Leapfrog Test

Test yourself with this Leapfrog Test. It is one of those things that when you get it you have forgotten the pattern. GOOD LUCK!

ISTE: Learning & Leading with Technology in now DIGITAL

Learning & Leading with Technology

I just received an email from ISTE notifying me that since I am a member I can access their digital version of Learning & Leading with Technology. Learning and Leading with Technology is a useful, timely, and valuable resource to enhance your professional development, to help you learn more about the state of educational technology, and to connect with a like-minded community.
Click on the link above to check it out!

Thinkfinity Hotlist

As I sit in my Thinkfinity CTC training, I realized that I was finding some great resources that I would love to share with everyone. Please take a moment to go and look over the resources that are listed on the West Virginia Department of Education Hotlist. Please remember that these are just a list of really cool tools from Thinkfinity's 55,000 resources and that if you want to find resources specific to what you are teaching that you can just go straight to Thinkfinity.

What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 is a catch-all term to describe a variety of developments on the web and a perceived shift in the way the web is used. This has been characterized as the evolution of web use from passive consumption of content to more active participation, creation and sharing – to what is sometimes called the read/write web.

Web 2.0 technologies for learning at KS3 and KS4 - Project overview

TI Online Tutorials by Atomic Learning

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Online Tutorials by Atomic Learning
Get comfortable using TI-Nspire and TI-Nspire CAS handhelds and computer software, as well as the TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators by watching these animated tutorials. Each one is only a few minutes long, so you can quickly learn operations, functions, and other features at a time that fits your schedule. Atomic LearningSM >

Creating Interactive Lessons

In a search to find a information about the structure of an interactive lesson, I searched and found the following article. It is written in reference to Powerpoint but the concept of the article relates to many of the softwares that we use with interactive whiteboards. The title of the article is Creating an Interactive Powerpoint Lesson for the Classroom. August 2000. The Journal. 29 October 2008

Podcasting with Tony Vincent

Learning in Hand is a website built by Tony Vincent. I have traveled to 3 technologies this year and Tony has been at them all. He is excited about sharing his ideas with educators to get Learning in Hand. Please check out his web site and excellent resources that wants to share. Especially check out his free 34-page booklet on Podcasting.

Lets get out and Podcast!

Creating an Interactive Presentation

Many of us search for ideas for what should be included in a INTERACTIVE LESSON and have asked ourselves many times what makes a lesson an INTERACTIVE LESSON. I found this article on the web about the elements of an Interactive PowerPoint. I feel that we could adapt these ideas to SMART notebook software or Promethean Activstuidio software. Please take a minute to look it over and see if your presentations have INTERACTIVE characteristics. http://www.thejournal.com/articles/14916/

Geometer's Sketchpad Training

The Geometer's Sketchpad®Dynamic Geometry® Software for Exploring Mathematics, Version 4 http://www.keypress.com/x5521.xml

General Resources

• The Sketchpad Story
• Classroom Activities
• 101 Project Ideas
• Advanced Sketch Gallery
• Sketchpad for TI Calculators
• Recent Talks
• User Groups
• Bibliography
• Links

Instructor Resources

• Evaluation Edition
• Professional Development
• Workshop Guide

Key Curriculum Press: Online Courses

• Teaching Geometry with The Geometer's Sketchpad
• Teaching Algebra with The Geometer's Sketchpad
• Teaching Middle School Math with The Geometer's Sketchpad
• Teaching Elementary Math with The Geometer's Sketchpad

Advanced Sketch Gallery

The Advanced Sketch Gallery is a collection of sketches featuring advanced mathematical concepts, custom tools, and striking visualizations, created by Sketchpad users around the world. They are arranged loosely by topic:

• Toolkits
• 3D Explorations
• Beyond Euclid
• Machines and Mechanisms
• Other Explorations

JavaSketchpad

JavaSketchpad (JSP) is software that lets you interact with—or publish—sketches from The Geometer's Sketchpad on the Internet. These links give basic and in-depth information about JavaSketchpad, including how to use and produce JavaSketches.

Additional resoures

http://mathfest.wikispaces.com/Resources+for+The+Geometer%27s+Sketchpad

SMART websites

SMART Lesson resources

SMART Toolkit Tips and Tricks

SMART v10 Manual

SMART lesson plans

1st post!

This is my first post to my new Blog! Let's see how quickly my learning curve grows.

Let's start with inserting a weblink to a SMART and PROMETHEAN lessons.

SMART offers correlated lesson activities that you can search by grade level and subject area.

Promethean offers correlated lessons that you can search by grade level and subject area. You must create an account before you can download. But they allow you to view the flipcharts with a built in flash player.