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Technology At Northglade MontessoriOur technology at Northglade Montessori is driven by the Montessori Curriculum. We refer to our part of the team as "Technology Support". Technology is integrated into the program to enhance the learning experience of the student. When teachers schedule time for their classs in the computer lab, software is provided to support or supplement the efforts of the

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Technology 2007-2008We have finished 4 weeks of school! We arrived at school this fall to find that we had 4 new computers with flatscreens in each classroom. In the computer lab, we gave the students access to headsets with microphones. And oh the places they can go. Very quickly they have figured out how to use the Audacity program, and the microphone to make their own podcasts. They not only

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Google For EducatorsTools for your classroom.Google Classroom ActivitiesHow to documents for using Google tools.Infinite Thinking MachineThe Infinite Thinking Machine (ITM) is a Google sponsored blog designed to help teachers and students thrive in the 21st century. Through an active blog, an Internet TV show, and other media resources, the ITM shares a "bazillion practical ideas" for turning

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To: All Teachers Re: Ed Performance – District Testing Date: March 5, 2007 Ed Performance testing will take place in the computer lab from March 6 – March 22 for grades 3-6. We will test Reading and Math. All regular scheduled Computer Lab time will be cancelled during those dates. The schedule and make-up schedule are attached. Please observe the following: <!--[if

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Well, winter finally arrived and boy did it arrive. Snow and freezing rain were dumped from Texas to New York by way of Michigan. And of course, we had a snow day in Kalamazoo because of the freezing rain. That means parents of school age children and school employees had to listen to the radio or sit by the TV waiting to read or hear the phrase "no school at Kalamazoo Public Schools."If you have

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Yahoo became one of my favorite Internet place when I first began to use the Internet. Like Google, Yahoo has many free services. Yahoo Mail is one of their most used services. Yahoo Instant Messenger is another popular service. With Messenger, you can talk free to friends and family anywhere in the world if they have a computer and an IM service. For a small fee you can get a phone number and

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One of my favorite places on the Internet is Google. They offer software and tools for free. There are neat things in Google Labs. And Google Earth is out of this world. Google Mars gets even better. If you want free software to manage your pictures, you want Google's Picasa. Google has made it possible to produce, and store Documents and Spreadsheets online for free. Gmail is among the best (

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It hasn't taken very long for Technology to become a routine part of our lives. Many are now the proud owners of a computer with broadband internet access. Some even own laptops that are equipped to pick up wireless internet signals from their phone company (or another source). We shop online, do online banking, play online, and do research online, store our photo albums online and communicate

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This morning TAG people were trained to use the AlphaSmart 3000. This small piece of hardware will give students more opportunities for keyboard practice, encourage and build writing skills, and integrate technology into the teaching and learning experience. The District has supplied Northglade with an AlphaSmart cart containing 30 keyboards. As soon as teachers are trained we will be able to

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Today was a marathon of information. You can access the presenters notes at his Wikki. "A Shifting Notion of What It Means to Teach" "Podcast, Vodcast, Screencast Nation""Blogs: The Next Generation""RSS: Connecting Ideas and Knowledge" Please be sure to scrolldown this page and read the information from Thursday

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I am at the 2006 MACUL Conference today (Thursday, March 9) and tomorrow (Friday, March 10).This morning I attended a session with Kristin Furdak from the Discovery Educator Network. Her topic was "Using Web Logs (Blogs) In and Out of the Classrom". She showed once again the value of blogs (and they are free) to students and educators. She discussed their potential to teaching and learning. But

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Another Monday is here and we have a new week to explore computer technology. Two new sites we are using that you might want to explore at home are: The Talking Book Center and Book Pals. Both sites will serve to strengthen reading for elementary students. The books are fun and the stories hold the students interest. At Book Pals the books are read by members of the actors guild and other

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It has been a busy year. We are 19 school days away from summer vacation. We opened our lab this year with new computers and headphones. We saw our Children's House students on almost a daily basis. They built their reading skills by using material from ReadingA-Z.com. We supplemented this in the lab with visits to Starfall.com. Our other students in E1 and E2, came in regular for Enrichment,

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Email is a valuable tool. It can also become a dangerous tool. It can carry viruses and worms that can damage or destroy valuable data. They can also affect the operation of your computer and even the network that you may be attached to. Do not open emails from people or businesses you do not know (This is an open at your own risk kind of thing.) Do not open attachments.

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Last week, I had the privilege of going to the MACUL Conference. I attended the following sessions. Blogging Before Breakfast: Global publishers (Meg Ormiston) Choose Your Own Adventure (Mark Lada) Establish a Successful Student Tech Assistant Program In Your School (Ronald Knopf) Computer Projects Using MS Office and the Web (Todd Toporski) All Online (Kristin Furdak) Weblogs

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