Technology

Cross “journal” off your list of school supplies -the world’s going paperless and so should you and your classroom! The newest way to journal is online. Online journaling has been around for a while but Penzu is a little different than its competitors in that it actually looks like a piece of paper that...
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I have a standing offer from my husband since the release of the iPhone 3GS to buy an iPhone but I keep turning him down because, "I don't really need one." How serendipitous is it that I stumble upon two iPhone apps in one day that I can use in the classroom?...
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A picture is always worth 1000 words and in this case can reflect your health. Inspired by the IPhone app called dietSNAPS, this unique lesson for visual learners allows students to track and assess their diets. The dietSNAPS app for the IPhone is a photo journal that allows users to take pictures of everything...
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Entrepreneurship is increasingly becoming popular thanks to all the new TV shows on the subject. There is something attractive about owning your own business but it doesn't come without sacrifice and a lot of hard work. I am a huge proponent of exposing students to many different career possibilities before college so they don't...
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"Many young people fail in the management of their first consumer credit experience, establish bad financial management habits, and stumble through their lives learning by trial and error" states the Jump$tart Coalition. From this reality many programs have emerged all with one goal- to financially educate our young people. On this post I tried...
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I am all about the free internet resources since supply budgets seem to get tighter and tighter every year. This free tool is a design a room tool that allows students to choose room dimensions and shapes, add furniture, and chose colors.
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On a recent internet search I found the coolest online fashion design sites that allows you to dress a model with real designer clothes and accessories. You can even change the facial expressions of the models.  I had so much fun designing my model that I lost track of time. It’s addicting, extremely easy...
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Electric Quilt integrates sewing with technology. It allows students to combine blocks, borders and virtual fabrics, turning their computer screen into a design wall. The program allows one to print quilt labels, draw original block designs, and even import scanned fabric and photos.
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Have you ever seen the perfect You Tube video that you could use in your class but can’t show it to your students because your school blocks You Tube? Understandably schools block the site but there are powerful teaching aids on it that should be used. First of all there are several ways to download You...
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Have you ever seen a scene from a movie and thought, “Wow that would be good to show my students!” Well, thanks to technology it is now easy to take movie clips from DVD’s and show them to your students. There are many programs that do this but my favorite one is AOA DVD...
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