http://bettysbytes.edublogs.org Technology in education news & tips Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:02:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Twittering, podcasting, blogging, posting, reading, researching, keeping up with the news and sports, finding and communicating with friends, making new friends, buying and selling, comparing, writing, mashing, googling, binging, banking, investing, learning, sharing.... While reading my tweets today, I was reminded how much is available to us through technology. Take a few minutes to view ... http://bettysbytes.edublogs.org/2009/11/22/technology/ Project Gutenberg is an Internet site that allows you without cost to read online or download (to your computer, iPod, Kindle or other device) over 30,000 ebooks. The books are ones whose copyrights have expired. There are other sites listed here http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Partners,_Affiliates_and_Resources and libraries like one of the oldest at the University ... http://bettysbytes.edublogs.org/2009/11/08/free-books-online/ Do not let the word "podcasting" be intimidating. Podcasting can be as simple as recording a daily lesson as it is presented and posting it somewhere for others to access; how nice would that be for a student who missed a lecture or explanation of an assignment or theory! There ... http://bettysbytes.edublogs.org/2009/10/03/podcasting/ Although we have PC's at work, I am an Apple person at home. My latest discovery is a drawing program for my Mac called Seashore, available as a free download from SourceForge. No artist am I, but I have had such fun exploring the program and making my first drawing. [caption ... http://bettysbytes.edublogs.org/2009/09/27/drawing/ Outstanding educators The new Renaissance Academy has many outstanding educators including Mrs. Amanda Ash, the Virginia Beach City Public Schools Teacher of the Year, Mr. Gabriel Wetmore, Virginia Beach Central Academy Teacher of the year, and many former teachers of the year from their respective schools. Resources for teachers The Teacher Forum Leadership Council in ... http://bettysbytes.edublogs.org/2009/09/20/renaissance/ Blogging has become so common that it is nearly impossible to keep up with the blogs that may pique your interest. I subscribe to RSS feeds of some of those that interest me, and yet I still have difficulty reading all the few subscriptions. On the whole, I try to ... http://bettysbytes.edublogs.org/2009/06/22/lms-conference-and-blogging/ As a parent and an educator, I am outraged at the lack of common sense exhibited by the Virginia Department of Education in its refusal to grant a waiver to the SOL requirements to Ms. Lauren Cootes at Frank W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach. Please read the following ... http://bettysbytes.edublogs.org/2009/06/14/virginia-department-of-education-common-sense/ It is a busy time of year for all of us in education; but it is difficult to believe that it has been almost a month since my last post. The last weeks have been filled with a variety of activities including: prepping for SOL tests and enduring the testing process ... http://bettysbytes.edublogs.org/2009/06/14/a-month-without-posts/ Today a colleague and I were trying to meet a deadline; input was needed from both of us in a hurry, and we were miles apart. Hurrah for Google Docs and Spreadsheets! Collaboration online was a cinch! I uploaded  her spreadsheet and sent her the link with edit rights. VOILA! ... http://bettysbytes.edublogs.org/2009/05/15/deadlines-collaboration-and-google/ While reading during Spring Break, I found one of my favorite newsletters - the Classroom Connect "Connected Newsletter"; the June 2008 edition was the final issue. Online I have been able to find little from years of publications other than the final calendar with links; once opened, you can use ... http://bettysbytes.edublogs.org/2009/04/30/links-wikipedia-for-schools/