The winter tablet program winner is Mike Donovan for his proposal to use a tablet during science explorations outside the classroom. His complete proposal is below the fold.
Herein lies my second installment for the blog about my fortune in having access to “new technology”. I have gotten better about remembering my passwords and being able to access the email in which I saved them all. But there are some programs I am still more of a stranger to than others and those [...]
As a teacher of 47 standard level Social Studies students I find one of my hardest jobs is keeping track of my student’s progress and helping them make up class when absent, and/or providing support beyond the classroom. My new (to me) tablet PC has been providing a way for me to capture dynamic in-class [...]
The iPad is a revolutionary device. It’s awesome. It just works. It’s hip. It pushed a new class of device into the mainstream. It can do wonders in the classroom. That being said, before you go out and pick up one, keep in mind that for the price of one base model iPad 2 ($499), you could buy: [...]
I am not a stranger to writing or even journaling, yet when asked to write a blog, I froze. What does that mean? How do I write a blog? And how do I talk about all the wonderful things I am doing with my new toy when in fact so few of them have materialized [...]
If you’d like to apply to receive one of the two convertible tablet laptops I’ll be bringing to campus, please make sure you fill out the application by tomorrow (Friday, 9/2) at 3pm. The application is online right here: http://bit.ly/r250VE
Hello everyone, You know those technology problems that drive you absolutely crazy? You know, the ones that you absolutely need to solve but working on them feels like giving yourself a root canal? Well, I live for working on those types of questions. So, if you have a technology integration question, send it my way. [...]
For the past three years I have been using an X61 Tablet PC on a daily basis in all of my classes. Using the tablet has allowed me to post daily notes online created using OneNote as well as integrate into my lessons several programs such as TI-Smartview, the Windows clipping tool, and very soon, [...]
Here’s how thing stand in the world of Tech Integration at St. Johnsbury Academy: Academics Manager: A couple teachers and students have been playing around with the interface. They’ve found it to be quite easy to use and that it’ll satisfy a good number of their basic web needs. Students have been playing around with [...]