September 18, 2009

Social Media - Fad or Not?

Everyone needs to watch this!

September 17, 2009

Changes to FCAT from the Florida DOE

On September 16, the Florida Department of Education sent out two memoranda describing changes to FCAT Writes and FCAT for incoming 9th graders. To read the memo's:

July 17, 2009

Great Presentation - Tech Tips for Not So Techy Teachers

This is an excellent presentation and shares many different tech tools for teachers. I would recommend presenting one of these tools per faculty meeting or early dismissal day. There are enough to last most of the year! Enjoy and share!

April 29, 2009

22 Smart, Inspirational Quotes From Bloggers In 2008

Click the play button to watch the presentation below. I found this to be very thought-provoking.

April 22, 2009

FETC 2009 Blog

FETC was 4 months ago and I haven't had a chance to share all of the wonderful tips and tricks that I learned! I finally decided that the best way to share the information was to blog about it. I'll be updating the blog over the next few days until everything that I learned is posted. There are a few posts there now. If you become a follower, you'll receive an email each time I update the blog with new info. The URL is http://fetc2009blog.blogspot.com. I hope you'll find it interesting and also find something that you can use in your work!

March 21, 2009

Podcasts and Blogger

Lots of educators are using Blogger to extend the school day and communicate with parents. It's great to have a classroom blog where you can post information for your students and parents, display pictures of some of the events in your classroom that day, share study tips, homework help, and so much more. As a result of the online podcasting courses and our Tech Tuesday podcasting workshop, many more teachers are creating podcasts and want to share them on their blogs. A good way to do that is to create your podcast using Audacity or GarageBand, edit it, convert it to an mp3 file, upload it to Internet Archive, and then embed it in a post on your blog. Sounds pretty easy, right? The presentation below will take you through the steps: