Kirsten Carter's Blog – August 2007 Archive (9)

I am one of the fortunate teachers who has been using a SMART Board in my classroom for a few years now, and I am always asked, "Where do you come up with such interesting ideas? Where do I start looking for some ideas for my classes?" One site that I recommend and check on a regular basis is the SMARTBoard Lessons Podcast. Joan Badger and Ben Hazzard are the hosts of the informative podcast and each week, they have great tips and lessons. Check it out, I know you will get hooked on this… Continue

I have finished the Microsoft Certified Peer Coaching© Facilitator Training delivered by

Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology. Here are some details about the training I received and what we (Ryan, Janet & I) plan to do this year.



Details: For a week in August 2006, as well as follow-up training for four days in April, 2007 to finish the certification process, we attended Microsoft Peer Coaching Facilitator Training in Winnipeg, MB.



Our time was…

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I am in overload. I haven't been faithful to my bloglines account and I have a lof of catching up to do.

Since joining classroom 2.0, I have been introduced to so many ideas I feel very overwhelmed. I tend to loose track of time, clicking here and there, following the fantastic links posted on various blogs......I understand how my students can get "lost in the web."



My goal with this blog is to create an opportunity for teachers to communicate and learn about new technologies… Continue

'Tis the season - time to think again of passwords. Here are some great tips from Dave Warlick...

• must have at least six characters
• must not appear in any dictionary
• must contain both lowercase and uppercase alphabetic characters
• must contain a number
• should contain non-alphanumeric characters such as !, #, $, %, ^, &, *, (, ), etc.
  
  
  
  From The Blogmeister - Dave…

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Check out these super math sites!

Math Mayhem from learning planet
Multiflyer
Mathflash!

This is an excellent tutorial to teach digital storytelling using powerpoint.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4008024170648596903

Here are some excellent online tutorials from Microsoft.

All you ever wanted to learn about documents

http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC100140951033&ofcresset=1



Adding graphics and keeping them where they belong…

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Copyright information for Educators.

I constantly hear grumbles from staff about the out of date videos or machines that are constantly on the "to be fixed" shelf in the AV room....could online videos be the solution? This site (unitedstreaming) was recommended to me and I am in the process of checking it out. There is a 30 day trial and then you have to purchase a membership. It is American, which could be a little tricky for us Canucks but when I think about it, a lot… Continue