A fun timeline of what's going on with the Instructional Technology Department at Burleson ISD.
Created by mamaestes on Jun 4, 2008
Last updated: 11/18/09 at 10:58 AM
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Students in Burleson are testing their technology literacy this week.
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Ever wanted to jazz up your presentation by playing a YouTube Video in your PowerPoint? Now you can. Click the link below to download the How-to Document and the YouTube PowerPoint Add-In is available to your right in the Hot Box!
Happy YouTubing!
How To Embed YouTube Videos into Your PowerPoint
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Here’s a helpful document for teachers who’s website menu is not working properly! Follow these steps and it will look just like our help videos HERE.
Here’s the document - New Site Menu Fix
and you can also find it on our First Class Help Page - HERE.
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I ran across a blog post today - http://education.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=1027485%3ATopic%3A24039 that describes NBC’s News Archives on Demand through hotchalk.com. This appears to be another great resource for videos for educational use. The blog link will provide more detailed information and the appropriate links to sign up.
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Stay tuned for lots more video and a ton of photos! We’ll have it all up here soon! For now, enjoy NASA’s YouTube video of the event (part 1). You won’t see the kids, but can hear them.
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Our downlink on June 26th, with the International Space Station was a galactic success. Astronaut Greg Chamitoff entertained the students and audience as he answered 10 of the 20 planned questions. Due to a 9.4 second delay in the video signal reaching us from the International Space Station, it took much longer than hoped to answer each question. Our downlink was covered by several news media including Channels 4, 8, and 11, radio station KRLD, the Star Telegram, the Burleson Star, the Burleson-Crowley Connection and students from Burleson High School and Hughes Middle School broadcast journalism Using Region XI Education Service Center as the bridge, we broadcast the downlink to students and educators around the world to Honk Kong, Chihuahua, Mexico, New York City and numerous schools in Texas. The service center recorded our broadcast and the video will be available here in a few days, so check back soon.
If you attended our day of science and technology and did not take the survey already, please take it now. There are only 7 questions, so it only takes a couple of minutes and it will help us evaluate our efforts. Thank you in advance.
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On April 22nd Burleson ISD received an exciting email from NASA that started with these words, “Congratulations! The Teaching From Space Office at the Johnson Space Center would like to officially notify you that your proposal was selected for a live-in-flight education downlink for Expedition 17 on the International Space Station.”
We hope you will join us on June 26, 2008 at Burleson High School for this historic event. The downlink is currently scheduled in a window from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and we are planning a big day that includes science demonstrations, a question and answer time with a NASA specialist, robotics competions and much more. Come and experience it all from 9:30-2:00, June 26, 2008.
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On June 26th the place to be is Burleson High School Auditorium. Events begin at 9:30 that day and will include:
A live in-flight Q&A with Astronaut Greg Chamitoff
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History interactive exhibits
Portable Planetarium demonstrations
Monnig Meteorite Museum exhibit
NASA Moon Rock Display
Visit and Q&A with a NASA education expert (open to the public)
Enter your name on a microchip to go into space
High Powered Telescope demonstrations
Student Robotics Displays and Demonstrations
Community Poster Signing for Astronaut Greg Chamitoff
iPod Give Away
It’s a fun day for students, parents, community members, and space explorers of all ages. Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity!
The event is free and open to the public! Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.
Learn More HERE
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We are at 2 days and counting until the live, in-flight downlink with astronaut Greg Chamitoff aboard the International Space Station. Come join us in the Burleson High School auditorium for a free, public event as 20 of our students interview astronaut Greg Chamitoff as he orbits the Earth aboard the International Space Station. The downlink will occur from 10:50am until 11:15 am.
To celebrate this historical event, for which Burleson ISD was chosen as one of only 5 downlink sites GLOBALLY, BISD will be hosting a day of science and technology fun for the whole community. From 9:30am until 2:00pm, students, families, community members, and space explorers of all ages can enjoy robotics competitions, meterorite displays from the Monnig Meterorite Museum at TCU, and the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s mobile science labs and the portable planetarium all free of charge! Visitors can add their name onto a microchip that will orbit the moon on a special satellite, view and learn about high powered telescopes, watch videos about NASA and the MISSION BISD:ALL SYSTEMS GO summer camp, and wander through educational displays about the International Space Station, Expedition 17, and our astronaut, Greg Chamitoff.
