2010: A Learning Odyssey

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NICE Mini-Conference 2010

Chicago Area teachers! Share how you are using technology in the classroom with your peers. NICE Mini-Conference 2010 Teachers Teaching Teachers Saturday, January 30, 2010 Stevenson High School Lincolnshire, IL 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Sign up online to present a session: http://www.tinyurl.com/miniconf2010 Continue

Added by Mary Ann on October 22, 2009 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Pushing Change

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Added by Kevin Honeycutt on September 17, 2009 at 12:26am — No Comments

For what it's worth

I've noticed a recent trend on several of NINGs sites, related to education and/or ed tech. It seems profiles are being created for "members" whose educational connections are dubious, at best. Some are promoting ways to make money from the use of various web sites, while others are promoting a service that will "help" you with all your dissertation needs. I would advise people to be on the lookout for these "members" and take care not to accept their friend requests. Some NINGS actively try to… Continue

Added by Luke Allen on September 16, 2009 at 1:41pm — No Comments

New Website~Fugleflicks~Fugleblog~Have some FugleFun!

I had to totally revamp my website. I was creating a monster slowly and methodically over the years, adding movies, newsletters, photos,etc...until it was just too big to publish on my school server! After having lost sleep over this I finally bit the bullet and scrapped it~sort of. It still exists but it's hard to find. So, I learned iWeb and started fresh:… Continue

Added by Tricia Fuglestad on September 3, 2009 at 8:11am — No Comments

Invitation to participate

Calling all educators: Please complete a survey about how you use online tools personally and with students: http://snipurl.com/nnpvg Please invite others - we need to hear what's going on around the globe. Let's make it viral!! Thanks, Cheri Continue

Added by Cheri Toledo on July 22, 2009 at 8:44am — No Comments

NECC 2009

I will be at the FileMaker booth during the NECC 2009 conference demonstrating some of the data tools that I have created for use by the schools in my district. If you have a minute please drop by the booth and introduce yourself. I really enjoyed myself last year at the ICE conference and hope to make it back again next year. Bill~ Continue

Added by Bill Harman on June 28, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Back from the Shortie Awards in DC with great news...

Yeah! My students' film Let's Be Green When its Time to Clean was won first place in the 7-10 year old live action category and Complementary in Every Way won first place as a teacher created movie in the 8th annual Shortie Awards Festival in Washington DC from among 400 entries from 13 countries around the world. My students got… Continue

Added by Tricia Fuglestad on June 16, 2009 at 6:31pm — No Comments

Converting WSWMM to DVD

Hi, does anyone have a software program that will convert Windows Movie Maker files into a DVD format that they like? I've been doing some research and most are expensive for our school budget. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Continue

Added by Jill Calhoun on May 27, 2009 at 3:14pm — No Comments

Osineo Network Services, Inc. offers turnkey technology solutions to educational institutions...How do you feel about the growing need for IT assistance?

We have partnered with industry leading information technology vendors and we are poised to provide complete resolution to your districts technology problems. Let’s face it; most do not have the time, desire or knowledge to familiarize oneself completely of the new advancements and timeliness which are a necessity in the IT industry. We want to hear from you....let's talk about it! How can we best serve you? Let Osineo take the frustration away! Continue

Added by Darnell Payne on May 4, 2009 at 9:39am — No Comments

help with keyboarding methods

I am looking for some new & fun ways to teach keyboarding to my students. I have a lot of great websites and things that I use, so what I'm more interested in is actual methods. The problem = many of the students I teach come to me still looking down at their hands when they type; I need to break that old, ugly habit. I use a progression that works for most students, but I have a couple toughies this quarter. Any ideas are much appreciated. Thanks for the help!!! Continue

Added by Jen Hasken on April 7, 2009 at 2:47pm — No Comments

Acceptable Use Policy

Dear Colleagues, I need your help. My district wants all staff to sign an AUP, but I see it as a flawed document and would like to know if any of your districts have one that you are not leery to sign. The one our district has chosen is all over the Internet; all you have to do is search the following phase and you'll get plenty of hits: "Unauthorized downloading of software, regardless of whether it is copyrighted or devirused." My f… Continue

Added by Denise Reeder on March 29, 2009 at 10:35am — No Comments

Multiple Accounts & '09 Handouts

Looks like I had a couple different accounts here. Hope I don't lose anyone as I consolidate. ICE 2009 handouts are linked to from http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/digital_storytelling/2009/03/01/ice-ice-baby/ Continue

Added by Joe Brennan on March 28, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Lesson Plans and Activities for Interactive White Boards

This document is a compilation of interactive websites that I have accumulated over the years by way of colleagues, presentations, and numerous searches. All sites were active at the time of this printing. Teachers should always preview sites before allowing student access. This is considered a work in progress. Please feel free to add your best sites to the list and pass them along! Language Arts/ Reading Language Arts lessons: http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/content/interactivesi… Continue

Added by Kurt Strothmann on March 10, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Illinois Computing Educators Conference - Friday Sessions

Friday Sessions Podcast on Your Laptop TODAY Ann Penstone - Instructor 10:00-12:30 This 2.5 hours workshop was extra and required prior registration and an additional charge Let the Games Begin 12:45-1:30 Zach Lancaster - Presenter - FTC Publishing 1:35-2:25 - Mining the Vendors Interactive Games 2:30-3:15 Kurt Strothmann - FT… Continue

Added by Gary Latman on February 27, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Illinois Computing Educators Conference - Thrusday Breakout Sessions

Thursday Sessions 1st Session - Essential Tools to Enhance Profession Learning 9:45-10:30 Nadine Norris - presenter http://nnorris.edublogs.org/presentations Sharetabs Kwout Flowgram SimplyBox Skitch - screen copy with tools -- skitch.com/garylatman Jing 2nd Session - Students as Historians Usi… Continue

Added by Gary Latman on February 26, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Join the Conversation

Created a wiki for the "Join the Conversation with VoiceThread" poster session on Thursday. http://jointheconversation.wikispaces.com/ Continue

Added by Mary Ann on February 24, 2009 at 7:02pm — No Comments

Looking forward to the conference

I'm so excited to have the opportunity to attend the ICE conference this year. I've never been and always wanted to go. We'll be traveling up on Wednesday, and I'm looking forward to gathering ideas for use in my classroom. Continue

Added by Cindy Schlichting on February 22, 2009 at 5:19pm — No Comments

Introduction to Tutor/Mentor Connection

I'm Dan Bassill, president of a Chicago non profit called Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection. This is a non-school volunteer based organization that works to help inner-city kids connect with adult volunteers and non-school learning resources that help kids succeed in school and move to jobs. In my album you can see a couple of charts and a map that are examples of the types of charts an… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on February 18, 2009 at 2:08pm — No Comments

Blogging for the Classroom

Hi all. For those of you kind enough to attend my session, here is a link (below) to a web page (pictured, right) that features some of the best student- and teacher-related blog information I have found on the web. My Best Blog Lin… Continue

Added by Spiro Bolos on February 15, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Students, individual people or classes can vote for the next Hubble Discovery! Vote by March 1, 2009!

Here is the link.. http://youdecide.hubblesite.org/amazing-space/ also found on: Digg It del.icio.us StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo Homepage Classroom Activity Build a Hubble collage Engage your students and explore the wonders of the universe using the "Hubble's Next Discovery — You Decide" contest. US teachers could receive a visit from a guest speaker and more. Hubble Classroom Collage Activity You're In Control! In 1609, Galileo turned his telescope on the night sky for the first time. Now,… Continue

Added by Shari Summers-Lavelli on February 14, 2009 at 1:36pm — No Comments