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Check out this awesome Screencast by Liz Davis.
This screencast is all about Flock an internet browser by Firefox.

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Please post an answer to these Survey Questions:
What are some ways your child/students use technology?
Name the technology tools that your child/students uses?

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As I was sitting at Jury Duty and completely bored, I noticed that people were doing a variety of things! Some brought their laptops, cell phones, books, magazines, newspapers, notes, paper, and pens. It was a group that did not know each other and had never met before. We all had one thing in common…to [...]

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Here are four computers I use in my classroom. Notice how they have changed over time. The white boxes are up and running which I am thankful to the tech staff for keeping them that way. The dell computers are five years apart…boy have they changed in five years.
The students don’t seem to mind [...]

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Black and white photos seem to be popular now and are easy to make with a digital camera. There are settings that can be used to quickly change from color to black and white.
Our granddaughters look great in this picture! This would be very beautiful on the wall framed in white or black! What [...]

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We have been invited to participate in the Springfield Technology 2008 day held at the capitol building in Springfield, Illinois. My class along with Ms. Esparza’s class will be going on May 7 to this event.
What will we be exhibiting? Blogs, wikis, and podcasting!
About Blogs:
Through The Landmark Project and David Warlick http://classblogmeister.com/ a blog engine [...]

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For years, it has been the teacher’s responsibility to motivate and encourage ALL students to write. Every year students must practice and learn to write persuasive, narrative, and expository essays. Not only do they have to learn the different types of writing, but they have to take a state test that only provides 45 minutes [...]

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This Avatar was made at photobucket. I could not find a way to add audio but the Avatar was very interesting to make. I could see way students would want to make an Avatar and use it on their blogs.
Photobucket is a free tool that stores your images as well as making avatars.
Check it [...]

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This past week has been one of the testing weeks for all students living in Illinois using the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT). http://www.isbe.net/assessment/isat.htm
This test is given over a two week period.
There are many ways to prepare for the ISAT tests; however, nothing prepares a student better than getting plenty of sleep throughout their [...]

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Every day we learn something new!
I was in a meeting with our Tech personnel and found out that when something is blocked the filter will list why it is blocked. For example, it seems that the student links on Class Blogmeister are blocked at our school district because they fall under the term forums and [...]

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