Summer church groups, clubs and organizations, daycares and summer camps are all welcome to attend. If you would like to volunteer for the event, or just need more information, please contact Sandra Hines at (817) 245-1000 or via email at IT@burlesonisd.net.
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The Mission BISD: All Systems Go summer science and technology camp, a week long look at science and technology with a NASA theme, ended in the stars on Friday, June 13, 2008 as students visited the portable planetarium provided by the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. Throughout the week students also got to experience geocaching, robotics, data probes and hand-held microscopes, student response systems, digital photostories, lab experiments, and much more. Apangea, a sponsor of the camp gifted each student with a summer license to use their math tutorial program, and the 457th Fighter Squadron from Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth sent pilot Lt. Chris Bachelor to meet the students and talk about the science and technology of flight. Students spent the week exploring, learning, and having fun. Several students from camp have been selected, along with non-camp students, to ask questions of NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff during the live, in-flight downlink with the International Space Station on June 26, 2008 at 10:55am. Response from students, staff, and parents regarding the camp has been very positive and we hope to repeat the event again next year. We would like to formally thank all of our sponsors for their support and donations. And a special thank you goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Lori Rich, Candace Rich, and the team of videographers, photographers, and audio crew from Hughes Middle School for covering the camp events.
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Check out this java applet that creates “clouds” out of inputed text. In the example below, I used my name with words associated with the content I teach. http://wordle.net/ There are tons of possibilities for using this in the
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This is our week long district conference full of awesome that teach you how to integrate technology into your curriculum! Free to BISD teachers and REALLY reasonable for out of district teachers!
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BISD is offering a week long science and technology camp for students in partnership with NASA, AT&T, EPSON, Apangea, Texas Christian University, Prairie View A&M University ACCESS Program, The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Verneir, Fourier, and more
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Many of my students do not have access to graphing calculator at home. If you need one too, try this one.
http://my.hrw.com/math06_07/nsmedia/tools/Graph_Calculator/graphCalc.html
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The 2008 annual Technology Learning Fair, part of the 2008 Mission BISD: All Systems Go, is gearing up for a fantastic week of technology staff development. Our TLF Program outlines each course being offered. To register for courses, log in to Eduphoria .
Out of district teachers may attend.
Cost for out of district attendees is:
$15.00 - 90 minute course
$30.00 - 3 hour course
$50.00 - 6 hour course
Call the Staff Development office at 817-245-1000 to register.
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On April 22nd we received an exciting email from NASA that started with these words, “Congratulations! The Teaching From Space Office at the Johnson Space Center would like to officially notify you that your proposal was selected for a live-in-flight education downlink for Expedition 17 on the International Space Station.”
To learn more …
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Congratulations to April’s TUT Award Winner
Derrick
Bailey
from KMS. If you see Derrick, be sure to congratulate him!
And don’t forget to nominate other teachers for the TUT Award! For more information on the award, please visit our TUT Award Page.
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We asked for help in recoginizing those teachers who really used technology in the in innovative ways to engage and educate! You didn’t let us down…what a great collections of nominees! If you know of someone who is using technology in innovative and effective ways in the -PLEASE NOMINATE THEM!!! The nominee must be a teacher using technology (you can nominate for outstanding blogs, wikis, nings, and websites too!) and you cannot nominate yourself. Please help us to recognize those who are going above and BEYOND!!!
Name
Campus
Subject/Grade
Reason
Carol Wilborn
Kerr
LA/7
Mrs. Wilborn took the initiative to learn podcasting with her and used it with her middle school English Way to jump in there!
Kristen Mize
Kerr
Science/7
Mrs. Mize is using podcasting with her science to introduce them to science concepts. The kids love it and Mrs. Mize learned quickly so that she could provide support for her students. Way to integrate technology and learn new skills!
