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May 2008

05/09 The Art of Digital Storytelling
05/02 Video Project Ideas

April 2008

March 2008

03/28 The Chumby

February 2008

January 2008

01/25 Students as Authors
01/18 All Together or On Their Own
01/11 Create Podcasts
01/04 Tips for Foreign Language Teachers

December 2007

November 2007

11/30 Splogs and Plagairism
11/23 Online Projects
11/16 Q & A to Build Community
11/09 Produce Professional Videos Online
11/02 Motivating Writers with Poetry

October 2007

10/26 Activities for 2:1 Computer Classrooms
10/19 Proportional Reasoning
10/12 Project-Based Learning
10/05 Learning from Pictures

September 2007

August 2007

July 2007

June 2007

06/29 Collaborate with Google Earth
06/22 Use Google Earth to Search Your World
06/15 Step at a Time with Students
06/08 Step at a Time for Teachers
06/06 Motivate with PowerPoint and Data

May 2007

05/25 Comic Strips with Flickr
05/18 Using Word to Understand Primary Documents
05/11 Free Website Editor
05/04 Watch out for Spam

April 2007

March 2007

February 2007

02/23 Share Spreadsheets Online
02/16 Research using Articles and Videos
02/07 The Literacy Project
02/02 Looking for Words

January 2007

01/26 What Extension?
01/19 Tips for New Teachers
01/12 Looking for Wifi Hotspots
01/05 Using Podcasts for Professional Development

December 2006

November 2006

11/24 Laptop Ergonomics
11/17 Management Strategies
11/10 Interactive Activities Engage Students
11/03 Be Part of the Global Community

October 2006

September 2006

August 2006

08/25 What are the Trends?
08/18 del.icio.us Bookmarks and Favorites
08/11 Web-based Spreadsheets
08/04 Web-based Word Processors

July 2006

June 2006

May 2006

April 2006

04/28 Live on the Fly
04/21 Looking for a Specific Person? Place? Image? Movie?
04/14 Visual Searching
04/07 Images in Text Box

March 2006

03/31 Where in the World is...?
03/24 Live Bookmarks in Firefox
03/17 Eight Rules of Effective Podcasting
03/10 Fireside Chats
03/03 Podcasts in the Public Domain

February 2006

02/24 Txt Messaging
02/17 Online Talking Books
02/10 Online Books
02/03 Books for Professional Development

January 2006

01/27 Feedback Carousel
01/20 Encouraging Participation
01/13 Facilitation Skills
01/06 Defining Attributes of a Learning Community

December 2005

12/27 Balloon Toss
12/23 Online Project Tips
12/20 Equitable Participation
12/16 Good Online Projects
12/13 What Makes a Good Online Project ?
12/09 Organizing Your Paper Filing System
12/06 What to do with all that stuff
12/02 Questions and Changing Teaching Practice

November 2005

11/29 Setting up your PDAs
11/25 PDAs in the Classroom
11/22 Curriculum Mapping
11/18 Questions to Ask Yourself
11/15 Technology Supports Reading and Writing
11/11 Resources for Teachers
11/08 Teachable Moments
11/04 Strategies for Labs or Multiple Computers
11/01 Managing One or a Few Computers

October 2005

10/30 Digital Storytelling and Standards-based Education
10/25 Adding a Table of Contents
10/21 Go Fish
10/18 Scrapbook Extension in Firefox
10/14 Finding Resources for Differentiated Instruction
10/11 Low Cost Document and Video Camera
10/07 Format Painter
10/04 Quick Way to Edit

September 2005

09/30 Wrapping Text Around Images
09/27 Foundation for a Digital Storytelling Program
09/23 Making Flyers in No Time at All
09/20 Getting the Word Out
09/16 Designing Effective Case Studies
09/13 Professional Development Solutions
09/09 Reasons Why PD Fails
09/06 Insert Text or Objects Automatically with AutoText
09/02 Copying Animation in PowerPoint

August 2005

08/30 What is a Wiki?
08/26 Set up your own RSS Feeds
08/23 What is RSS?
08/19 Techscholars
08/16 Teaching the Language
08/12 Half-Day In-services Do Not Make a Difference
08/09 Time and Assessment
08/05 Tiered Learning Materials
08/02 Help Desk

July 2005

07/29 Reflecting on Student Work
07/26 Summer Reflections
07/22 Getting to Know You
07/19 Paint that Format!
07/15 Beginners Doing a "Show"
07/12 If You Host it Will They Come?
07/08 Fair Use for Educational Purposes?
07/05 Back to Basics
07/01 Free or Not Free - That is the Question

June 2005

06/28 Furl It
06/24 What's the Latest?
06/21 Keeping Work Meaningful
06/17 Collaboration for PD
06/14 Watch Your Blog
06/10 Blogging for Education
06/07 Who Owns What?
06/03 Fair Use for Educational Purposes?

