PESD Techno Stuff

Using Glogster for Math Problems

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Click on the title to go to the full screen of this Glog. I did this so classroom teachers could see how they could make math problems more engaging for their students. The ice cream manipulatives are also available in SMART Notebook or PowerPoint formats.

Speed Chatting on ISTE Island

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:09:00 +0000

As part of the newest ISTE SIG (special interest group) SIGVE (Virtual Environments), I got a chance to participate in our first speed chatting event held at the ISTE skypark. We had a group of 49 or 50 avatars talking about the group and it's place in education. I was able to get some video of the meeting's start using my new favorite video app, Screenr (Thanks Shambles for bringing it to our attention!)

More From the Reaction Grid

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Today I got a chance to chat with a small group of 8th grade students on the Reaction Grid. They go to Saint Anthony of Padua in Michigan and I know their teacher from Second Life. She asked me to talk to them a bit about making clothes and so I teleported from my island to one of their Michigan islands where they have a fashion show runway and a clothing store. I hope to bring PESD students from Mr. Ross's 4th grade at Lowell onto the Reaction Grid after the winter break, so this gave me a chance to work with students on the RG ahead of time. As you can see, it looks very much like Second Life.

Words, words, words!

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:53:00 +0000

Try Lexipedia as an alternative to Roget.

Looking for an Alternative to Second Life for Less Money?

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:56:00 +0000

I'm just going to tease this now, but I will be posting more about the Reaction Grid when I get a chance. For those who are struggling with the lack of funds but still want to provide cutting edge technology to their students, you may want to explore this Second Life "look alike." It's so reasonably priced that some teachers (myself included) have purchased land with their own money. What is very exciting is the prospect of having students younger than 13 involved. I am planning on a pilot program with a 4th grade teacher in my district who has always been tech savvy. Download the Hippo viewer and try Reaction Grid for free! I'm Norma Underwood in there too :)

Playing around with Prezi

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:20:00 +0000

Tried out Prezi today to create this presentation for my ISTE Capstone Intro class. I felt it was a good way to showcase some elements of tessellations and polysymetrics for an exhibit on Geometry. It's not as interactive on here as on the Prezi site where you can click and zoom in on every object.

Animoto

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:00 +0000

For free you only get 30 seconds which is about a dozen photos. You have to choose from their music and please make sure your speakers are turned down because I didn't see any option not to have it be so LOUD! It's sort of cute, but it doesn't achieve much on Bloom's digital scale.

Cool Search

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:39:00 +0000

Math SMART Board Templates

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:17:00 +0000

PBS Asset Web Resources

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:12:00 +0000

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

PBS Asset Web Resources

View more presentations from Noreen Strehlow.

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:08:00 +0000

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008

View more documents from Jane Hart.

New Tool for Screencasts: Screenr

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:57:00 +0000

My most sincere thanks to Chris Smith (aka Shambles Guru in Second Life). Chris told us about a screencasting tool called Screenr last night at ISTE and I love it! This is the power of networking via Second Life because Chris lives in Thailand! I would never be able to meet him or many of the others who are now part of my learning community because of time, distance, or cost, but Second Life makes it possible!

Photo Fun

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:01:00 +0000

Here are two fun things to do with your photos!

Click on Photo Fun in the title to go to Photofunia.

For Befunky Click Here.

PESD Island Blog Wordle

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:29:00 +0000

How Tech Savvy Are You? (PESD only please)

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:02:00 +0000

Click Here to take survey

Technology Lesson Resource

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:39:00 +0000

Teacher Boot Camp

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:30:00 +0000

These screen captures were from our Second Life Day of Boot Camp. The first section included the basics such as using arrows to walk, communicating, focusing the camera, accepting notecards, using landmarks, and teleporting. We went on some virtual field trips to Genome Island, the Great Wall of China, a Mayan Temple, the Spaceflight Museum, Virtual Harlem, the Vietnam Wall and many more. Then came the building lessons!

My Top Web 2.0 Tools

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:31:00 +0000

Vocaroo

Web 2.0 Explained 3B
Bubbl.us Comiqs.com
Diigo Diigo Web Slides
Flickr Google Docs
Ning Zoho
Scrapblog Skype
Slideshare TeacherTube
Twiddla Twitter
Tag Galaxy Jigsaw Planet
Wordle Spezify

I Am in Total Awe of These Kids!

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:01:00 +0000

Everytime I go into the kids' hard drive folders to see what new pictures they have taken documenting their work on the island, I am in awe. These students are gaining a much better sense of spatial reasoning by manipulating three-dimensional shapes in a virtual environment and that gives them a better sense of their own physical world. They are creating buildings from scratch with no patterns or formal blueprints. They "see" what they want to build in their heads and just go for it. They consult with their team members and whatever is happening is evolving from their process. If you walked into the room, no one would notice because they are so busy.

Something Cool

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:24:00 +0000

This is a virtual representation of all photos on Flickr for specific keyword searches. Want to find all pictures of roses or dogs? Do a search and find a whole galaxy of photos!

A Day in Yoville

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:17:00 +0000

There are many virtual worlds these days. Facebook has included Yoville as one of it's peripheral applications. If you are wondering if it has educational implications, I have enclosed a video tour. My own opinion is that the only possibility would be a discussion group of people in different locations but I would always suggest Second Life instead. You be the judge:

Click Here For a Tour of Yoville

Great Resource for Special Needs

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:04:00 +0000

Click here to check it out!

PBS/ASSET Newsletter Online

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:10:00 +0000

The Lion, the Witch, the Wardrobe, and You!

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:21:00 +0000

Here is an integrated lesson plan that hits many of the NETS-S standards as well as many Social Studies essential questions. There are literacy standards, visual, and performing arts standards as well.

Preparing for Island Life on the Teen Grid

noreply@blogger.com (PESD Techno Stuff) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:58:00 +0000

Here is where I am blogging about the process of getting a Teen Island in Second Life. I've started with my own experience as a new avatar and how I got to this point.