Useful Sites, How-Tos, Student Samples
I’ve always loved the Comic Life program that came with my Mac. It’s available on PCs now and I still think it’s a great program, but a drawback is that it leaves you anchored to a specific computer. Since the program has to be loaded onto individual machines to be used, it makes [...]
Over the Christmas break, I moved a smattering of resources I’ve created over the years onto a wiki. There are a around 5 units (complete with questions and assessments) for novel studies I did when I taught 5th grade. You’ll also find a variety of PowerPoints for U.S. History and other Social Studies [...]
The voting for the “Best of Synthasite” contest is done. While my edutech site didn’t end up winning, I’d like to thank all those who voted for it.
My new year’s resolution is to post to this blog a little more frequently with examples of how my students and I are using technology [...]
Google Docs is an invaluable tool for your students to have in the classroom. We’ve had it at my school for almost a year now and it has enhanced our curriculum immensely. After setting it up at my school and consulting with others who’ve set it up or are working on it, I’ve [...]
1. Create-A-Graph - While you can make a graph fairly easily on various spreadsheet programs, create-a-graph is even easier. I had my students research the decibel levels of various sounds and then graph the results using this app from NCES.ed.gov. Once they are done, there is an option on the page to email [...]
I would say that my teaching career began in 2001-2002 during my senior year of college. Even though I wasn’t an education major in undergrad, I had the opportunity to sub in a local Catholic high school and volunteered at an elementary school supported by the university. One of the teachers at the [...]