Wordle and Animoto in the Classroom

Last month a coworker asked if I would be a guest presenter at her daughter’s school.  Each child in this 3rd grade classroom had the opportunity to invite a guest.  I accepted the invitation, met with her daughter and we planned a presentation of animoto and wordle.  Two of my favorite tools.
We started with animoto.  [...]

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Google Teacher Academy Returns

The newest Google Teacher Academy is going to be held in Boudler, Colorado on August 5, 2009!  Applications are due by midnight on July 3rd.
The Google Teacher Academy is a wonderful, FREE, opportunity to meet and collaborate with educators from all over the country- and world! It is also an opportunity to learn about all [...]

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No Time for Technology?

Throughout my 4 short years in education, I have heard one phrase repeated over and over: “There isn’t time for technology.”   While my last 2 years have been dedicated to educational technology- one year in the computer lab, and this year as a coach- I was previously a classroom teacher.  I taught 5th grade for [...]

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Finding Balance

Technology has always been a love of mine.  Last year I began to really allow technology to infiltrate my life both personally and professionally.  I joined many social networks, twitter, facebook, and started this blog.  I began scouring the internet for the most valuable technology websites and resources for the classroom.  All of this computer [...]

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It’s Delicious!

When our year first began nearly a month ago, I asked teachers at my school to complete a survey about their technology knowledge.  One of the questions asked about Web 2.0 tools.  I dare say out of a staff of over 60, only 3 seemed to have heard the term.  Today was our first inservice [...]

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Digital Photography Contest

I was reading Kevin Jarrett’s blog Welcome to NCS-Tech where he posted about a digital photography contest through techLEARNING.  The contest is open to students in elementary, middle, and high school.  Students can win a digital camera, Adobe Photoshop Elements and other prizes.  Students can submit a picture “as is” or one that has been [...]

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Photosynth

I was catching up on my Google Reader this evening and found a post from Educational Technology and Life by Mark Wagner about a new tool called PhotoSynth.  This site allows you to create a 3D “movie” of anything out of photographs.  I was able to tour the Sphinx and Pyramids in Egypt from my [...]

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Google Teacher Academy- Chicago 2008

Many people have asked how I became a Google Certified Teacher, and the answer is that I applied and was accepted into the program.  Until today I could not answer the question that always followed my explanation- “When will there be another Google Teacher Academy?”
The answer is September 24, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois!  Applications are [...]

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Gadgets

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

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Play in Their World, Learn in Ours

“Play in Their World, Learn in Ours” was the theme for our Site Technology Specialist training last week. We started off the 2 days event by rotating through stations equipped with Wiis, Xboxes, PS3s, various web sites and games popular with students. We had about 15 minutes per station. I was [...]

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