Audacity to iMovie
May 15, 2012 in Growing, Laboratory, Shining, Students, Teachers, Understanding
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TIS Chess Club
April 27, 2012 in Growing, Laboratory, Newsletters, Parents, Shining, Students
Dear Parents and Guardians:
Your child is invited to join the TIS Chess Club. This year the Chess Club will be meeting on Wednesdays May 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd from 3:30 – 4:30 in the TIS Lab.
The TIS Chess Club welcomes students of every ability level, from the complete beginner to accomplished grand masters. Everyone will learn new tactics, new strategies and will have FUN!
The membership fee for Chess Club is $10 (scholarships available) and is valid through their entire school career. This small fee will help to ensure that Chess Club will be able to continue next year. There are no refunds. Students will also receive a tournament style board and pieces in order to practice at home with friends and family.
Students MUST have a permission form signed by a parent in order to join. Please indicate below if your child will be picked up, or will be walking home on their own. Please be in the school driveway loop by 4:35 if you will be picking up your child.
Students are welcome to bring snacks to the Chess Club.
Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Mr. EarthTree
Enrichment & Technology Teacher
Telluride Intermediate and Middle Schools
cearthtree@telluride.k12.co.us
Calendar: goo.gl/tRHbn
www.earthtree.org
(970) 235-0155
eNetColorado
February 28, 2012 in Growing, Teachers
Teachers,
Here’s a great opportunity to explore teaching strategies infused with technology (and get credit!). I’m going to sign up for “Project-Based Approach.” Let me know if you do too! :)
Hat tip to Chris Delaney-Haynes for this.
eNetColorado
New MacServer Address
February 13, 2012 in Growing, Teachers, Understanding
Teachers: Along with access to Google Docs, all of your students also have a username and password for logging in to the macs that enable them to store files in their folders. This will give them virtual access from nearly any Mac in the school. Now when students log in, they will automatically connect to folders that they share with teachers. (Thanks Chery!… and to Courtney for the new address.)
A shared folder for each grade level enables you to quickly distribute or collect files. Students have the right to delete any file in the folder, so be sure to save files in a safe place after students submit their work. Otherwise, you may have students accidentally deleting files that belong others. In other words, the shared folder shouldn’t be used to archive work.
Unlike students, teachers have to connect to the server in order to access this shared folder. Here’s how to access this shared folder.
- Click on your desktop.
- Click on “Go.”
- Click on “Connect to Server…”
- Type in “afp://macserver/UserData” and click on “connect”
- Select the year folder that your students graduate. 4th=2020, 5th=2019, 6th=2018.
- Select the year folder + group.
Have your secretary type it up!
January 18, 2012 in Growing, Laboratory, Teachers
You’ve always wanted a DRaT Center, you just didn’t really know what to call it.
If you’ve ever wished that you had a secretary or dedicated parent who could record and transcribe student stories and content, there’s a free service available to you that will do just that, Google Voice. It gives you a local phone number that students (or anyone) can call and leave a message. The message is then transcribed and emailed to you. Now you have two useful items, a typed copy of what the student said and an mp3 file. You can use this service to create your very own, easy to use, DRaT Center (Digital Recording and Transcription Center). Photo Credit
The transcription feature of Google Voice alone is a huge classroom assistance. I’m sure you’ve had students with amazing storytelling abilities that were so challenged by writing that they avoided telling their stories. With this service they can easily tell their story and spend more time editing and revising than typing. This is also a great tool for English language learners. You can use it to capture quarterly snapshots of their oral language development. Image Credit
The instant recording to mp3 is incredible! If you don’t have netbooks or microphones for your desktop computer, no worries, go old-school with a telephone. You can easily use it to capture quarterly snapshots of reading fluency. Students can record their stories and reports for podcasting or digital storytelling. They can use Audacity to edit the audio and even add background music. Image Credit
There are even more astonishing features available with Google Voice. Check out this video for more information.
Here’s how to get started.
- Login in or sign-up for a Google account (www.google.com/voice)
- Choose a phone number
- Create a sign to put near the classroom phone with directions. Like this one. DRaT Center.doc
These are just a few ideas of how to use Google Voice in the classroom. How would you use it?
