I just received a copy of InspireData from Inspiration Software today.
www.inspiration.com
I will be trying it out and seeing what I can do with it with my students.
I already have an idea to use it with the new weather station the school bought the other week.
The data we collect can be organized using this software.
It even has a feature to make e-surveys. THAT I would like to try out.
The students should get a kick out of it too.
We'll just have to wait and see about that.
I just hope it doesn't just collect dust sitting on the shelf like some other pieces of software and equipment.
Later all.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Saturday, February 2, 2008
DEN Virtual Conference wrap up
Back from the Michigan site for the Discovery Educator Network Virtual Conference.
It was a good time. I would like to be able to have a quiet week home alone to be able to go through all the Web 2.0 tools and sites, be able to use the tools and sites to enhance my assignments and quizzes that I put together at Discovery Education Streaming. Here is just a partial list of what the virtual and in-person sessions talked about:
Voicethread.com
blabberize.com
slideshare.com
toondoo.com
moonk.com
moasickr.com
clubpenguin.com
truemedia.com
twitter.com
myplick.com
Some of the sites are not really appropriate for school use but a teacher to enhance their lessons can use the tool.
I also learned there is a way to use a "green screen" in moviemaker. I'll try that out as I use that with my student broadcast team at school for their weekly news show.
Speaking of which; my session on putting together a broadcast team and using Movie Maker to edit and publish a student broadcast went OK. I could have done more with the demonstration of the program and had the teachers there use the program and make their own short show. Oh, well. It was only my first presentation at a PD/workshop/conference that was outside my school.
Now I will begin to focus on the demo lesson that I will do at the MACUL conference in March. At least I will be sharing the stage with another teacher from Flint.
It was a good time. I would like to be able to have a quiet week home alone to be able to go through all the Web 2.0 tools and sites, be able to use the tools and sites to enhance my assignments and quizzes that I put together at Discovery Education Streaming. Here is just a partial list of what the virtual and in-person sessions talked about:
Voicethread.com
blabberize.com
slideshare.com
toondoo.com
moonk.com
moasickr.com
clubpenguin.com
truemedia.com
twitter.com
myplick.com
Some of the sites are not really appropriate for school use but a teacher to enhance their lessons can use the tool.
I also learned there is a way to use a "green screen" in moviemaker. I'll try that out as I use that with my student broadcast team at school for their weekly news show.
Speaking of which; my session on putting together a broadcast team and using Movie Maker to edit and publish a student broadcast went OK. I could have done more with the demonstration of the program and had the teachers there use the program and make their own short show. Oh, well. It was only my first presentation at a PD/workshop/conference that was outside my school.
Now I will begin to focus on the demo lesson that I will do at the MACUL conference in March. At least I will be sharing the stage with another teacher from Flint.
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