Julie Vu
BHS
English/10 & 12
Mrs. Vu has introduced the concept of digital storytelling to her and encouraged them to use technology to help turn their stories, poetry, and plays they\’ve read into multimedia experiences for their audiences. Awesome!
Chris Hill
BHS
Math/9
Chris is using a new program purchased by CAI called Apangea with his students. Chris is actively monitoring and supporting the use of the program and the students as they learn math with this innovative online support.
Allison Lounsbury
Kerr
Science/6
Allison’s use of the Kerr library SMARTBoard to teach her students about cells was amazing. The students were engaged, she had 100% participation, and the students loved it! Allison\’s ability to tweak her lesson to cover small technical difficulties and issues with behavior management that come with introducing new technology in the led to an amazing lesson and kids who were having a GREAT time learning about science. Bravo!
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Ms. Lounsbury attended the Smart Board training and the very next day was creating an innovative and amazing lesson for her students and demonstrated how the board works to a room full of her peers. Ms. Lounsbury\’s students were extremly engaged with the lesson and talked about it for days. They can not wait for their next Smart Board lesson.
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She just learned Smartboard and is already using it!!!!!
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Allison has worked really hard at using the SMARTboard to engage her students. She has a contagious enthusiasm when it comes to new technology. Her students come away with her positive attitude. She makes the most of this hands on experience!
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She has learned how to use the SmartBoard and used it for her She also allowed the entire school to come watch as she used it with her students for the 1st time.
Derrick Bailey
Kerr
SS/8
Mr. Bailey jumped in with both feet after SMARTBoard training and used the interactive white board the very next day while reviewing his 8th Graders on their most recent unit. Way to go!
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Using the SMART board to increase student learning!
Mike Levy
Kerr
Science/7
Mr. Levy has done a fabulous job of integrating technology into his by encouraging his students to use databases rather than mere search engines in their scientific research. Through his efforts, students are learning how to gather and evaluate the information that is most relevant to their research topics.
Patti Bradley
Hughes
SS/6
Constant use of technology in the Many student projects revolve around technology. Use of the Presentation Station and CPS units on a weekly basis in the Two students\’ podcasts competed and placed in a recent statewide competition.
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Patti uses a computer projector nearly every day to show power points to her students
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Congratulations to March’s TUT Award Winner
Eunice
Harmon
from NES. If you see Eunice, be sure to congratulate her!
And don’t forget to nominate other teachers for the TUT Award! For more information on the award, please visit our TUT Award Page.
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We asked for help in recoginizing those teachers who really used technology in the in innovative ways to engage and educate! You didn’t let us down…what a great collections of nominees! If you know of someone who is using technology in innovative and effective ways in the -PLEASE NOMINATE THEM!!! The nominee must be a teacher using technology (you can nominate for outstanding blogs, wikis, nings, and websites too!) and you cannot nominate yourself. Please help us to recognize those who are going above and BEYOND!!!
Name
Campus
Subject/Grade
Reason
Eunice Harmon
Norwood
Science/3
Eunice has really stepped up the amount of technology she is integrating into her curriculum. She has a great blog that her students love to visit, she\’s using digital cameras and photostory to illustrate and narrate her students\’ writing, and she\’s spreading this excitement to other teachers who are anxious to try the cool things she\’s doing. Great Job!
Happy Modisette
Frazier
LA/4
The NOVA5000 \”Text Maker Program\” and digital cameras were used to give her 4th graders a change of pace for a writing and picture project. Her 4th graders used the NOVAS and the \”roll up\” keyboards to write an \”About Me\” paper. She used digital cameras to teach them some camera basics and as an added feature to the \”About Me\” project. Ms. Modisette has had the \”About Me\” page printed, from the NOVA work, and she\’ll couple their written work with a picture of themselves to be displayed for Open House this Thursday.
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3rd Grade TAG Classroom Action Plan
4th Grade TAG Classroom Action Plan
5th Grade TAG Classroom Action Plan
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short description
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Join us for our first ever Summer Technology and Science Camp.
Learn more on the Mission BISD: All Systems Go page.
