Fife Schools Technology

NECC (National Educational Computing Conference) is one of the largest (if not the largest) conferences on education and technology in the country. This year it is being held in Washington, DC. Since it isn’t in the budget to attend a conference across the country, there are a number of ways to still benefit from the information being shared.

One way is by accessing the handouts being created for the various presentations. You can search for handouts and download them by visiting http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/program/presenter_handouts.php .

This is a website with numerous math resources including games, manipulatives, videos, and puzzles.

http://www.mathplayground.com/

Check it out and let me know what you find helpful on this site so we can pass it on to others.

I’ve been following the iLearn Technology Blog for a few months now and appreciate its recommendations for free educational resources on the Internet. I particularly appreciate that it provides suggestions for how to integrate this technology into the classroom.

This and other blogs help us to become more aware of the many free online resources that teachers can use.

I would recommend adding the iLearn Technology blog to your list of RSS feeds.

http://ilearntechnology.com/

Each summer, our tech team works hard to perform needed maintenance on our computer systems and to make preparations for the coming school year.

Staff members, we need your help as we plan our summer tasks.

Please provide us with some information regarding changes and needs for the coming fall by filling out a brief survey.

The link to the survey was sent via email to all staff.

To start the survey, click on the “Respond to this Survey” Link on the webpage.

Let us know if you have problems accessing or completing the survey.

Note that if you do not give us info via the survey, any tech support requests for the fall will be given lower priority over those requests submitted to us ahead of time via the survey.

In addition to the survey, please take care of the following before you leave for the summer:

· Clear away any items around computers in your classroom. We will be performing maintenance and need access without having to disturb your things.

· Safely store your projector and document camera. The best place may be a cupboard where it is safe and dust free.

· If you move any furniture, please do not block access to your computer(s).

· Delete old emails so that your mailbox doesn’t fill up over the summer.

· Delete old files from your documents folder.

Let us know if you have any questions and thanks for helping us to help you.

Thinkfinity is a website where you can search for educational resources such as lesson plans, online games, and other helpful items.

http://www.thinkfinity.org/

I haven’t spent enough time with it to fully understand the quality and quantity of its contents. I’d be interested in feedback if you spend time with it.

Need help understanding what your teen is texting? Having a hard time deciphering the alphabet soup of acronyms?

Try DTXTR (short for detexter, like decipher but for texting) at http://www.lgdtxtr.com/ .

It’s a translator where you can type in a “texting” phrase and you’ll be given the meaning.

There’s even reverse translation but not all common phrases translate into text-speak so it’s hit and miss.

Give it a try!

TTFN