Week 11 and New Handouts

In Week 11 we covered Databases and the function CONCATENATE. We also made a new blog in which we displayed 6 or more Google Gadgets that might be useful for teachers. Handouts covering Using CONCATENATE in a Database and Creating a Blog of Google Gadgets are now available under the Syllabus and Handouts area to the right.

Data Base Video Now Available

I have posted links to 2 videos covering Data Base creation under Instructional Videos by John H. Strange on the right side of this blog.

I said in class there was a handout. That is incorrect. I only have the videos as support materials.

Another Possible Source for Teacher Contacts

From Patricia Robbins:
Here is another place where students could possibly find a teacher for the electronic contact assignment: Check This Out.

For additional information see Patricia's Blog.

Week 10

Week 10 was devoted to the development of a Prefessional blog for each student describing the student's teaching tools and approaches. This replaces the web site assignment in the syllabus. Detailed instructions are available and the link to them can be found in the Syllabus and Handouts section on the right side of this blog.

Podcasts

Our podcasts have been approved by Apple and are available on iTunes. To find our podcast, go to the iTunes Store. Select Podcasts. Then do a Power Search. Search for "It's Time for Technology Talk" in the Title section. Then Subscribe to the Podcast. Next go to the Podcast section of YOUR iTunes (not the Store). You will finf an entry for It's Time for Technology Talk. Get any missing episodes and play any episode. Connect your iPod, iTouch or iPhone to your computer and down load the podcasts!
You can keep up to date on the podcasts by going to the EDM 310 Podcast Blog.

New Web Site Instructions

The instructions for completing your "Web Site" have completely changed. Follow these INSTRUCTIONS. I have created an example of what your finished product should be like. Check it out by CLICKING HERE.

Have You Contacted A Teacher From Somewhere Else Yet? If Not, A Suggestion!

While preparing for my podcast, I found a website that is a great way to connect with other teachers. Go to TEACHERS.NET and look for the chatboard. There you will find requests from teachers for penpals for their students. Make a contact and get your homework done. -Shyanne Fant

Wednesday Class WILL Meet October 22

The Wednesday Class was originally scheduled to not meet on October 22 in exchange for ALEX and ACCESS visits.

HOWEVER, this has been changed. The class WILL MEET next Wednesday, October 22. The off day will be October 29.

Week 9

Podcasts!

We have 1 remaining in the 11 and the 2 TT classes. The Wednesday class and the TT 4 class completed their podcasts this week.

Podcasts will be posted during Week 10 and links to all podcasts through this site will be available no later than October 27. It is hoped that syndication through iTunes will begin October 27 as well.

Week 8

In the Tuesday Thursday classes we covered
1. Picasa. Picasa is a Google program (more...even more...Picasa) which
a. helps organize your photographs
b. provides a method for selecting your "better" pictures and putting them in a folder
c. Color correcting photos
d. Adding all sorts of effects to photos
e. Sending photographs to printers
f. Creating CDs of photographs
g. Sending pictures to blogs (an example is in the immediately preceding blog with the picture of an iris.
h. Creating a "Web Album", an example of which can be found in the second previous post. Actually, you already have a Web Album since Google now sends all pictures you upload for your blog to your web album. It will become visible to you when you use Picasa's Web Album tool
i. Creating an "html page" which is not really a page but a collection of pages that work together as if there was one page and lots of other pages that show larger versions of the pictures displayed.

Additional information can be found about Picasa from Google's help area and on the web in general.

Web Site
All classes also covered the start of the development of a web site. We will continue this is Week 10. You need a plan! Create your plan in Google Documents and share your plan with me. You will need 6 "pages (actually separate blogs) for you web site. Your web site must be focused on the tools, approaches or techniques you use as a teacher. The first "page" must be about you, have an approriate picture of you on it, and have links to all the other "pages" in your "web site" (actually a collection of blogs). So here is an outline of what my web site might look like:
1. John Strange's Teaching Tools and Approaches
2. Blogs
3. Google Gadgets
4. Google Documents
5. Google Spreadsheets
6. Google Presentations
and I certainly do not have to stop at 6 pages so I will continue with pages emphasizing the roles I try to model...
7. No Burp Back Education
8. I Don't Know...Let's Find Out
9. It's Free
and ...

If you missed this class do your plan and share it with me as a Collaborator (strange.john@gmail.com)

4 O'clock Class

 

Web Album of Canada

I hope you enjoy my Web Album of Canada.

Just to Remind You....Podcasts Are Elementary

You should read this short blog post by Melissa D'Amico called Podcasts Are Elementary.