Off To A Great Semester With Technology!
A new semester has begun and I have added a few new ways to help my students succeed. I borrowed my colleague’s idea to have 2 students take notes during every class using a Livescribe smartpen. I...
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Dragon Naturally Speaking Web Link I have started on a quest to make math more accessible! I recently purchased Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Premium ver 11.0. It just came today and I have been...
View ArticleCreating INTERACTIVE activities with HyperStudio5!
Link to the official Hyperstudio website In my spare time (ha ha) I have been playing with Roger Wagner’s Hyperstudio 5. (Luckily Roger Wagner himself has been helping me!!) What a fun program!...
View ArticleMaking Math More Accessible For ALL Students
Reaching Different Learning Styles Through Technology As you can probably tell, I have 2 passions that drive my teaching….technology and helping students. My latest journey has been traveling down a...
View ArticleCreating a Text Embedded Interactive Worksheet with a Livescribe Smartpen
EMBEDDING TEXT BEHIND A LIVESCRIBE PENCAST PDF Recently I learned how to embed text behind a Livescribe pencast and it has changed everything! I created a short interactive worksheet to show what can...
View ArticleMy Student Hyperstudio Projects
Student Hyperstudio5 Projects The final project I had my Math For Elementary Teachers do for the course was to create an interactive Hyperstudio Project. The projects are too large to be viewed well...
View ArticleCreating Animations and Video on the iPad using Doceri 2.0
Can I just start with “WOW”!?! I got back from ISTE, overwhelmed with all the new and amazing tools and apps I learned about! Luckily the great folks at Doceri let me play with their beta 2.0 version...
View ArticleAn Intelligent iPad Stylus
I recently wrote about Doceri 2.0, which comes out today ( July 24, 2012) at noon PST in iTunes stores! The old version is called Doceri Remote, which was version 1.2.2 but the new version will just...
View ArticleWorking on iPads in a Flipped Math Class
This is the 2nd semester I am flipping my Intermediate Algebra classes. The students are required to access the online ebook and take notes BEFORE coming to class. I have Livescribe pencast...
View ArticleNew Tech to Try!
I apologize for not writing more posts this semester, but I have been swamped with work and play I just received the new wi-fi Livescribe smartpen called SKY today and I promise to write a blog post...
View ArticleCreating More Engaging Videos
I wanted to share a blog post I wrote for my new business, On Demand Curriculum (www.ondemandcurriculum.com). Normally, I don’t plan on posting the same content on both sites, but this one seemed...
View ArticleBack in the game
Things have been crazy busy since I retired last May from teaching at Mesa Community College! I sailed in the Virgin Islands for 3 weeks, then had several projects waiting for me when I returned....
View ArticleUsing Doceri to Replace Smartpen Pencasts
Since Livescribe took down the Echo community site where I had over 500 pencasts stored, I have completely quit using their product. Instead, I now use a much better product, which is a free app on...
View ArticleExploring Teaching in VR
For the past few years I have been focusing on creating professional videos using Camtasia. Yesterday I stumbled upon the platform Engage for teaching lessons in virtual reality. I am really excited...
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