Posted by Paige on Jul 22, 2009 in
Best Practices,
Technology 
If you do a search for the phrase “Google Rules The World” you will come up with 2,010 hits on Google, and about the same number on Yahoo. My point is there’s lots of chatter about Google and their enormous suite of products (I don’t even know all of them). Then why is it that so few educators (that I know) use Google products? As I was talking with a friend the other day it occurred to me that many just don’t know about all Google has to offer. Continue reading
Posted by Paige on Jul 21, 2009 in
Best Practices While I am no “newbie” when it comes to reading blogs, I most certainly am a newbie when it comes to authoring and setting-up one (see previous post!). That’s why I am extra honored to have been included yesterday in Tom DeRosa’s series 52 Teachers, 52 Lessons. Tom asks the insightful question: “what is the most important advice you can give to other teachers?”
It was so hard to narrow down my thoughts, but in the end I opted for some advice for a new teacher.
Tom is on week 25 of the series… Continue reading
Posted by Paige on Jul 13, 2009 in
Best Practices,
Technology
I heard about Drop.io last year and immediately thought of a dozen ways to use it in my personal life. In fact, it just came in handy when I needed to get a huge slideshow to a friend for use in his wedding. However, the more I thought about it the more I realized just how useful a tool Drop.io could be in my classroom.
First let me back-up a few months… Sometime last Spring I read a blog (I am SO sorry I don’t… Continue reading
Posted by Paige on Jun 30, 2009 in
Best Practices,
Technology 
TED Talks are very commonly referred to and blogged about these days, so I won’ t bore anyone by simply reiterating what my colleagues have already posted.
What I would like to say about the TED videos is that I am finding them to be my number one go-to resource with students and adults, inside and outside of the classroom. I cannot think of another resource that has proven to be as versatile as the TED videos.
However, just like all everything else in this world… Continue reading
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