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Does your student have a Solar System Project? Checkout this site. You can add your own planets, asteroid belts, and commets to your solar systems. Learn about the planets and their moons. Lesson plans are also listed here for your
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
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Teachers in Burleson ISD have created great Performance Excellence tools in the form of software templates. If you do not already have an IT account as an author for this resource page, register by clicking on the link to your right. You will recieve an email upon approval. Then please add a post and upload your templates and examples here. Be sure to select the category “Performance Excellence” so other teachers can easily find them. If they are specific to a certain grade level or subject area, be sure to select those categories, as well. Please include a short summary and other helpful information about the template.
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Seating Chart Template - A Publisher template for a seating chart.
Seating Chart Template 2 - Another Publisher template for a seating chart.
Templates created by/for BISD Teachers
These files were created for teachers and students to use if they
are uncomfortable with creating PowerPoint Presentations from scratch.
Each one has instructions below each slide in the notes box explaining to the student exactly what to do on each slide. Click on the link and save them to their desktop.
Thomas Edison Biography Template - This template was created for a to write a biography PowerPoint on Thomas Edison. It can be adjusted to write any biograohy.
Poem Template - This template was created to allow students to type in poems they had written.
Habitats Template - This template walks students through creating a PowerPoint presentation on 4 habitats. The students should have already done the research before beginning.
Portfolio Template - This template allows students to create a portfolio of their work.
Texas Facts - This template guides students into creating a presentation on facts of the State of Texas.
Sentence Writing - This Microsoft Word template was created for 1st grade. It was created as a form and is protected. The students can’t change the content of the document, only the input. For a teacher to change the content, you need to unprotect the form - password is “sentence”.
Games
These PowerPoint activities can be downloaded and customized for any or topic.
100,000 Dollar Pyramid - Put your vocabulary words or phrases in the squares. Students pair up and one student must get the other to say the vocabulary word and phrase by giving them clues.
Be A Champion - This football themed game lets teams of students answer questions to earn touchdowns!
Concentration - Use your own vocabulary, photos, or content to customize this matching game.
Hollywood Squares 1 - Customize the questions asked by stars in this PowerPoint version of the famous game show.
Hollywood Squares 2 - Another variation of the popular game show ready for your customization.
Hollywood Squares 3 - A blank Hollywood Squares template for you to customize.
Jeopardy 1 - Who is? Remember to give your answer in the form of a question when reviewing with this popular game.
Jeopardy 2 - Another variation of the popular game show. Download the instructions HERE (word document).
Jeopardy 3 - Yes…ANOTHER variation of the TV show with Alex Trebec. Download the necessary music files here:
Daily Double Sound
Final Jeopardy Sound
Opening Sound
Question Timer Sound
Jeopardy Examples - Here are several versions of the Jeopardy Game for Download!!!
Blank Jeopardy
Math Millionaire Jeopardy
Speech Pathology Jeopardy
Literacy Jeopardy
Measurement Jeopardy
Jeopardy Directions
Off to the Races - Up to four teams can compete by answering questions asked by the teacher to move their horse closer to the finish line.
Race and Review - Four teams move their race cars around the track by correctly answering questions from the teacher.
Survivor - Based on the television phenomenon, teams answer questions and complete assignments to earn the Immunity Idol and vote someone off the island. Download Immunity Idol HERE (word document).
Weakest Link - Make sure YOU aren’t the weakest link with this review game based on the popular television game show.
Weakest Link 2 - Another variation of the popular TV game show.
Weakest Link 3 - This version boasts sounds from the actual TV program. Download the sounds and instructions here:
Background Music 1
Background Music 2
Lets Play
Link Graphic
Weakest Link Instructions
Wheel of Fortune - Buy vowels and earn good grades using this popular format. A bit difficult for PowerPoint novices.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire 1 - This game allows lifelines, 50/50 questions and audience polls! Fun! Download additional materials for the game HERE (word document).
