Technology Memo #5

1. Grades – What do I miss most about the classroom? Grading. I mean teaching was fun and all, but grading was by far the best of times. Well it’s that time of the year again. Grades are to be verified by 8:00 AM Thursday, October 1^st. To access the updated end-of-six-weeks checklist for your grade, go to Blackboard>Elliott Staff Resources>Documents>Technology>Gradespeed. As always e-mail me with any questions that you may have, preferably before 7:59 AM on Thursday morning. “We will be 100% verified on time, we will be 100% verified on time,…” Hey, it worked for Dorothy.

2. Elliott Student Links – Use the Elliott Student Links in your computer centers. I have been scavenging good links the whole summer. See what’s new. Also, please send me more Spanish websites and descriptions. Thank you Angie!

3. Website of the Week – Del.icio.us – Mmmmm, social bookmarking, mmmm, it’s delicious! This is one of the rare teacher resources that turns into a student resource as well. Basically you keep your favorite websites stored on the web and you can access them from any computer. You can then also share them easily. I will give a three step introduction on how to use this website in the next three weeks. First begin by signing up for the website by clicking the “join now” button. Follow the steps for getting your links uploaded. Use your Irving ISD e-mail address. It will be easier when we share links with one another. Take a look at how I use it on my blog. Scroll down the left side and look for “del.icio.us bookmarks.” Click on the word “Author” and tell me who my favorite author was to use in the classroom. The first person to figure it out wins a prize, a digital camera tripod (as shown below…and no the camera does not come with it, neither does the ITS). It’s very useful for Claymation and other digital camera projects.