Tech4Learning

I LOVE  using video in the classroom, and Discovery Streaming is my go to source for videos. I use to set up my units ahead of time, pre-planning in the summer. I'd go through Discovery Streaming, find my content.Then I'd search the web and find the web resources that matched. I would build the units as a web page, including either embedded videos or links to the lesson page, along with the websites, and upload the pages…

Today is our last day with the students just picking up report cards and leaving. In a way it is bittersweet.  I will miss the students this summer, but my bags are stuffed full of things to work on for Fall.  Looking forward to discovering awesome ways to use Frames 5.   I have learned so much this year teaching technology, and I look forward to exploring new things that Tech4Learning has to offer.

Of course I also look forward to spending some much needed time with my three…

Yesterday my son came home and said he needed 3 bottles of soda for a rocket project and he needed specifically the Coke brand. I went to the store and bought the contraband, but picked up 2 regular and 1 diet. When I brought it home he said he needed to empty the bottles because they just needed the plastic. I, of course, had a hissy fit over buying sodas only to pour them out and told him, "no, you can't drink soda at night, or for breakfast!"

I did the next best thing. I went back…

Thirty-three days till ISTE 2012 in San Diego! I've been filling up my ISTE 2012 planner with great sessions, and I must say, I need more…