Who Wants to be a Millionaire 2 - With actual sound effects from the show, you’ll love this variation of the popular TV show. Download the necessary sound files here:
Let’s Play Theme
New Question Sound
Regis Walks In
Value of Next Question Sound
Who Wants to be a Millionaire Theme
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This year, instead of small monthly TUT Award prizes, Instructional Technology is giving larger technology awards to semester winners. Each teacher who is nominated during either the fall or spring semester has their name entered in the drawing. The number of times a teacher’s name is entered corresponds witht the number of nominations that teacher received during the semester. One name is drawn and that teacher is our Semester TUT Award Winner!
The Fall 2007 Semester TUT Award Winner is…
Delani Lemons
of Norwood Elementary
Delani recieved a document camera, a SMART Technologies Airliner interactive tablet, and an Epson Projector.
If you see Delani, be sure to congratulate her. And be sure that you nominate your fellow teachers if you see them using technology in innovative and effective ways!
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Congratulations to December/January’s TUT Award Winner
Robin
Reed
from HMS. If you see Robin, be sure to congratulate her!
And don’t forget to nominate other teachers for the TUT Award! For more information on the award, please visit our TUT Award Page.
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Due to Christmas Break, we combine the TUT Awards for the months of December and January.
We asked for help in recoginizing those teachers who really used technology in the in innovative ways to engage and educate! You didn’t let us down…what a great collections of nominees! If you know of someone who is using technology in innovative and effective ways in the -PLEASE NOMINATE THEM!!! The nominee must be a teacher using technology (you can nominate for outstanding blogs, wikis, nings, and websites too!) and you cannot nominate yourself. Please help us to recognize those who are going above and BEYOND!!!
Name
Campus
Subject/Grade
Reason
Abbey Stodghill
Academy
All/1
Ms. Stodghill’s 1st grade created a Comic Life book regarding the question “Where should Santa’s reindeer live Texas or The North Pole?” Using the Mac iphoto each student took their picture and wrote a caption on where Santa’s reindeer should live. The Comic Life pages were then copied and bound into a book for the to share.
Cathy Maier
Frazier
All/3
Cathy is allowing another teacher at Frazier to use her presentation station on specific days. Camaraderie!!
Eunice Harman
Norwood
All/3
use of websites and lessons taught to students using the websites and teaching teachers the sites
Robin Combs
Kerr
Math/6
Robin is for sure our technology person in the 6th grade building. She is always coming up with exciting programs, activities, and games for the students to do using technology. She is also very willing to help us teachers. Any time there is a question in our building, we call on Robin, and she is so patient and willing to help.
Crystal Thom
Kerr
Science/6
Crystal Thom constantly is using technology in her room. She is an amazing teacher who knows how to move with the times. She uses her document camera and projector daily to show the kids color pictures to grasp their excitement in the subject areas. In addition, she utilizes her projector to show united streaming video clips to reinforce difficult concepts. Mrs. Thom is a fine teacher and deserves to be recognized. She also has an amazing website for students and parents.
Wendee Neubauer
Mound
Math & Science/4
Wendee uses lots of technology to enhance her teaching. She uses the document camera, a projector, an interwrite board, etc. She searches for videos on United Streaming to enhance her students’ learning. She sets a good example for other teachers on the team in using technology.
Robin Reed
Hughes
Social Studies/6
Robin had a project of Eruope and gave the students an opportunity to dress up. She used her digital camera to take pictures of them.
Angie Hamm
Mound
Reading & Science/3
Angie has a natural ability to create daily, weekly, assessment, and extension activities on the computer. She is constantly searching for ways to use technology in the THEN she shares with her teammates. Yea, lucky me!and
Angie Hamm is constantly making powerpoints for us to use on our projectors and document cameras, she has made an inference, cause and effect,fact and opinion,among others.This helps our students learn skills in a fun way and really keeps their attention.
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This website has a “how to” for claymation and movie maker. It also has examples of claymation movies. This a root directory but you can still click on the links to go to the documents or you can right click, choose save target as and then save the file on your computer.
http://www.earlyisd.net/~kflippin/
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This was the one website I was able to get down from the closing speaker http://torres21.typepad.com/flickschool/ It amazed me how many different teachers had figured out that they had to make the subject appealing to the students. These teachers chose to use pod-casting, broadcasting, windows movies, etc. to make their subject interesting. One school started making posters of students stories who scored a 4 on their practice writing. Then that student was allowed to make an audio pod cast of the story. Once that was done, they let the student make a windows movie, using still pictures the students took with a small digital camera, about their story. The school posted the podcast and then the movie on the school website. They said that after about the 3rd or 4th story that was made into a movie, students who had never wanted to write started revising and revising until they got the necessary 4 on their paper to be allowed to do this.
