Just when you get it all figured out, that dreaded message comes across warning you of your dwindling space on your blog. Most of the time this is due to posting images that are photo quality (right off the camera or ipad) but not web quality. Some of you already use IrfanView or Microsoft…
Month: February 2012
“Teach the Writer, not the Writing” ~ Calkins
Troy Hicks, “The Digital Writing Worshop” believes that our writers can achieve more, understand more, and discover more using digital tools, than in our traditional writing workshop. In examining this photo, consider what happens in a typical writing workshop. What writing processes and expectations are the same as they have always been for print texts?…
Play an .mp3 in your Blog
Would you like to use audio recordings to provide instruction in your class or have students use it to demonstrate their learning? Well now there is a plugin for that! You can upload your audio recording in .mp3 format to your blog and insert it directly into a post or page. You upload your audio…
Growing Readers – Literature Circles Gone Digital – Part 1
I wasn’t quite sure how to title this, swinging back and forth from “Passionate Conversations” and “Growing Readers”, both of which I believe Lit Circles to be. I’ve been working with a fabulous teacher on engaging her class with Literature Circles. Oh not the process with all the jobs/roles (which I’ve done many times before), but the approach…
Little Tools that Do Big Things
Do you ever want to do something with your class and the whole technology thing is just too much? I get that a lot so I’m always on the hunt for tools that “take the mystery out of things” and just work. Remember that we are also in a world of constant change so…
Webspiration in the Classroom
If you’ve used Inspiration, you may want to venture to use the web version which will allow your students to access this Visual Thinking, Concept Mapping & Writing tool from home. Webspiration is an ONLINE tool with features that assist students in capturing ideas, organizing information, diagramming processes, and developing writing. Files can move from Inspiration to Webspiration seemlessly…
Teaching with Technology $20,000 in Prizes Contest
Do you use technology to enhance the education process in your classroom or school? Teachers are using computers, the Internet, social media and many other technologies to improve many aspects of the education process such as presentation, communication, research, collaboration, problem-solving and creativity. CDW Canada, a leading provider of technology solutions, is dedicated to enabling…