The Geospatial Revolution is an ongoing project through Penn State Public Broadcasting and other sources. The purpose of the project is to "expand public knowledge about the history, applications, related privacy and legal issues, and the potential future of location-based technologies." So far (only episode 1 has been released) it has been very interesting and informative to learn about these GPS receivers and the possibilities of what we could do in the future with this technology. There is a link to educational resources for 7-12th graders below.
http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/educators/index.html
Geospatial Revolution / Episode One from Penn State Public Broadcasting on Vimeo.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Jefferson Technology Academy
We have just about wrapped up the second technology academy at Jefferson! It has been fun to see everyone and meet the new members to our staff for the upcoming school year. The academy members have worked hard searching for new resources and creating new interactive content in their classrooms. Check out the pictures below from the academy and make sure you ask them about the experience!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
WCS Tech Academy
Heard a great session from Mark Moore this morning on 21st Century Education. Hearing the oohs and ahhs through the crowd as he shows his idea of 21st Century lessons. I enjoyed hearing him tell teachers that technology does NOT have to be used to have a 21st Century lesson in their classrooms. It requires critical thinking skills and problems solving to be able to function in the world we live in.
Monday, April 26, 2010
The Printliminator
I have a difficult time wasting things. I take that back. My wife will correct me if I don't mention that I can waste time with the best of them! I am on my children to turn the water off while they brush their teeth and turn the lights off when they leave the room. It kills me to dump food into the trash can after every meal my children refuse to eat. Which is why I am always eating the leftovers. Don't even get me started on the food and waste that is thrown away in the schools!
I came across the Printliminator the other day and thought about how much paper and ink this handy little tool could save. The Printliminator website provides a video to show you how to use it. Best of all, you don't have to download anything! All you do is drag the bookmarklet to your bookmarks in your web browser and you are finished.
Once it is in your bookmarks, you just click on it when you want to print from a website that does not have a print option. Then you can move you mouse around and notice that a red box shows up in different spots. You click on the spots you want to eliminate from your printing. If you eliminate something by mistake, you can click on the undo button to fix it.
I wish I could remember which blog I received this website from so that I could thank the person.
I came across the Printliminator the other day and thought about how much paper and ink this handy little tool could save. The Printliminator website provides a video to show you how to use it. Best of all, you don't have to download anything! All you do is drag the bookmarklet to your bookmarks in your web browser and you are finished.
Once it is in your bookmarks, you just click on it when you want to print from a website that does not have a print option. Then you can move you mouse around and notice that a red box shows up in different spots. You click on the spots you want to eliminate from your printing. If you eliminate something by mistake, you can click on the undo button to fix it.
I wish I could remember which blog I received this website from so that I could thank the person.
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