Author Archive

A Cricut for Christmas!

The first thing many of you teachers are thinking is that I misspelled Cricket, and some are thinking what would I do with a noisy insect.  But for those familiar with the Cricut Machine from Provo Craft you will understand why I am suggesting this machine a a gift.  The Cricut Machine is simply a [...]

Lenovo ThinkPad T400 Review

K-12 can be a rough place for computers, so Lenovo has an idea designed with students (and budgets) in mind: the durable Lenovo® ThinkPad® T400 notebook featuring Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology. It is tough enough to stand up to everyday notebook accidents to help your school avoid replacement costs.
Roll Cage: The Lenovo ThinkPad [...]

Our New Look, and new Plan!

We have a new look and a new plan for our site.  As you can see the fresh new look provides a cleaner interface that is a little easier to navigate and find the information you need.  The ohter change is in regards to content.  I have been extreemly busy and have not been able [...]

Activote with Activboard from Promethean Changed the Way I teach!

I have been using the Activboard with the Activate from Promethean for about 1 month now, and it has had a significant impact on the way I teach.  I assume that the use of any electronic whiteboard technology would have a similar impact but I have been very happy with the Promethean products.  Promethean focuses [...]

Bento 2 upgrade policy

I have been using Filemaker’s Bento for a few months now and it has worked well for me.  I purchased it for $49 and although I don’t think it is worth more I was happy with the purchase.  It is basically a dumbed down easy to use Database application that tightly integrates with Mac OSX [...]

Elmo Document Camera Update (Coupon Code)

I recently wrote an article about the Elmo Document Camera and it’s bennifits in the classroom.  In looking at there site today I found that they have a limited time coupon code that can save you over $80.  The code is TT02S
for use with Teacher’s Tool TT-02s Camera. Simple enter the code at checkout.
http://www.protechprojection.com/inc/sdetail/12232

Deep Thoughts Daily

I am pleased to announce my latest blog DeepThoughtsDaily.com.  Although it is not very high tech it is a great location to get little thoughts to present to the class.  I think it is very valuable for students to learn little thoughts that will help them through life and motivate success.  There are a few [...]

Articulate Releases New Suite of E-Learning Authoring Tools

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 1, 2008 — Articulate, the market leader in rapid e-learning software, has released Articulate Studio ‘09, a powerful and easy-to-use suite of e-learning development tools.
significantly upgrades popular Articulate products and introduces a new video encoder.
“In the new Studio ‘09, we’ve combined requests from our users with innovative features no other [...]

Adobe Flex Builder 2 to Students and Faculty Free

SAN JOSE, Calif. — October 24, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it is offering Adobe® Flex™ Builder™ 2 software at no cost to students and faculty at educational institutions worldwide. The Flex Builder 2 integrated development environment (IDE) is part of a powerful toolset for designing and developing rich [...]

ELMO Document camera

I have been using an overhead projector for many years in my teachin practice.  It was great, I could face the students when I write, I could copy worksheets on a transparency so the kids could see it, and more.  Although it was great it did have a few disadvantages.  First even whan in good [...]