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You probably use our Clipart.com for Schools subscription to add great clipart, photos, and sounds to your lessons, or maybe you use the still images collection at Discovery Education’s United Streaming site, but it’s hard to beat the quality of National Geographic photography, and now you can use some of their unparalleled photos in class. The [...] Two amazing keys for your web browser! While there are so many keyboard shortcuts to discuss, these two keys are great to discuss when thinking about web browsers. The F5 key will refresh the page you are viewing. This is handy when you are making changes to your teacher web page. After making and saving [...]
You might be familiar with the clock in the lower-right corner of your screen, but did you know that area is officially called the “Windows Notification Area”? There isn’t much to look at down there, but if you see the SMART Tools icon (the white circle looks like a peppermint LifeSaver), then you are [...] Welcome to the newest category on the K-6 Tech Talk blog: Media Monday! With the proliferation of audio and video in our lessons, it makes sense to take time each week to have a look at some of the aspects of technology related to audio, images, and video. This week we’ll review Audacity. Back on March 11 (my [...] I know I’ve mentioned this site before, but it bears repeating: Thinkfinity is probably your best one-stop website for academic content. Regular users will be familiar with the many lesson plans, activities, games, and content available for FREE, but new users may be interested in the Thinkfinity Tour. One of the many teacher helpers is something [...] How do you get to your frequently-used websites–especially your teacher web page? You may use netTrekker, First Class bookmarks, Diigo, or Delicious to store all of your bookmarks, but for the handful of websites you visit every day, you will love having one-click access to them every time you open your browser. The text directions [...] We’re all experiencing a sense of loss with the departure of Discovery United Streaming this year, but there are alternatives! If you’re trying to find some video content for your lessons, take a look at the sources on my website. Additionally, we have our own NJN Digital Classroom Video Server We’ve seen Animoto here, and we’ve seen how to add video to your teacher web pages here, so how do you put those two together? Kay Grusenski in second grade at WAS did just that! Have a look at her website or go directly to her Animoto page. Fellow second grade teacher Sarah Gutierrez was [...] Okay, so I have to admit that I cannot keep up with every website on the internet. Fortunately, Scholastic Instructor magazine has done a good job of listing 20 blogs worth reading. Try this link to see them! Scholastic Instructor Magazine: Top 20 Teacher Blogs, September 2009 http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752562 Did you notice those SMART Board tools floating on the left edge of your computer screen? Even though you can click the little tab to have them retract, the little tab still sticks out. Annoying. Hide those floating tools by going to the SMART Tools icon (looks like a Peppermint Lifesaver in a little blue box) [...] |
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