Website of the Week: Let Me Google That For You

LMGTFY – Empowering others with essential Internet skills The About page on the website says it all: “This is for all those people who find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves.” To start, type in the search term(s) that a student or colleague has asked you [...]

EDCompass Newsletter: September 2010

Check out the August issue of the EDCompass Newsletter, put out by SMART Technologies. Download Issue (PDF 3.01 MB) RSU 21 SMART Share Center

EDCompass Newsletter: August 2010

Check out the August issue of the EDCompass Newsletter, put out by SMART Technologies. Download issue (PDF  3.10 MB)

Bloom’s According to Pirates of the Caribbean

If you’ve had anything to do with being an educator, then you’ve probably heard about Bloom’s Taxonomy and the cognitive domain. Here is Bloom’s with a humorous twist using scenes from the Disney Movie, “Pirates of the Caribbean” to explain the six major categories.

Geo Teachers Institute

July 21-22 A free professional development opportunity for educators, the Geo Teachers Institute is designed to help teachers take full advantage of Google’s Geo suite of applications (Google Earth, Maps, and SketchUp). The end goal of this event is to “empower” teachers to expose students to the world of geography in new and exciting ways. [...]