4OOPS Tech Tricks

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Alvin Toffler
Glitches Happen
Bugs Happen
Outages Happen
Chocolate Happens
Jeans Shrink
…but I digress
Yesterday’s Edublog outage was

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 “Using Assessment Data to Enhance Your Reading Program,” an article I wrote whose title is almost longer than the article itself, is the cover story for the March, 2008 edition of Connected Newsletter, a delightfully innovative print and electronic magazine under the editorship and nurturing of Paige Meredith. Click Here to read the article.

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Where Words ExtEnd  
A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~Eudora Welty, author
Visuals communicate concepts where words end. Words invite students to express a concept, topic, word, or phrase through pictures opens a door to another form of expression. Students also gain ownership when their photos become an online gallery.
Cataloging and managing the photos that students [...]

Great news! See this article from EdWeek.

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“Squid” is the affectionate name for authors of Squidoo pages and that is just what Linda, Pam, Jennifer, Stephanie, Angie, Melissa, Ruth, Pam, Liu, and Barbara became in our “Squidoo for You” session at TCEA. See their great work and leave them an encouraging comment in the Guestbook: http://www.squidoo.com/tcea

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The The 5 W’s of Squidoo:
What is Squidoo? an interactive web-editor portal interface with lots of cool modules!
Where can you Squidoo? anywhere on any computer connected to the Internet
Who can Squidoo? You, me, another can become a “Squid.”
When can you Squidoo? Anytime and Anyplace because the Internet doesn’t close!
Why Squidoo? Because it reflects the interactivity [...]

Glad you made it to beautiful Austin for either the “Kudos, Techies…” session or the “Squidoo” session. Please feel free to click around, investigate, try some of the tips and tricks listed here, leave comments, and return often!
We at OOPS: Our Overnight Planning System appreciate your willingness to serve in our classrooms!
Happy Teaching!

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# 6 You are utilizing a “Plan B” when technology goes down. “Plan B” means: archiving websites, saving online movies to your hard drive or other storage device, and having lesson options available in offline format.
# 7 You are keeping up with computer maintenance through player plug-in updates, virus software updates, weekly virus software scans, avoiding extra [...]

1. You invite students to demonstrate concept mastery through creating a Digital Deliverable such as a: digital product. Need new ideas for products? Click here: http://www.oops.bizland.com/oopsproductpage.htm
2. For computer classroom or lab management, you assign students to specific computers, you begin each lesson with  a Warmup activity which gives you time to troubleshoot tech challenges, and you use [...]

Here is a great, short article on a teacher, Kathy Cassidy’s  experience with classroom blogging in her first grade classroom.
Nope, that’s not a typo: in her 1st grade classroom!!!  Read and be inspired!
http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=2c88fd03-ddb2-4d86-a807-67ddc882aef7&k=46679 
What are some of your best blogging tips?

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