Archive For The “technology” Category
We’ve used Vernier probes and LoggerPro frequently in our classes for years, usually using a computer/LabPro interface to collect data. We of course always get good data, but the limiting factor is always the computer, as boot up/login time on our network could take anywhere from 5-10 minutes. Since we’ve got 40-minute periods on most [...]
I recently discovered Juno, an interesting online program for creating and publishing lessons, assignments and assessments. Terie Engelbrecht has a great blog post on using Juno for assessments. Since break interrupted our current unit, I’ve been exploring using Juno to create a review for my students. Today, I tried to convert it into a mini mobile [...]
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 This will be the final post of the Build Your Own Theme series. I will post another series about organizing a class site. In this post, we’ll customize the site appearance, and publish as a template for future use. Customize or remove Search Box Sometimes you design a nice [...]
For the most part, I’m very happy with Google Docs. The ease of sharing and collaboration make it a useful classroom tool. The most recent updates make it possible to completely replace desktop word processors with Google Documents. Google Drawings has some limitations (in font formatting), but offers most functions found in Paint. The lack [...]
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 First, I made some adjustments to my color scheme. Instead of the off-white color (which looks weird), I went to Manage Site > Colors and Fonts and changed the following to white (#FFFFFF): Page background color Horizontal navigation hover background color Horizontal navigation selected background color Horizontal navigation dropdown [...]
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