Tech Bytes
Your Weekly Techspiration! - 10/16/13
Listening to Reading
Do you use the "Listening to Reading" page on the student wiki? I have some updates regarding the accessibility of a few of the websites on this page.
- Storyline Online - The website redesign is beautiful! Students need to click on the gray SchoolTube button on the top left to be able to view these videos.
- Speakaboos - You used to get an error message while trying to play these videos. The problem has been fixed.
- AOL Kids - This is the site that held those wonderfully narrated Arthur stories! AOL did a website redesign and the current hyperlink does not link to the stories. I have not heard back from AOL regarding this issue. If you happen to find these stories, please let me know and I will change the link.
Shutting Down Desktop Computers/Student Laptops
Have you noticed that there is no "Shut down" feature on your desktop computers and student laptops? Here are directions that show you how to shut down the machines. Please shut down laptops before returning them to the carts.
Blogging Resources
Lots of classrooms have caught the blogging bug! Follow this link to the blogging page on our Tech Integration Wiki. There, you will find a number of high quality resources to give you ideas on how to use blogs, create guidelines, set parameters for commenting, etc. Please let me know if I can support you and your students' use of this tool.