Virtually Face to Face

Teaching online in real time

Background
While I was working on my MA I had the oportunity to take a couple of completely online courses. One being an incredible experience and the others being extremely poor. This got me to thinking about the difference between the two classes and what elements made one more effective [...]

Coolmath.com

Students and teachers are always looking for educational games that they can access in school computer labs. Coolmath.com is a great resource for online math materials including a collection of great arithmetic, logic, and spacial awareness games.
These games are not only fun to play, but are mentally stimulating as well. Personal favorites include [...]

Hardware Tip: Freeze your screen

Many teachers that have a digital projector in their classroom use it to display a static image for an assignment or a quiz.  You can use you teacher computer while still displaying a static imae by using the “freeze” or “pause” button on your projector’s remote.
Simply bring up the screen that you want displayed and [...]

Video: Subscribe to Podcasts in iTunes

Here’s a quick video tutorial on subscribing to podcasts in itunes

Or, you can download the iPod compatible video here
Tim

paint.net - Free digital image program for Windows

paint.net
Just learned about a free image editing program for windows and thought I’d pass it along. This is paint.net at www.getpaint.net. This is a great photo editing and graphic creation application with many of the same tools, filters, and functions of Adobe Photoshop without the intense pricetag. This is a great alternative [...]