Category Archives: Staff
Reduce Your Presentation Anxiety!
13+1 tips to reduce presentation anxiety by @orsnemes from Orsolya Nemes
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Pinning Technology Enhanced Items (TEI) Galore on Pinterest!
While searching for online TEI web sites for my teachers, I found a wealth of boards on the popular web site, Pinterest. It is worth creating a free account to follow my Technology Enhanced Items (TEI) board. I have repinned 25 sites so far from ITRTs from other divisions in Virginia as well as added […] Continue reading
Be kind to your projector!
We are fortunate to have so many innovative tools to use with our students! I have even heard some teachers exclaim, “I couldn’t teach if they took away my board!” As we learn to leverage these innovative and powerful tools, we see their potential for greatly impacting student learning. Please take the time to turn […] Continue reading
Dropbox – Pictures from iPad to Computer
(If you haven’t yet installed Dropbox on your laptop, you will need to do so at this link: http://db.tt/zRNN5wV.) If you need a reminder as to how to transfer pictures from your iPads to your computers so you can print them, etc., you can download the directions again here. Continue reading
Henrico21 Changes for 2011-2012
Now that Mother Nature has calmed down, and we are well into the new school year, it’s time to start thinking about Henrico21 lesson submissions for the 2011-2012 school year. There are quite a few changes that have been made to the process for this year including the deadlines. I will highlight the changes below, […] Continue reading
Julie’s Web2.0 Resources for the Classroom Glog
This Glog is a continuous work in progress as I come across Web2.0 resources ideal for the elementary classroom
Lakeside Principal is on the Technology Ride!
Whoa! Herb Monroe, the principal at Lakeside Elementary School, sent his faculty and staff an exciting and motivational welcome back to school message while riding a rollercoaster! … or is he? Watch his movie below and you decide! Herb Monroe – Welcome Back to School Mr. Monroe’s secret: The movie feature of Photobooth! One of […] Continue reading
Book Characters Come Alive at Colonial Trail!
To promote the love of literacy at Colonial Trail, the faculty, staff, and students all dressed up as their favorite book characters just in time for Halloween! Can you guess who this not so big bad wolf is and who the five happy little pigs are? Continue reading
Maps and Globes Interactive Pixie Templates!
During a consultation with Denise Hoffer, a second grade teacher at Colonial Trail, she showed me a series of screenshots of a Hyperstudio activity on Maps and Globes that she obtained. Since we no longer have Hyperstudio, she asked me how we can re-create the activity making it interactive for her students. After careful consideration, […] Continue reading
