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Anyone using Moodle in HS math class?

by Donna

Jan 29, 2008

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If so, how are you using it? How do you augment your
class with it? Do your students use it? What do you do
about the student that doesn't have internet at home?
Thanks.

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Dreamweaver

by Marcy Austin

Jan 30, 2008

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Would anyone suggest using Dreamweaver a a teaching tool
for my 8th graders. It would be a way to introduce HTML
coding in my compter class. Any suggestions?

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Bruce /blockquote>

Marcy, Dreamweaver is a tool thats automatically creates the
HTML for you, If your goal is teaching HTML, first try
explaining the syntax of the language then move to dreamweaver
to show how the tool creates the HTML.

On 1/30/08, Marcy Austin wrote:
> Would anyone suggest using Dreamweaver a a teach...See More

Feb 11, 2008

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bilal secer /blockquote>

On 2/03/08, Beth wrote:
> I've never taught it but love using it. I manage our school
> website. It is the easiest web building software out there.
> So, to answer your question "yes". It would be beneficial
> because you can view the code or the page as you created it.
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Mar 3, 2008

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Hollywood-Tom Snyder Productions

by Mary

Feb 1, 2008

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I am thinking about buying this software for middle school
students to encourage more writing. Does anyone have any
information, good or bad about this? In the Scholastic
catalog it is listed for grades 4-8 and Hollywood High for
grades 6-12.

Thanks

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Software

by Amy Fanning

Feb 6, 2008

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I was reading about different software. I teach computers
and I am always looking for fun different software. I
thought I would share that there is tons of different free
software that you can find at OpenSource Software. There
are tons and tons of different types of software you can
use. There are diffe...See More

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Accelerated Reader

by Alice

Feb 10, 2008

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My principal recently purchased this program for our
school computer lab. We had a brief training on it and I
am now questioning just how valuable a tool this will be
to my 4th grade students. We are a Title 1, API5 school
and the majority of my students with grade level text. Am
I incorrect that Acceler...See More

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Barb /blockquote>

Accelerated Reader is a testing program on books read. It can
be a very useful program, but I don't think it should be your
whole reading program. I believe you should use your 4th
grade reading textbooks for weekly stories and skills grades,
but the AR program is wonderful in that you can have students
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Feb 28, 2008

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RJ /blockquote>

> Am I incorrect that Accelerated Reader is more of an
> assessment/testing tool than it is a learning tool? Anyone
> have any experiences with it they would like to share?

If your kids are mostly on-level, then Book Punch is a more
suitable option for you. Book Punch provides guided writing ...See More

Apr 17, 2008

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Smartboard help

by kmt

Feb 12, 2008

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I am so excited about my new learning "toy". Right now
that is what it is. I am needing some help in what to do
with it. I have it hooked up and ready to roll. I have
started a powerpoint presentation for my students....but I
know this thing must be able to do so much more. I would
like some ideas. I tea...See More

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Jason /blockquote>

Ithink I can help out. Where are you located? I am an
education consultant for SMART Technologies and we provide
free curriculum training for your district. If you have any
questions please feel fre to write. The last tread about
visiting our website was a great tip. Many videos and
tutuorials as well as...See More

Feb 20, 2008

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Laura Sanderford /blockquote>

On 2/12/08, kmt wrote:
> I am so excited about my new learning "toy". Right now
> that is what it is. I am needing some help in what to do
> with it. I have it hooked up and ready to roll. I have
> started a powerpoint presentation for my students....but I
> know this thing must be able to...See More

Feb 26, 2008

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Has anyone tried GradeCam?

by Jon Peterson

Feb 15, 2008

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Does anyone have experience with GradeCam? It looks like a
really cool product. I'm wondering if anyone can relate
there personal experience with it.

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Stan I've been trying to use GradeCam to grade my benchmark exams, as well as the normal quizzes in class. It has the potential to tell you what your kids are choosing, which is nice. But so far, I can't say I've had the greatest results. I had a camera problem, but they quickly sent me a new camera. The second camera works, but I have to put a box over...See More

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Lareina Saindon Our district purchased the gradecam system for our entire district to use on our macs. It uses the camera built in to the macs instead of having to have the gradecam camera. Sounds great, right? Well, sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. I have yet to figure out why one day it will scan like there is no tomorrow and another day I can't get it to sc...See MoreOur district purchased the gradecam system for our entire district to use on our macs. It uses the camera built in to the macs instead of having to have the gradecam camera. Sounds great, right? Well, sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. I have yet to figure out why one day it will scan like there is no tomorrow and another day I can't get it to scan anything! It is very touchy and very frustrating some days! I am in the middle of a research paper right now that I made it part of before knowing it would be a problem. When I am done with that, I will probably never use it again. You can never get a hold of customer service, if you are lucky enough to even be able to find an email address or phone number for them. I am very disappointed!Once they have your money, you are on your own!

On 12/09/09, Stan wrote: > I've been trying to use GradeCam to grade my benchmark exams, as > well as the normal quizzes in class. It has the potential to tell > you what your kids are choosing, which is nice. But so far, I can't > say I've had the greatest results. I had a camera problem, but they > quickly sent me a new camera. The second camera works, but I have > to put a box over the camera and paper to cut down on the light. > Otherwise the papers are over-exposed and it doesn't read. I wrote > to support, but this time I still haven't received a response. So > far I haven't had any luck moving my scores to my gradebook, but > that might be me. It's not obvious. > > On 2/22/08, JST wrote: >> I completely disagree. I've been using it for the last two >> years and found it to be an immensely valuable tool. I've >> always been amazed at how poorly a student can bubble it in and >> it will still read if fine. Much better than scantron in this >> regard. It's really a life saver. >> >> On 2/20/08, MARK wrote: >>> teacher in fifth grade tried it a year ago and found it buggy >> and hoped it was >>> better now but still quits in the middle of a quiz and won't >> retain grades so must >>> scan all forms again. It is very picky on how it wants the >> bubbles to be filled in >>> and my student aren't consistent enough to make it practical. >> sorry i must call >>> the 200 dollar investment a waste!

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