Wednesday, March 14, 2012

SmartBoard and ESL - Resources

ESL Smartboard session
Writing names and indicating SB Experience
 Intros

A Smart lesson on how to teach ESL??

Making Lessons
 SB Start-up, orient, Smart tools (look - no SmartBorad required - just the Notebook software)
Using the SB - pages, menus, panels, writing, Galleries, importing images and video (FLV format)
Using Flash elements


Sample Lessons
Trying sample lessons

It doesn't have to be all in Smart Notebook - you can manipulate any software from the board - trying the tools.


Finding lessons

Here are some links to ESL Smartboard resources.

Interesting Things for ESL

Activities for ESL Students

Smart Exchange - ESL

Youtube search

Adult Education Matters site

SmartBoard tools video

5 Tips and Tricks for the SB

from Mrs Hurley's list:

ESL Gold Picture Dictionary

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Teacher and Technology - Feb 29, 2012


Lab

The Final Survey
Livebinders - Redekopp, Serious Games, Ed Tech,  Avatars
iPad apps for student productivity

Photostory - images and voice → movies (for any age level)

Library research?

Class

Exam questions - questions???
Important Ideas are done!

The Happy Planet Index - Nic Marks


Debriefing the social media/wireless access experiment
  • for yourself - helpful _________________ distracting
  • for those round you  - helpful _________________ distracting
  • for your students ??? - helpful _________________ distracting
Tech Ed and you - look back to where you were, look forward to where you go from here.

The Summary - it’s not about the tech, but the tech can helps

Digital Divide - Aleph Molinari

No RWL !!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Teacher and Technology - Music Feb 28, 2012

Lab

Livebinders - Redekopp, Serious Games, Ed Tech,  Avatars
iPad apps for student productivity

Photostory - images and voice → movies (for any age level)

Library research?

Class

Nathanaƫl W. & Michael D. - TBA
Mike M & Matt - TBA

Exam questions - questions???
Important Ideas are done!

The Happy Planet Index - Nic Marks

Debriefing the social media/wireless access experiment
  • for yourself - helpful _________________ distracting
  • for those round you  - helpful _________________ distracting
  • for your students ??? - helpful _________________ distracting
Tech Ed and you - look back to where you were, look forward to where you go from here.
  • What have you learned?

The Summary - it’s not about the tech, but the tech can helps

Digital Divide - Aleph Molinari

Formal Course Evaluation
No RWL

Friday, February 24, 2012

Teacher and Technology - Feb 24, 2012


Presentation

Alice & Arlene- Virtual Museums and e-scrapbooking

Exam questions - questions???

next lab - Photostory

Important Ideas 24 and 25


Assessment - sorting out the content we want from the wow of the technology

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The Happy Planet Index - Nic Marks

Digital Divide - Aleph Molinari

Debriefing the social media/wireless access experiment
  • for yourself - helpful _________________ distracting
  • for those round you  - helpful _________________ distracting
  • for your students ??? - helpful _________________ distracting

Tech Ed and you - look back to where you were, look forward to where you go from here.

Apps

Pockets of Potential Ideas - and Carly Shuler
Dragon Search/Dictate
Our Choice and new ‘books’ from Apple (ibooks author)

Future technologies

Formal Course Evaluation

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Teacher and Technology - Music Feb 23, 2012

Class

Macy and Jessica (web link)  - SongSmith (Partners In Learning Web site - join to get SS free)
Courtney, Michelle, Ainsley (web link- Wagner, music history,art, Tumblr) and the Smartboard
Exam questions - questions???

next lab - Photostory

Important Ideas 24 and 25

Assessment - sorting out the content we want from the wow of the technology


Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Teacher and Technology - Feb 22, 2012


Lab

Google - advanced search techniques - narrowing searches by quotes, country, file type, restricting words
Google Images search - click on the camera
Google Scholar - nice but often leads to restricted links
Xtranormal
GoAnimate

Class

Exam questions

Matt, Mitch, Jon J, and Phil - TBA

We have 2 classes after this - what do you feel you are missing???

Important Ideas 22 and 23

Assessment - sorting out the content we want from the wow of the technology

Apps

Pockets of Potential Ideas - and Carly Shuler
Dragon Search/Dictate
Our Choice and new ‘books’ from Apple (ibooks author)

Monday, February 20, 2012

Teacher and Technology - Music Feb 21, 2012

Lab

Google - advanced search techniques - narrowing searches by quotes, country, file type, restricting words
Google Images search - click on the camera
Google Scholar - nice but often leads to restricted links
Response to Jodi’s session on soundboard setup
Measuring Happiness
GoAnimate
Xtranormal
GoAnimate.com: Burgers by rredekopp

Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!

Music Teach Wiki

Class

Exam questions

We have 2 classes after this - what do you feel you are missing???

HipHop Genius

Important Ideas 22 and 23

Assessment - sorting out the content we want from the wow of the technology

Apps

Pockets of Potential Ideas - and Carly Shuler
Dragon Search/Dictate
Our Choice and new ‘books’ from Apple (ibooks author)