Mr. Reed’s 5th grade classroom at Walled Lake Elementary School recently had a “BYOD Day” (Bring Your Own Device). As part of their learning for the day, the class had a lively discussion about digital citizenship, which resulted in the creation of a class Prezi presentation. See it here, and be sure to watch the final [...]
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Digital Citizenship Prezi
May 10, 2013 · 1 Comment · Classroom Examples, Ed Tech, Internet Safety
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First and Third Graders Share Poetry in Radio Show
May 9, 2013 · No Comments · Classroom Examples, Ed Tech
The 3rd grade students of Mrs. Bond at Glengary Elementary teamed up with first grade students of Mrs. Brossard at Commerce Elementary to share poetry in a radio show this afternoon. Both schools are part of the Walled Lake Consolidated School District in SE Michigan. The students celebrated the writing of original poetry with oral [...]
Doctopus!
March 8, 2013 · 1 Comment · Ed Tech, Google
I just learned of a Google Apps script called Doctopus that makes it easy for teachers to manage and share documents with students or groups. After sharing a document with students, the teacher can keep track of when students last edited the document at a glance. The teacher can also “lock” all the student documents with [...]
Using Twitter to Create a PLN
November 18, 2012 · No Comments · Ed Tech, MACUL
The MACUL Journal is published quarterly and mailed to MACUL members, who attended the most recent MACUL Annual Conference, MACUL Friends, MACUL sponsors, ISD/RESA/REMC organizations, and every school district Superintendent throughout Michigan. The Winter 2013 Journal was just distributed and articles relate to social networking in learning. One of the articles, “Let’s Travel with Twitter,” [...]
Walled Lake Spice it Up! Technology Conference
August 26, 2012 · No Comments · Conferences, Ed Tech, PD Event, Spice it Up
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools hosted its 8th annual Spice it Up! Technology Conference on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at Sarah Banks Middle School. It was the best yet! 325-350 teachers and administrators attended this voluntary professional development event to help them learn new ways to incorporate technology into their instructional practices. I [...]
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NETS for Coaches
July 13, 2012 · No Comments · Ed Tech
ISTE has NETS (National Educational Technology Standards) for students, teachers, administrators, computer science teachers, and coaches. A session was offered at the ISTE Conference on the newly released NETS for Coaches, so I made sure I attended. I enjoyed the discussion that took place among other technology integration specialists like me. I plan to use these [...]
ISTE 2012
July 9, 2012 · No Comments · Conferences, Ed Tech
I had the pleasure of attending the ISTE Conference in San Diego. WOW! It’s been a few weeks now, but today is the first day I’ve been home and able to do some reflection. I stayed for a few extra days to enjoy the lovely sunny 70 degree weather – I visited the San [...]
Google Docs Lesson: Fakebook
May 13, 2012 · No Comments · Ed Tech
I have been facilitating “Introduction to Google Apps” workshops across the Walled Lake Consolidated School District in preparation for a full-scale implementation of Google Apps in the fall. I am finding that many teachers are anxious when they think about the changes that will occur next school year when students use cloud-based productivity applications (Google [...]
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Free Bookshare App for Android
April 20, 2012 · No Comments · assistive technology, Ed Tech
There is a new free app for Bookshare called Go Read. This app reads Bookshare books on Android devices. It’s great for users to have more options for ways they can access Bookshare books. Any reader with an individual or institutional Bookshare membership can use Go Read to download content, which includes popular fiction, nonfiction, [...]
