At NECC 09 in June I was lucky enough to pick up a CD of Tech4Learning‘s software. While I have played around with Pixie and enjoyed in immensely, my new favorite product of theirs is Frames.What makes Frames so great?Well, for starters it’s kid-friendly. The icons are fun and simple as well as the editing…
This Saturday I received my invite to Google Wave. I could hardly contain myself–what was all the hype about?! After clicking on the invite link in my email, Wave automatically created my account using my Google account profile information. My picture automatically loaded as well as my name. All of my Google contacts who also…
This past Friday the school counselor and I took 10 students on a trip to the Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania. We’ve been working on a history project based around the fact that our old building, which stood for 100 years, is being torn down. (For more on the project, check out…
This post was originally posted on Shelly Terrell‘s blog, Teacher Reboot Camp. When Shelly honored me with the opportunity to write a guest post about teaching at-risk youth in the USA, it took me a while to gather my thoughts. What could I share with the world that hasn’t already been on National television or…
At Back-to-School Night, I announced that I would be having an Internet Safety Parent Workshop. I gave out flyers, I put it on the monthly calendar, I announced it on our school’s homepage. I had one parent come. Fortunately, this parent and I have an existing relationship–I have been teaching her children and grandchildren for…