VoiceThread
The third grade classes were interested in completing a project to honor Veterans this Veteran's Day. They met with me to discuss their objectives. They planned to separate the project into five categories, each class covering a different piece of the project: War Memorials, the military branches, the Star-Spangled Banner, wars from history, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Their goal was to … [Read More...]
Teachers’ Institute Presentation
The following video is a presentation I gave to district faculty and staff at the beginning of the school year. My purpose was to inform the district of my new position, the roles of the position, technology goals for the school year, and my contact information. … [Read More...]
Search Engine – Twurdy
I came across a very helpful search engine - Twurdy. Twurdy is a search engine, powered by Google, that color-codes search results by reading level. The lighter colored search results are easiest to read. The darker colored search results are more difficult to read. You can even click below the color-code key and display age levels that each color-code represents. I have found this … [Read More...]
Speech Recognition
I was asked today if there was a way to convert speech to text on the computer. My first suggestion was Dragon Dictation, an app for the iPad and iPod Touch. Unfortunately this teacher did not have a wireless access point near her classroom in order to use this app. After doing a little research I found that in Windows XP users can use Speech Recognition to control computer operations and … [Read More...]
Smart Exchange
Numerous teachers within our district are fortunate enough to have a Smart Board in their classrooms. These tools are wonderful instructional tools and can be used in many ways to engage students in classroom lessons. This past school year I was one of those teachers that received a Smart Board, document camera, and slate to use with my students. Creating lessons within the Smart Notebook … [Read More...]
Hand Held Technology Use in the Classroom
Mr. Miller discusses the use of handheld technology in the classroom. … [Read More...]
Using Skype in the Classroom
Mr. and Mrs. Miller discuss using Skype to connect their classrooms. … [Read More...]
Switching Classrooms
Mr. and Mrs. Miller discuss switching classrooms this past spring. … [Read More...]
Technology Review
Mrs. Miller shares the pros and cons to using the HP Slate, iPad, and iPod Touch devices in her classroom. … [Read More...]
