Posted in Digital Literacy Tools on Aug 4th, 2010
Need an easier way to organize and present web-based information? LiveBinders allows you to collect, organize, and present information in ONE location. No more clicking back and forth between documents, PowerPoint presentations, white board lessons, and websites. Like an actual notebook, LiveBinders, organizes your information in tabs (much like dividers) and makes it easy to [...]
Posted in Digital Literacy Tools on May 5th, 2010
I hope that all is well with all my friends and colleagues as the school year comes to a close. We are facing serious budget challenges in South Carolina but it just makes us work smarter. You will be getting new announcements about the June conference in Charleston and new opportunities being built around the [...]
Posted in Digital Literacy Tools on Jan 28th, 2010
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Today I have the opportunity to share Google’s Custom Search tool with media specialist and teachers in the Beaufort County Schools in South Carolina. In the search bar, type in search terms for anything related to the Haiti earthquake. Then type in any thing not related to the Haiti earthquake and see what [...]
Posted in Digital Literacy Tools on Jan 11th, 2010
Those of you that have participated in a workshop with me in the last 6 months have seen my demonstration of the XtraNormal web tool to create fun cartoon style videos by just writing a script. We shared it to introduce yourself, new topics or new units. XtraNormal has now released a new tool [...]
Posted in Digital Literacy Tools, Uncategorized on Dec 8th, 2009
Last week Barbara Nesbitt, one of our November 14 Digital Literacy Conference presenters shared Google’s Wonder Wheel tool with me. I have been using it extensively ever since for more advanced Google searches.
It is a pre defined mind mapper which helps the user get all the related search results in a wheel shaped like [...]
Posted in New Jersey CMI Regional on Dec 3rd, 2009
Day one here in Monroe Township, New Jersey was a great experience. The sharing of knowledge, best practices, and 21st century strategies to engage and motivate students is inspiring. It is amazing how we are finding new tools every day. Heidi shared a powerful tool called Gap Minder. It is another example of a cloud [...]
Posted in New Jersey CMI Regional on Dec 1st, 2009
Welcome to the Mapping Digital Literacy Session on Day One. Here are the web resources that I am sharing:
Teacher Web Pages
Superintendent’s Blog
ASCD Blog
Sample Blog
Answer a quick question for me. On an average day, how many students do you work with in all of your various activities? Click here to submit that number…
At the completion [...]
Posted in Digital Literacy Conference, Uncategorized on Nov 19th, 2009
We have organized many of the conference web based resources from last Saturday and linked them on to the conference site for you. Many of these sites were shared by the presenters and they have all been reviewed for instructional value by our team. Click here for the direct link and add them to your [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 14th, 2009
We made it! When you check in, go ahead and open up your cameras and connect your laptops to the Internet. The wireless network is CFC.
We will play with our cameras for a few minutes? Who is the reading the directions and who isn’t? I always find that interesting.
Here is what happens at the opening [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2009
The National Council for Teachers of English has declared Tuesday October 20th, as National Writing Day. This is a way for ELA teachers to explore new ways to stimulate their students to write. There are contest and activities for all content areas. Enjoy!
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