Tag Archives: textbooks

Alfie Kohn on Grades

3-Alfie Kohn- The Case Against Grades Nov. 2011

Diane Ravitch “Changing the Poison Narrative”

4-Diane Ravitch-Changing the Poisonous Narrative Dec. 2011_Jan. 2012

I just finished Reading________What should I Read Next?

http://bookseer.com/

Sites For More Effective Google Searches and Verifying Information

http://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.html

http://www.googleguide.com/cheatsheet_teens.html  Google Searches for Teens (Making searching easier)

http://www.alexa.com/  Site used to verify the validity of a site.

 

 

 

Screen Casting from Alan November

http://novemberlearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/screencasting.pdf

iPad 2 printing

“Print” and “Print n Share” Apps (In theory, print documents to any wireless printer):

This is a little quirky but it does work.  This gets around the needing an AirPrint printer

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/print-n-share-for-advanced/id301656026?mt=8   $8.99

To print a document in Google Docs on the iPad

Choose a document

Change the document to Desktop Version (drop down menu next to “Edit”

Click on “Continue to desktop version ( I get an error message-cancel it)

Click on the print icon towards the upper left corner

The page appears-Touch the upper Right hand corner of the page-Open in “Print and Share”

Choose your wireless printer and then print

 

Images:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/print-print-to-all-printers/id299423224?mt=8     $2.99

Touch the “Print Icon”

Touch “+” in the lower left hand corner-Choose photo library

Choose a picture in the library

Touch the print icon in the upper left hand corner-Choose your wireless printer and print.

100 iPad Apps Perfect For Middle School

http://edudemic.com/2011/11/ipad-middle-school/

The Internet is Revolutionizing Education

http://www.bestedsites.com/

Two great Guides

Super Book of Web Tools For Educators

Making Videos On The Web

 

 

Back in School

It is time to start blogging again. Our school is the middle of a major renovation.  As soon as I am settled in, I will continue to add to this blog I will also attempt to continue with the photo of the day tradition.  Talk to you soon and welcome to the 2011-2012 school year.