iPod Touch/iPad Workshop

September 22, 2010

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

ESU 10 – Kearney, NE

https://odie.esu10.org

 
This Thursday, September 22, Lisa Pospishil of Norfolk Public Schools will be at ESU 10 to share her expertise in using iPod Touches and iPads in education as well as work with ESU 10 teachers to incorporate the use of the iPods/iPads into school curriculum. 

Teachers should bring an iPod Touch as well as a laptop (for researching and taking notes), and should have a working knowledge of using an iPod Touch and/or an iPad.  The workshop will not cover the basics of iPods or iPads and will focus on reading, although the material will apply to other subject areas as well.

Cost is $25 per person. 

When registering, click on the TASTE Workshop.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

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Graci Gillming 
Technology Training Coordinator
Educational Service Unit 10
Bus: 308-865-5664 X-229
ggillmin@esu10.org

 

Greetings!  It's a blazing hot summer day and it's possible you are keeping cool inside the house, sipping on a cool drink and possibly checking your email.  I thought this would be a good moment for you to check out the new ESU 10 website.  We hope you take a moment and become familiar with it.  Although, I do want to point out to you for those who want to quickly get to the Media Catalog.  Scroll down to the bottom of the ESU 10 Home Page and click on ODIE Login box.  After logging in ODIE click on the Library link on the bottom of the left side bar.  The calendar is ready for you to begin reserving material for the coming year.  You still have a few weeks left of summer, so enjoy!

If you or a loved one texts while driving, this short video clip may
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This information is also listed in ODIE/Library

Thank you Julie Everett for sharing these links!

You might have teachers/districts that like these, so thought I would share the sites that students can use online, instead of paper/pencil:

This sites has +,-,x,/, but only has 36 problems per page.  Very easy to use, however:
http://www.multiplication.com/additionquizzes.htm

This site allows you to set different time limits, but only to 100 problems with +,-,x, and /:
http://www.mrmyers.org/Math_Mania/ttadd.html

The following site only has +,-, and x, and seems to be more difficult because the problems are in more of a list format.  It does not have a variety of different versions:
http://www.kidzone.ws/math/quiz.html

This site can be set for +,-, x, /, and -with a positive result.  It counts the time you took from beginning to end of 100 problems, but you are able to change the values of the top/bottom numbers:
http://judebert.com/progress/worksheet.php

This sites has one minute (40 problems) and two minute (100 problems) tests with a variety of versions for +,-,x,/ that could be used at a learning station/center with MIMIOs:
http://www.dadsworksheets.com/v1/Worksheets/Fact%20Family%20Math.html#Two%20Minute%20Addition/Subtraction

Are any of you using Read Naturally?  Anselmo-Merna is using it and is experiencing more and more 'glitches' with the server-based program.  Have you experienced snags using it?  Supposedly there's a web version.  Is anyone using that with success? 

Please comment to this post or email lorijackson@esu10.org with your experience using Read Naturally.

Thanks!

Happy Spring Language Arts teachers!!!!  I am NOT feeling it... how about you?  Well here are a few links that might bring a little sunshine to your corner of the world!

• Google Tools in Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
• How a Web Search Works
• 10 Resources for Teaching Reading/Literature with Technology
• 5 Simple Things to Help Teachers with Web 2.0
• Video 21 - Are you wondering what 21st Century Skills look like in the classroom?  This is a great list of videos that give examples of different instructional skills.

If you are already using Google at your school or if you are planning to go Google soon, check out these great lesson plans I found.  Use the different Google tools to do these great activities!  These look like a lot of fun and very "21st Century!"  See what you think!

What did you try?  How did it go?
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/lesson_plans.html 

Google Earth has a great showcase established!  Check it out! One showcase item that I wanted to point out is the US President's Showcase.  You can learn about their birthplace and more.  Each is a downloadable Google Earth file!

Happy President's Day!

Earlier this week, we had a "Teaching & Learning in the Elementary Classroom" Workshop in which we focused on web pages and blogging.  I thought you might like to see our notes and our agenda so I have linked those here! 

There is one more "Teaching & Learning in the Elementary Classroom" scheduled for April 20th!  Join us for that day by registering on ODIE!