Robin Young on March 25th, 2009

After posting the update about web cams, I started looking for other new ideas out there for math videos.  Here are a few resources I found: Infomercial: Why do we need to know this?  I’ll never use this in the real world.  The answer to these questions can be found in this math infomercial.  As [...]

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Robin Young on March 24th, 2009

This form was made in Google Docs. Can you imagine having students gather info from at home, or anywhere and then be able to compile that data by opening a spreadsheet in class and talking about the results? Check out this link to a lesson on Walmart and the products country of origin. Loading… Click [...]

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Robin Young on March 13th, 2009

So how good are your powers of observation? Sometimes we only see what we are looking for and miss out on so much more.  Take time to step back and take it all in! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robinstechtips.com%2F%3Fp%3D136′; addthis_title = ‘Awareness+Test+%26%238211%3B+Just+for+Fun’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Robin Young on March 12th, 2009

Recently this web site was sent out through my PLN (personal learning network).  It was given as a suggestion for using technology to teach poetry. http://www.piclits.com/ Basically the website has photos and users can drag and drop words from their gallery onto the picture, or they can write free style.  Here is my first attempt: [...]

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Robin Young on March 11th, 2009

Back in the fall I spent the morning with the 7th grade math teachers on campus.  The focus of our training was how to use webcams in the math classrooms.  Mainly with the idea that a webcam costs under $100 and a document camera costs well over $700.  Our tech ed teacher built stands for [...]

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Robin Young on March 10th, 2009

I watch the news and they refer to their blogs and read reader’s comments on the air.  I listen to the radio and hear about the blogs available there and what listeners have to say about the goings on with the music.  The Entertainment industry is full of blogs, I was tracking down past American [...]

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Robin Young on March 3rd, 2009

I ran across http://www.befunky.com/ through my PLN (Personal Learning Network) and have been playing with the possibilities.   It requires no fees and no sign in or account to be created.  Of course the first place I start when playing with photos is my kids. The process of uploading pictures is very simple: Navigate to the [...]

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