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I went to several broadcast workshops where they were using quick clips to help students with TAKS. This website has more than just the broadcast notes. http://www.pasadenaisd.org/tcea/
You can also use Photo Story 3 to make videos from still pictures and the students love it! There was a school that used the incentive of making a Photo Story 3 movie out of the students work (they had to score a 4 to do this) that raised their TAKS writing scores. They actually had students that had never wanted to learn about revising doing a ton of revising just to get to make a movie out of their story.
Here is another site that has more than just broadcast information on it http://tweb.lisd.net/melissa_hall/index.htm.
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Send your students on an internet search while refining their algebra skills.
http://www.mathbits.com/MathBits/StudentResources/Algebra1/Algebra1Student.htm
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There are several web sites listed on this page that have games related specifically to algebra, enjoy.
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/ALGEBRA/games/Aquiapage.htm
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Want to improve you math skills? Try this interactive battleship game, you have to answer the math question correctly to score a hit.
http://www.quia.com/ba/28820.html
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Great web sites for teaching parallel and perpendicular lines.
PARALLEL SITE
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/SlopeSlider/
Check out the Teacher resource and print the Slope Slider Explorations Sheet and Slope Slider Record Sheet. I had my students record the results of 4 different graphs on the record sheet. They were asked to create 1 line initially and record their results (no decimals please), then they only changed the y-intercept and created 3 new lines and recorded those results. They DISCOVERED that parallel lines have the same slope!
PERPENDICULAR SITE
http://regentsprep.org/REgents/math/math-topic.cfm?TopicCode=parallel
There are 3 different pages that go with this lesson. A teacher lesson, practice and a hands on activity.
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This was a great website that has all of the power point presentations that Patrick Crispin presented at the TCEA conference. I attended the one on Google and the other one on the Complete Waste of Time. Even though it was a silly title, the workshop was full of great websites and was very insightful, especially the one on tiny URLs.
http://netsquirrel.com
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Including the Instructional Technology staff, 22 BISD teachers recently joined over 8000 other Texas teachers in attending the TCEA (Texas Computer Educator Association) conference in Austin. They were joined by teachers from the BHS Business Department and Technology leaders. Dedicated teachers rushed from session to session in an effort to learn all they could about integrating technology into their curriculum. Doni Bracht did a fabulous job of teaching a podcasting to a large group of teachers from across Texas. IT is inviting our teachers to record their experiences and share links to resources about what they learned this past week at TCEA. They might even tell you about the things they won!
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Are you looking for UnitedStreaming, Facts on File or PowerMedia Plus button links? They are all included with the One Place button. One Place is a single online interface that allows a user to search several websites and databases at the same time. WOW! How easy is that? One Place allows you to search through Region XI’s content, Discovery Streaming videos, PowerMediaPlus, all of EBSCO’s content, Facts on File, Think Finity, and Encyclopedia Britannica with one single search. Try it! You will need your UnitedStreaming login or email ksteiner@esc11.net to acquire a login, if you don’t already have a UnitedStreaming account. Go to the One Place information page for more details.
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A committee of teachers, community members and staff are diligently working on the official Burleson ISD technology plan spanning the next three years. To view the plan as it is in progress click on the link and enter 126902 as the district ID and bisd as the password. We would love to view your comments and suggestions for the plan.
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Congratulations to November’s TUT Award Winner
Chris
Hill
from BHS. If you see Chris, be sure to congratulate him!
And don’t forget to nominate other teachers for the TUT Award! For more information on the award, please visit our TUT Award Page.
