Category: Technology

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eMediaVA

The Virginia Department of Education and WHRO Education in part have provided eMediaVA as your resource for videos, audio, images, interactives, prompts, and assessment tools. Much like Discovery Education you can organize your own playlists, set up classes, create assignments, download lesson plans, and obtain student usage reports.

Resources are searchable by:sol-line
Join today, get started tomorrow!

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WordPress App

Create and edit posts and pages and upload images/media to your WordPress website from your mobile device. Follow your favorite blogs and be one of the first to receive news the second it posts. Sure, you can subscribe to a blog and receive posts via email but with the app you can read all your favorite posts in one place AND submit entries to your own website. What could be more easy than that?

Get your app today from the App Store or the Play Store.
This post is my first from the app.

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Gmail Signatures With A Little Flare

gmail iconWant to add an image to your Gmail signature?

Uploading a picture directly to your signature file can not be done however Gmail will accept URLs of image files stored online.

Let’s begin…

  1.  Find a picture in Google images then click on “view image”. Copy the image URL.
  2. Log into your Gmail and click on the Settings cog icon that is located near the top right corner of your mailbox, select Settings and scroll down to the Signature section.
  3. Click on the Insert Image option, and paste the URL of your image in the Web Address (URL) field. You will see a preview of your image allowing you to make edits your signature file.
  4. When finished, click Save Changes at the bottom.
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Keyboarding: A Necessary Life Skill

Are students prepared for the work place if they are not taught keyboarding and simply rely on the good ole hunt-and-peck method?

keyboardingMuch like memorizing multiplication facts to quickly solve mathematical problems, keyboarding is a technological skill that requires fluency and focus in today’s digital world. Students who are fluent with keyboarding are able to focus on their writing rather than spend time hunting for characters on a keyboard.

Some argue there isn’t enough time in the day to work it in or the budget doesn’t allow it. This could very well be the case however, there are good free web-based programs available that if 5 minutes a day were spent using them instead of computer free time spent in games or watching music videos, you would be providing a great service to your students for acquiring a needed life skill in our digital world today.

Check out these free web-based resources and bookmark them in your classroom today!  Make free time, (free)board time.

  • TypingWeb – completely free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels. TypingWeb includes entertaining typing games, typing tests, and free official typing certification.
    Perfect for All Ages  –  Lessons for All Skill Levels
  • Keybr.com – very straightforward. You can choose from three basic lessons that start with a certain number of keys on the keyboard, and then, as you progress through the lessons, more keys are introduced to the mix to make things a little tougher. As an added bonus, our software keeps track of all your mistakes and your words–per–minute (wpm) — and even creates graphs of your day–by–day performance
  • Good Typing – Learn how to type correctly in just a few hours using all your fingers. You will soon be typing faster than you ever imagined.
    27 guided lessons to learn step-by-step from the beginning.
  • Ready, Set, Type – Teaches correct finger placement. Displays online keyboard to guide positioning. Three levels.
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