Friday, January 15, 2010

FETC 2010- If it's free it's for me!

FETC 2010 - Understanding and Using Technology in Math and Science Classrooms

Thursday, January 14, 2010

FETC 2010 A Vision of 1:1 Computing Worth Sustaining

FETC 2010 OpenOffice: A proven, viable, and free alternative to Microsoft Office

FETC 2010: YourTake: An online collaborative tool to teach 21st century skills

FETC 2010 Power Googling for educators

Power Googling for Educators
Meg Ormiston
- Use advanced search
Cyberguide
Ppt
Animation
Don’t type in lesson plans
SCORE from California
- Custom Search
Allows you to make a Google Search, but you set the sites that google will search within
Find the sites, name it
Helps focus the research
- Google goggles
Take a picture of an object and it will tell you where you can buy it and how much
- Top 5 fun Google
1. Goog411: free 411 calls or 1-800-466-4411
2. YouTube.com: shouldn’t be blocked for professional educators, you shouldn’t be teaching children if you can’t be trusted with YouTube
3. SketchUp – 3D modeling, research been done and shows that students with Autism function well with SketchUp, Project Spectrum video on YouTube, many videos on YouTube
4. Google Earth
5. Picassa – will now identify faces and allows tagging like Facebook


www.Megormi.wikispaces.com/google

FETC 2010 G-Help! Differentiating math instruction with Google Docs

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FETC 2010 ‘80’s retro café: tech workshops in 60 minutes or less

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FETC 2010 - 100+ Free Internet Resources

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FETC 2010 Deep, deep , dive inside digital: it’s wild in there

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