Chances are, your students are tired of PowerPoint. It was catchy at first, but now your students are used to having lessons on the data projector. They’ve seen bulleted lists fade in and out and they’ve watched slides go by one by one. PowerPoint doesn’t hook your students anymore. Been there, done that, and they’ve […]
Nuance (Dragon NaturallySpeaking) Gave Us a Full Refund
UPDATING: Jul 2, 2019 – FYI There is a newer version of Nuance Dragon voice software. After 9 years, I still use Dragon speak naturally, and blog. Here is the post from October 2010 about Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking Full Refund: I recently canceled my order for Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Wireless Teacher and Student […]
Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 in the Classroom
We just got Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Wireless Premium and we are cautiously optimistic. We’re trying to figure out whether speech recognition software can make us more efficient, as well as how good it would be in the classroom. Right now, this post is being written using Dragon and Internet Explorer. (I did have to use […]
Integrating Technology into your Language Arts Public Speaking Lesson
We’ve been teaching our speech unit to Grade 7 and 8 students for several years, but this is the first year we’ve really had an opportunity to integrate different types of technologies into our English lesson. Let’s be honest. Most students hate doing speeches. They don’t like spending the time to write the speech, revise […]
Make Money Online in the Classroom
If you’ve spent any time on the internet, you’ve already been indoctrinated into the world of Making Money Online. Just do a search using one of the big 3 search engines (Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft), and you’ll see ads beside your results. When we were growing up, we made money as teens by mowing the […]