Rubric Makers

I think most everyone is familiar with the rubric makers online like http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
 and this huge list of all kinds of rubric makers http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/


Here is one from www.recipes4success.com/tools
You do not have to be a member to use this one..... it will not save your rubric unless you are a member but it will still print.

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.

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.

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 

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.

Webinars

Angie and I did a webinar on Tuesday night using elluminate http://www.elluminate.com/
Several teachers joined us as we navigated around the software.  It is really a great way to instruct teachers on any number of items.  You can use a PowerPoint presentation, go to your desktop, send a document to the participants, and allow participants to work on the white board.  You can choose to allow the participants the chance to have the microphone to ask questions or they can type their question in the chat area. Our educational service center trains you and has made this available for free.  Check out the demo on their page.  Instructional technology at its best!!

American Idol

Another night.........more bad choices I suppose!

Off the topic!! Contest in our school: predict the American Idol winner. Being an old hippie I picked Krystal. We then have to pick the bottom 3 each week and the one we think should get kicked off. I am lousy at it. However, in my defense, I think anyone who takes a Rolling Stones song and makes it into a reggae song has to go!! Come on people!!! The young girls thought he was too cute so he was saved.