We love using technology in the classroom: clickers, data projectors, prezi, netbooks, online literature circles and of course classroom websites and student blogging. And, we love WordPress. It’s our blogging software of choice for the classroom and we use it for all of our professional websites and school projects. If you set up your own […]
Archives for July 2011
Thinking about using Dropbox in the classroom? How much space will you need? How secure is your student information?
More and more teachers are starting to use Dropbox as a way to share files and collaborate in the classroom. Using Dropbox has saved us hours of marking when we were able to restore an accidentally deleted file. (Dropbox is a little program that you install on your computers and mobile devices. It creates a […]
Why Your School Needs to Buy iPads for the Classroom – 16 iPad apps to help improve reading literacy
Your school needs to invest in a class set of iPads that teachers can sign out to use with their students. Some schools and school boards are already starting to deploy iPads in the classroom. Yes, there are some reasons why you wouldn’t want to buy iPads for the classroom But, there are lots of […]
House Cleaning the ol’ Classroom Technology Blog
It’s summer time, so we’re taking the opportunity to do some house cleaning on our blog about classroom technology. Getting rid of things that didn’t work, moving things around, and generally trying to spruce things up around the digital property. It was embarassing to discover that our teacher blog was so slow that Yslow gave […]
How Fast Can You Take Notes? Comparing Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 with Six Other Note Taking Strategies.
How fast can you take notes? Jump to the comparison chart. Let’s face it – the world is changing and technology in the classroom is giving students and teachers more options to get their ideas out of their heads and down onto paper. Students take notes, teachers present information, and professors give lectures, but chances […]