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What Do You Think?!

Many teachers use surveys for both students and parents, but why should we use paper surveys that take time and resources to make and print when we could just use SurveyMonkey? This site allows you to create a survey and distribute it to your students or parents via the web. All you have to do is type in your questions and /or possible responses., and distribute it via email or via SurveyMonkey itself. Because all of the responses are on the web, they are easily accessible instead of having the teadious task of passing out, collecting, and keeping count of all the answers. Instead SurveyMonkey does the work for you! On top of simply viewing the responses, SurveyMonkey also analyzes your data for you by giving you percentages of each response. Again, this website does the work for you, As teachers, our time is very precious so every resource that would help us keep track of our students is very helpful. resources. With that said, I highly recommend SurveyMonkey to any teacher.

Flagler College Tallahassee, FL

Volume 1, Issue 1 November 12. 2013

SurrveyMonkey and what it can do for you Faking Knowledge of Technology The Truth About Cyberbullying Edmodo in the Classroom Promethean Planet SurveyMonkey is a great way to get to know students on a one-on one basis,as this teacher is doing with this student in the above photo. Prezi: The New PowerPoint?

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: The Truth About Cyberbullying Edmodo: Lets Keep in Touch Promethean Planet: A Hidden Gem Prezi: No More PowerPoint?

Lets Be Real!
As we all have done, many teachers and colleagues in the work place and if were honest out of it toohave faked knowing about some sort of technology. Many of us want to stay on trend and up to date with the latest fad. Instead of doing this I vow, as I hope others will do too, to be real with what I know. Although it sometimes can be embarrassing, how about we admit our ignorance and do the research. Ask questions, or even Google it! With the endless possibilities and technological resources, we can easily stay in the know about technology and all of the amazing resources we can use as teachers.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: The Truth About Cyberbullying

In this day and age, cyber bullying is very common. Almost everyone has Internet access. Cyber bullying is easy for kids to hide because it isn't in plain site to adults, like calling someone names or locking another kid in the locker. With that said, we must be very proactive in preventing this. As adults, this means snooping on our students and discussing cyber bullying and digital respect to our kids. Being proactive is the first step in preventing cyber bullying from rearing its ugly heed. For you students, we must be aware of what cyberbullying looks like. Saying anything or posting anything that may be hurtful to another is cyber bullying, When in doubt, ask an adult to make sure that what you are posting is not crossing the line. Cyber bullying is very serious and should not be taken lightly. We must do everything in our power to prevent it, or report it if we see it happening. If we al work together, we can be proactive against cyber bullying. (:

Edmodo: Lets Keep in Touch

Many teachers have trouble keeping up with all of the grading, monitoring the progress of their students, and communicating with parents in an efficient manner. One great way to keep up with all three of these is through Edmodo, a great social networking site for teachers and students. Teachers can post assignments, announcements, and grades all in one website. Students can also use this to turn in all of their assignments and receive feedback. Another great aspect of this is that parents can have access to this as well. They can check their childs grades, and any upcoming tests or projects. It is easy to navigate and a great tool for teachers and students alike to use. With the techsavvy age that we are living in, this is one site that us teachers and future teachers must take adIt is easy to navigate and a great took for students and teachers alike to use.

Promethean Planet: A Hidden Gem

In todays classroom, many teachers are utilizing smart boards in their classroom. They use them to work out problems and save their work on a computer. While this is a great function, are these teachers utilizing this tool to its greatest potential? Smart boards, otherwise known as Promethean Planet, can be used in a much more fun and student-friendly way. Teachers can create interactive games and study resources using this magnificent program. After playing with it, I have found that it is a very complex and difficult program to use in the way that it was meant to be used. Despite this, the potential for increasing learning and the desire to learn is undeniable.

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Prezi: No More PowerPoint?

With the unlimited amount of resources online, there are so many new ways that we as teachers can present information to our students. It is not just the dry erase board or PowerPoint anymore. A new program, called Prezi, is one of these new ways for students to learn new information and us, as teachers, to make our presentations more fun. Instead of simply clicking from slide to slide, we can present information, you can create different bubbles that can pop from one to the next in any way that you choose. They can zig zag, pop around in a circle, or ascend up in a growing manner. This makes the presentations more fun an d visually appealing to students. with a variety of other presentation culpabilities that Prezi has,

I feel that Prezi is a Visually, you great avenue can create your own for teachers to journey through inforuse to make their classmation and be more Above is an example of what room lessons more ina presentation could look like teractive and attention creative and unique, using Prezi. unlike in PowerPoint. -grabbing for students. You are able to design With the endless possiand modify how your information is bilities that teachers have to explore presented, and embed videos, along with Prezi, the use of PowerPoint may

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