Feb
6
Educator Panel Discussion on Using Gaggle Student E-mail
February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
When I worked as a teacher in the classroom about 3 years ago at a different district before moving to the technology department where I am currently, I kept asking our Technology Department to provide me student email accounts, but was always turned down. Finally, I went out and searched on my own and found [...]
Feb
6
TCEA 2009 – Day 3 Summary
February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Once again I tried to split my sessions by those that I wanted to attend in regards to PD and Technology Training as well as attending some of the sessions that were geared towards technology integration in the classroom from K-12. I also had a chance to go down to the exhibit hall and visit [...]
Feb
6
Integrating Technology Stations in the Middle School Classroom
February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
I stumbled across this session when the session I was going to attend was canceled. As I was walking by the rooms to try and see which one I wanted to attend I came across this session because it is actually something that has grown in popularity at our district; SMART Boards and the slates. [...]
Feb
6
Gentlemen, Start Your Lessons!
February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Michelle Nash of Lewisville ISD presented “Gentlemen, Start Your Lessons!” where she discussed how to actually integrate technology with software such as Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Google Earth, and much more at the elementary level. I wanted to show you all some video of the TCEA conference through my blog so that you could see [...]
Feb
6
The Best Things: Projects Designed for Free Web Services and Software
February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
One of the “new” technologies that I have loved for quite some time now is all the Web 2.0 sites as well as open source software that has been around for years. I remember one of the first open softwares I used was called Star Office that was similar to Open Office. Both are compatible [...]
