Take Five Podcast

Ann Oro•www.podomatic.com

Education

Reflections on education, technology, and making a difference in the classroom.

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Take Five Episode 2011.6

Mentioned in this podcast: Working on the interactive whiteboard with text to help with clarity in writing notes to get away from using the blackboard, using the We Believe website's interactive whiteboard pages in religion class, and thinking about getting together as a group for a little sharing and learning on a Saturday. Websites mention: Promethean Planet www.prometheanplanet.com/ Sadlier We Believe Interactive Whiteboard Elementary: http://catholicedu.wikispaces.com/Elementary Middle Schoo...

Oct 09, 2010•16 min

Take Five Episode 2011.5

Mentioned in this podcast: Using pre-created flipcharts in class, creating folders to logically group flipcharts, projector issues such as the light warming up to full brightness and a pinkish cast to the screen. Musical Citation: Album: Popular Jazz Project by Stephen "The_Croat" on Jamendo. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/30226 Take Five Podcast Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States

Sep 30, 2010•13 min

Take Five Episode 2011.4

Take Five Podcast by Ann Oro Mentioned in this podcast: Downloading and opening ActivInspire flipcharts, learning to use the proper pressure of the pen on the board, using a lunch count/ check-in flipchart in the morning, learning to group pictures and words, hiding and unhiding the ActivInspire toolbar, using video in the classroom, having Internet access to answer a student question and Googling the answer, and working with other teachers to solve problems that arise during the day. Musical Ci...

Sep 18, 2010•12 min

Take Five Episode 2010.3

Take Five Podcast by Ann Oro Mentioned in this podcast: EdCampPhilly EdCampPhilly http://www.edcampphilly.org/ Musical Citation: Album: Popular Jazz Project by Stephen "The_Croat" on Jamendo. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/30226 Take Five Podcast Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States

May 30, 2010•15 min

Take Five Episode 2010.2

Take Five Podcast by Ann Oro Mentioned in this podcast: Quizlet, ActivInspire, using Promethean Planet resource to turn index card based concentration game into a ActivInspire game. Promethean Planet Resource by RuthAnn Emerson http://www.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=ConResource.14705 Musical Citation: Album: Popular Jazz Project by Stephen "The_Croat" on Jamendo. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/30226 Take Five Podcast Creative Common...

May 23, 2010•5 min

Take Five Episode 2010.1

Take Five Podcast by Ann Oro Mentioned in this podcast: Apple MacBook laptop, Epson projector, Quizlet, making equipment a part of the teacher, lessons learned with power management, cooperative learning, using a scanner to transfer transparencies to the computer, pinching and pulling the MacBook track pad to zoom in and out, feeling comfortable with students teaching you technology tricks, and setting up an electronic game to practice concepts on the computer. Quizlet Quizzes: Fourth Grade - Cl...

May 11, 2010•10 min

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