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We asked for help in recoginizing those teachers who really used technology in the in innovative ways to engage and educate! You didn’t let us down…what a great collections of nominees! If you know of someone who is using technology in innovative and effective ways in the -PLEASE NOMINATE THEM!!! The nominee must be a classroom teacher using technology (you can nominate for outstanding blogs, wikis, nings, and websites too!) and you cannot nominate yourself. Please help us to recognize those who are going above and BEYOND!!!
Name
Campus
Subject/Grade
Reason
Lana Cardenas
Academy
Spanish/K-5
Mrs. Cardenas uses her Mac computer to enhance student engagement and learning. At the beginning of the year she used I Photo to take a picture of every child. Then they used the speech bubble to write their name, grade, teacher, and team in Spanish. Those are displayed on the wall of the She videoed teachers using facial expressions and Spanish phrases to describe feelings and emotions. She used this as a teaching tool to present this info to the students. Now students are videoing themselves sharing their Spanish and personal information. She shows the \”movies\” to the when students have completed the assignment to model correct pronunciation and display student learning. The whole student body benefits.
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As a teacher of kindergarten through 5th grade Spanish students Mrs. Cardenas continually utilizes our new iMac computers to enhance their learning experiences . For some groups, she films examples and creates dvd’s to help students practice their skills. She also allows students to take pictures of themselves and use them to learn Spanish vocabulary…5th grade create and film commercials in Spanish that are collected on a dvd to distribute to all 5th grade students, also. Mrs. Cardenas truly deserves this award because she uses technology in all areas of instruction in exciting, engaging, and innovative ways.
Robin Combs
Kerr
Math/6
Robin is constantly searching out ways to use video streaming and different computer web sites not just in her but she shares her found resources with the other math teachers. Robin is also our "go to" girl when any of us in sixth grade need a little extra support when using technology in our
Mary Tune
Frazier
Math & Science/K-5
Mary’s use of the digital cameras she won to engage students in content-based projects is impressive. The students are learning AND having fun.
Jeanette Douglass
Kerr
SS/6
Ms. Douglas excels at using United Streaming clips to bring alive topics students are studying in Social Studies. In a where learning about world cultures is the focus, it is imperative to have relevant, engaging information about the regions being studied. Ms. Douglas enables her students to experience the world using technology and is a master at challenging them to become aware of current world issues.
Cathy Maeir
Frazier
Math/3
Using her presentation station for math problem solving and Unitedstreaming video showing.
Happy Modisette
Frazier
Math/4
Using her presentation station in math problem solving strategies.
Tracy Arriola
Frazier
Math & Science/5
Using her presentation station in math problem solving and science.
Amanda Stowe
BHS
English/9
Amanda often utilizes technology in her She continually creates and/or shows PowerPoint slide shows as a visual to accompany new literary terms. In addition, she has located and shown short clips of literary selections such as Vincent Price narrating Poe and other sorts of clips. Amanda seems to keep things interesting for her students and shares what she finds with the other English I teachers.
Chris Hill
BHS
Applied Math/9
Mr. Hill has a fantastic blog site at http://bisdblogs.net/communities/chill that he uses to help teach his students math. The students have logged over 200 comments to the blog and are going strong! What a great way to engage students and use technology in math!
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http://www.musictheory.net/index.html
An interactive website with music theory tutorials for students and teachers by Ricci Adams. Lesson topics include: staff, clef, and ledger lines; note duration; measure and time signatures; rest duration; dots and ties; simple and compound meter; odd meter; steps and accidentals and more. A chord calculator, staff paper generator, and matrix generator are available for online use. You can download the stand-alone version of the trainers and utilities. There is also a forum for sharing information and asking questions. Nicely done, Flash intensive.
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http://www.mughalindia.co.uk/room.htm
The British Museum produces this interactive website on Mughal India. Totally Flash-driven, the site is set up to simulate a room filled with various items including a globe, file cabinet, books, and a calendar. When you roll over interactive items in the room, you can click and learn about paintings, coins, weapons, jewelery and models from The British Museum’s collections. Don’t miss “the Staff Room” (http://www.mughalindia.co.uk/staff/main.html) — pages developed to help teachers. Several lessons are included as well as practical guidance on set-up, using the website, printing, and navigation.
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