Placeopedia.com allows users to connect Wikipedia entries with their geographical location. What a great way to see what landmarks/historical entries are located near your home town. It allows anyone one to place entries on the map, so if your area is blank you can search Wikipedia for local landmarks and place them on the map […]
Using e-mail to communicate effectively – Nov. 30th This class will demonstrate how you can use e-mail to more effectively communicate with your peers, students, and parents, and how to save you time! SPAM E-mail filtering – Dec. 7th This session will show you how to set up Squirrel Mail to automatically filter out most […]
This Wired article brings up some very good points on how video games are teaching students today. Not how to carjack and shoot people, but how to manage a group of beings to solve problems (Pikmin), carry out intricate missions (Metal Gear Solid 2), and micromanage resources (Warcraft III). How did videogames become such successful […]
In Parents Fret That Dialing Up Interferes With Growing Up – New York Times, parents are worried that their kids spend too much time on the computer: In interviews and surveys many parents say that their children spend too much time in front of computers and on cellphones. Some parents worry that long, sedentary hours […]
The WILD Wednesday course for November 16th will be: How to use Atomic Learning Atomic Learning provides literally thousands of movie tutorials on using the software already on your machine, including Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. This course will show you how to access the tutorials and how you may use them in your classroom. About […]
This class will show you how to setup a blog for your classroom and allow your students to publish their work or comment on other published work. What you are looking at right now is a blog. A blog consists of posts, such as this one, or static pages, like the ESAL link at the […]