Our district subscribes to a number of high-quality research [...]]]> With the rain we’re having today, I guess the best site of the day is Chatham’s weather at NOAA (as a pilot and weather watcher, I love NOAA’s site), but really we’re here to look at the website of one of our colleagues: Ginny Connolly at CMS.

Our district subscribes to a number of high-quality research databases, and some of them are listed at the CMS Library Media Center website on the Library Hints page.  Because we pay for the use of these websites, access to the page is password protected.  You’ll simply need your network credentials to log in when prompted (that’s the username and password you type every time you want to use a computer in the district).

Back on March 11 (my [...]]]> 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 sister’s birthday!) we learned that directions for Audacity are in your school’s Faculty Share technology folder.  They are still there: a Notebook file with arrows and step-by-step directions for linking what you record to objects in Notebook, as well as an Audacity quick-start guide.  If you look below, you’ll be able to view a video as well.

Click here to view the embedded video.