One of the coolest features of SMART Notebook and Promethean ActivStudio/Inspire is the ability to add multimedia. I see a lot of teachers add clips from places like United Steaming without much issue, but when it comes to just adding sounds I rarely see anyone using multimedia features. The main reason is the difficulty in [...]
Free Multimedia Content
The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. HippoCampus offers multimedia lessons and course materials to help you with your instruction, homework and studies. Most topics include information targeted at AP students, too. Here are some examples:
Newton’s First Law of [...]
Using Google Docs
Google Docs lets your students create documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms online that can be accessed from any where. They can also share their documents to collaborate on assignments or let you review their work.
Google Docs is integrated with our Moodle site so that when students log in to Moodle they are also logged [...]
More School News Videos on the Web
Several Baldwin County schools are now publishing their school news programs on our district media server. Elementary and high school students are learning how to write scripts, record video and then edit it to keep the school and community informed about what’s happening at their school. Some schools are shooting their news reports in front [...]
Freemind Graphic Organizer
I have been looking at different types of graphic organizers lately. I have decided that most everything for me falls in to two groups. Shape type organizers like you would find in Inspiration and mind maps. Most people are familiar with Inspiration style. You build shapes with words in them and then connect them in [...]
New to Moodle: Google Docs
We’ve been using Moodle for several years to provide teachers with an easy way to create and manage online activities for students. We’ve now tied Google apps to our Moodle site. The first part of Google apps that is available to students is Google Docs.
What’s Google docs? Watch Google docs in Plain English for an [...]
SMART Version 10
SMART released a new version of the Notebook software this past year. After testing and giving it some time to make sure all the bugs are out, I can safely say now is the time to upgrade. The new version (10) works pretty much just like the old one but does have some new enhancements. [...]
New Moodle Activity: Real Time Quiz
A new activity has been added to Moodle: Real Time Quiz. This is a multiple-choice quiz designed for use in a face-to-face lesson. This is perfect for our eMINTS classrooms and use in computer labs. In a class with just a few computers, students could work in groups, too.
When using [...]
Best Web Presence
IT Services is pleased to announce its new “Best Web Presence” program. Targeting teachers and schools who are maintaining a great web presence and integrating internet resources into their instruction, the program will highlight innovations in teaching and communication.
Each quarter one teacher will be selected from nominations and applications received by IT Services’ Instructional Technology [...]
New Course Format for Moodle
A new course format is now available to teachers. The Monthly Format allows you to set start/end dates and the course will have one section for each month during that time. It will automatically add a heading to each block showing the name of the month and the year.
You can change from your [...]