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Join me in discussing the use of technology in education.....what works for you, new tools for the classroom, methods of delivery using new tools, Web 2.0, and any other topics that pertain to Instructional Technology.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

My Old Websites

I used this years ago.  I can remember when we thought this was the greatest idea ever!!  http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/    There are still some great links to sites that are categorized by subject, topic, and grade level.  The login is ggrissom.  There is no password.  Remember, this is old like I am so some of the links may not work anymore.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Gmail and Sub Accounts

Gmail allows you to create sub accounts linked to an individual Gmail account. So, a teacher could have 20 permanent email accounts that are all delivered into one teacher account.  When setting up the accounts I would set up a different gmail account just for this.  You can set it up in many ways but one way is as follows:
if the teacher account is teachername@gmail.com, all you have to do is add a “+studentname” before the @ symbol to make a linked account. Therefore mail sent to teachername+studentname@gmail.com will go straight to teachername@gmail.com.  This can help with those few students in middle school that do not have an email account.  The parent will not have to worry about it being used in other instances.  A permission slip may be needed.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Ways to Use a Flip Camera

I started using a Flip camera before they became mainstream. I wish I had stock in the company!! I sold many cameras by showing educators how easy they are to use.  Video has always been a scary thing to teachers.  But with this camera it is no longer a task that requires practice and hours of effort.  This slideshow is growing as teachers add to it.  Ways to use a Flip Camera 

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Web site for Promethean Board

http://www.learner.org/interactives/index.html
This site contains many interactive links that could be used on your board.