So, we ran into a few complications getting the Kindles ready for use in the library. Basically – in order to get books from Overdrive you have to go through Amazon – which we were trying not to do. In order to get books through Amazon, the Kindle needs to be registered to the user. [...]
We’ve just done the first project this year where everyone was required to use imovie. The results were generally quite good: kids seemed to like the project, and they had very few issues using the cameras or imovie. The finished products looked really great. Another positive was that is felt more equitable to have everyone [...]
As I said before, my new classroom is more spacious and more conducive to keeping a laptop and projector permanently set up and accessible. I have been weaning myself off chalk, and instead I am typing all my class notes in a word document which I project and then post to the class website after [...]
Last summer I attend the BC Calculus session of St. Johnsbury Academy’s AP Institute. The entire experience was fantastic, and in particular my instructor, Vic Levine, was an all-around all-star. One piece of technology that he used that I was impressed by was the IPEVO Point 2 View USB Document Camera, a simple document camera. He [...]
Just wanted to share that I have started to incorporate virtual field trips in my lesson designs as a means of providing additional schema and background for my students. I am finding that many of the students I work with have minimal experiences and exposure to particular content/topics. Virtual field trips seem to provide them [...]
A $250 grant will be awarded to a St. Johnsbury Academy faculty member to purchase educational technology and/or technology training. The grant application is due by Wednesday, 10/19 at 6pm. The application form is online at https://bitly.com/stja-fall-grant. Here are the slides for the presentation I gave at this afternoon’s faculty meeting.
During last week’s NECAP Schedule morning meetings I worked with the Art Department faculty on some basic portal functions, such as creating calendars and uploading resources. I also helped those Visual Art faculty who were unfamiliar with GoogleDocs explore the possibilities that it offers, and we began to organize the ways in which we can [...]
I’ve decided to focus on zotero as my tutorial. Noodletools is great – but it’s been a struggle to get it to load quickly on campus. Zotero is a Firefox add-on that some of the Capstone teachers have been using. My thought is that if I can get my department up to speed on it, [...]
You can sign up for Google Voice with your STJLabs account information! Google Voice gives you more control over your phone calls. With Google Voice, you get one number for all your phones, cheap international calls, voicemail like email, and more, for free! (US only). You can watch a video about Google Voice right here. [...]