Technology in Schools

TCEA 2016 Raspberry Pi

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TCEA Raspberry Pi Sessioin

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NISD TechnoPalooza 2014

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TCEA 2014: Raspberry Pi

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ITIC Presentations

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NISD TechnoPalooza

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ISTE Wrap Up

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What a great conference my last ISTE was four years ago in San Antonio as a newbie tech person I was a little overwhelmed by the magnanimity of conference. Four year later I was still overwhelmed. Great sessions, great thinkers and great ideas! Here were my big take a ways.

1. Twitter Rules: I did not take a single note via Word, Evernote, or any type of text tablet. I simply just tweeted out all my thoughts and re-tweet others for my take home and implementation. I just finished compiling all my tweets into categories to help me organize and implement.

2. The power is in the people. As great as social networks are there is still power in meeting the people that I follow or know via the Internet. It also is introduced me to new people and made some great connections.

3. Time: It is so precious to all of us we have make the most out of face to face training. Why are we wasting time training skills that can be taught by a 3 minute video. Lets use face to face training for deep rich learning that affects our students!

Teaching Vocabulary with Technology

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Are you Aware...

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Snipping Tool in Windows 7

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Have you ever wanted to take a quick screen shot of your screen or a portion of your screen to copy and paste into a Word or PowerPoint? There is a quick and easy way to do this in Windows Vista, 7, and hopefully 8. Sorry XP people you will need to upgrade. I use this feature so much I put a shortcut on my Launch Bar so I can get to easily when I need it.

To get to the Snipping tool...
Start Button --->
All Programs --->
Accessories --->
Snipping Tool --->

Using Technology to Teach Vocabulary

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Google Translate and Transliterate

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One of the many challenges we face as Educators is that there are so many languages spoken in the classroom and even if the student speaks English at school that is not always an good indiction that their parents also speak English. There are many tools out there that help teachers and administrators to communicate with students and parents. I have found that most of these tools are free from Google. While none of these tools are perfect, the translation "mistakes" will be out weighed by the effort you took to communicate with the parent.

Google Translate:
Google Translate will instantly translate text from one language to another. It currently supports 67 languages. Need help with pronouncing a word, many any of the languages have spoken word translation. Go check it out... Google Translate.

Google Transliterate:
Here is Google's description of Transliterate, "Google Translator Toolkit offers an automatic transliteration option for converting Roman characters to Arabic or the Indic characters used in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Tamil, and Telugu. This lets you type these languages phonetically in English script and still have them appear in their correct alphabet. Note that this is not the same as translation -- the sound of the words is converted from one alphabet to the other, not the meaning." Go check it out here... Google Transliterate.

There is an App for That:
Are you struggling to communicate with a student and dont have time to go to your computer and type something out? Take out your Android or iOS device and download the Google Translate App. What I like about the app is that you dont even have to type. Just speak into your phone and Google will translate it in to text and audio.

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How to Enable Single App Mode for iOS 6

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How to turn on Single App Mode in iOS 6

Single app mode allows for teachers or parents to lock down their iPhone, iPad or iPod so that students or children cannot wonder to different apps and "forces" them stay on task.

Setttings ----> General ----> Accessibility ----> Guided Access ----> ON

"Guided Access keeps the iPhone on a single app, and allows you to control which features are available. To start Guided Access, triple- click the Home button in the app you want to use."

Communication, Communication, Communication

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Did you know that 90% of text messages are read within the first three minutes of being sent? What a great way to communicate with students and parents! A simple alert to let them know of upcoming events like field trips, projects, or test. Here are three ways teachers can send text messages to students without using there cell phone number.

How to send a text through your email client such as Outlook:

You simply need their cell phone number and mobile service provider such as AT&T, Sprint, Altel, etc...

Parents and students need to know the standard disclaimer "standard text message rates will apply"

Here is the formula you need [10 digit telphone number]@
Example: 8175551234@txt.att.net

Sprint: @messaging.sprintpcs.com
ATT: @txt.att.net
Nextel: @messaging.nextel.com

Alltel: @message.alltel.com

T-mobile: @tmomail.net

Verizon: @vtext.com

Tracfone: @mmst5.tracfone.com

MetroPCS: @mymetropcs.com

How to send a text through Twitter:

In the last six months Twitter has introduced "Twitter Fast Follow." This service allows anyone with a cell phone to receive your tweets as text message. Teachers would need to create a twitter account and then parents and students could subscribe by texting Follow @teachersname to 404-04. Here is a link to Twitter's easy to set up guidelines. Twitter Fast Follow

There is an APP for that:

Remind 101 will actually work with any phone but there is a dedicated iPhone app specifically for Remind 101. Teachers can sign up and receive a code for students and parents to input and receive text messages. No personal information is ever exchanged. Go check it out. Remind 101

Twitter as a Virtual PLC Northwest ISD

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Teaching Vocabulary with Technology

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Socrative Student Response System

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RMS: Web 2.0 in the Classroom

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RMS: Twitter as a Virtual PLC

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How to use Twitter as a Virtual PLC

iPads in the Classroom (WMS)

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iPads in the classroom

Google Earth for Social Studies Teachers 10/7 & 10/11

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Throckmorton IWB Presentation

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BYOD Bring Your Own Device: Social Studies 8/18

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Virtual Field Trips: Social Studies 8/18

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How to connect your Facebook and Twitter in 5 Easy Steps

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I the world of Social Media most companies and schools have a Facebook and Twitter account, do not update each individually, link the accounts together. Here is how to do so...

Step 1: Sign in to your Facebook account

Step 2: Go to www.facebook.com/twitter Click the Link Facebook to Twitter button

Step 3: Choose the Fanpage you would like to link to Twitter

Step 4: Put in your Twitter account username and password for authorization

Step 5: Update your status on Facebook to see if it automatically post to Twitter