http://mrsal.edublogs.org Random musings from a random mind. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:19:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been using Documents 2, the free version to use as a word processor on the iPod Touches. We have an issue and are trying to find a work around. My students can edit and add information to documents that were originated on Documents 2 and uploaded to our ... http://mrsal.edublogs.org/2009/11/20/ipod-project-update-hiccup-in-system/ After about 2 weeks of use, and not continuous due to my schedule, we are down to about 5 minutes to sign the iPods out and another 5 minutes to sign them back in. This time has decrease dramatically with us getting used to the system. I hand them out ... http://mrsal.edublogs.org/2009/11/20/ipod-project-sign-in-out-update/ After several days of limited roll out with the iPods, we went all in. I have 24 to 25 students in each class. I allotted about 10 to 15 minutes for signing the iPods out and another 10 to 15 minutes for signing the iPods back in. I was hoping ... http://mrsal.edublogs.org/2009/11/20/ipod-rollout-all-in/ On the third day of our PSSA retakes, my classes were once again around ten to twelve students per class. I had about a fifty-fifty mix of experienced users to new users. Granted my experienced users had one or two days of using the iPods in class, but it was ... http://mrsal.edublogs.org/2009/11/10/ipod-rollout-day-three-the-last-of-the-small-groups/ The second day of the iPod rollout was similar to Day One; PSSA make ups kept my class numbers around ten students. I had a mix of students from the previous day and a few students who were logging in for the first time. I had the students partner up ... http://mrsal.edublogs.org/2009/11/10/ipod-rollout-day-two/ This post was started back in October, I am finishing it now.... Yesterday could not have been set up better for the iPod rollout. We have PSSA retakes going on for the seniors. It worked out well for me that many of my students were retaking the PSSA Math section yesterday. ... http://mrsal.edublogs.org/2009/11/09/ipod-classroom-rollout-day-one/ I am trying to get back into the tech tip blog, but things are hectic with the end of the nine weeks here already. I was working with Easiteach in Mrs. Velto's class today and found an easier way to pull up files onto Easiteach. This takes away the need ... http://mrsal.edublogs.org/2009/10/29/tech-tip-easiteach-file-merge/ I have known about Edmodo since sometime during the 2008/2009 school year. I set up an account and even set up my classes. I just never enrolled my students. I was using BlackBoard, which the district had invested in BlackBoard licenses, and I had wanted for my students for years. ... http://mrsal.edublogs.org/2009/10/04/edmodo-set-up-an-online-classroom-easily/ Here is my first Tech Tip Blog Post. It deals with the basic practicalities of making your job easier. There are three programs you need right now, and they are all free. The reason that you need them is that they will allow you to work with others and will ... http://mrsal.edublogs.org/2009/09/30/three-programs-you-need-now/ Q: Why did Australia's GDP hold up better than most in the developed world? A: Mostly because of our trading with China, that has helped us recover from this global crisis. Q: What are you trying to get out of the G20 summit? A: The key of the G20 summit is for us ... http://mrsal.edublogs.org/2009/09/30/q-a-with-prime-minister-kevin-rudd/