May 2005

05/30 Finding Funding Sources
05/27 Expected Outcomes
05/24 Define the Purpose
05/20 Where to Start?
05/17 Kidspiration 2.1 Teacher Options
05/13 Kidspiration 2.1 Tips
05/10 Inspiration 7.6 Template Wizard
05/06 Inspiration 7.6 New Thinking Tools
05/03 Finding Sound and Audio Files

April 2005

04/29 Special Characters
04/26 Office Keyboard Shortcuts
04/22 Changing Views in Word
04/19 Speech in Microsoft Office
04/15 A few Microsoft Word Time Savers
04/12 All in One Place
04/08 Limiting Searches by Reading Level
04/05 Determine Flesch-Kincaid Reading Levels Using Microsoft Word

March 2005

February 2005

January 2005

01/28 Making a Scrap File
01/25 Keyboard Shortcuts that Work
01/21 Taking Action
01/18 Timing is Everything
01/11 Working with Tables in Word
01/07 Change the Font Size in Microsoft Word
01/04 Excel Shortcuts

December 2004

12/31 Digging Deeper
12/28 Essential Questions
12/24 Patterns and Themes
12/21 Why Data?
12/17 Collecting and Compiling Data
12/14 Guiding Change for the Informational Stage
12/10 Dealing with Resistant Teachers
12/07 Guiding Change for the Awareness Stage
12/03 Stages of Concern

November 2004

11/30 Tools for Teachers
11/23 Parking Lot
11/19 Needing Reality Checks
11/16 Not Able to Do it All?
11/12 Setting Up an Online Course
11/09 Facilitating Online Learning
11/05 Establishing Rules
11/02 Using Wikis for Collaborative Note-Taking

October 2004

September 2004

09/28 What's Available?
09/24 Presentation Materials
09/21 Encouraging Interactivity
09/17 Videoconferencing: What to Wear, What to Do
09/14 Preparing the Room for the Videoconference
09/10 Free and Low-cost Videoconferencing
09/07 Types of Distance Learning
09/03 Keep it Simple

August 2004

July 2004

07/30 At the Drop of a Hat
07/27 Candy Bags
07/23 Using Questions
07/20 Working in a Team
07/16 Getting to Know Your Participants
07/13 Upgrading Skills
07/09 Using Analogies
07/06 Relating to What they Already Know
07/02 Getting the Attention you Deserve

June 2004

06/29 Word Tips
06/25 Professional Development Never Stops
06/22 Make and Share Templates
06/18 Dream Bigger
06/15 Unlearn What Does Not Work
06/11 Develop Model Activities
06/08 Give them a Nudge
06/04 Reaching Your Goals First
06/01 Professional Development Lists and Newsgroups

May 2004

05/31 Throwing Beach Balls
05/28 Writing Grants for Alternative Funding
05/25 After the Conference
05/21 During the Conference
05/18 Preparing for Conferences
05/14 Funds for Conferences
05/11 Using Textbook Resources
05/07 Excellent Web-based Resources
05/04 Planning Online Collaborative Projects

April 2004

March 2004

03/30 Being SMART
03/26 Global Communication
03/23 Writing the Proposal
03/19 Developing the Proposal
03/16 Finding Money
03/12 Impact of Professional Development
03/11 Changing Default Web Browser in Windows
03/09 How to Handle Awkward Situations
03/05 Being Spontaneous (and Prepared)
03/02 Classroom Support

February 2004

January 2004

December 2003

12/30 Give me Five!
12/26 Barbara's Top Ten Tips
12/23 Involving Teachers to Improve Teaching Practice
12/19 Co-Author Projects
12/16 Facilitation Skills
12/12 Preparing the Mentors
12/09 Creating a Curriculum Matrix
12/05 Aligning the Appropriate Standards
12/02 Creating Communities of Practice

November 2003

11/28 Barbara's Top Ten Tips
11/25 Controlling Procrastination
11/21 Managing Interruptions
11/18 Individual Learning Plans
11/14 Identifying Actual Costs
11/11 Cost-Cutting Strategies
11/07 Managing the Scope of Your Project
11/04 Motivating Teachers

October 2003

10/31 Marketing Electronic Portfolios
10/28 Electronic Portfolios for Professional Growth
10/24 Teacher Collaboration
10/21 Budget Categories
10/17 Floating PD
10/14 Organizing your Team
10/10 Benchmarking Steps
10/07 Benchmarking
10/03 Keeping Everyone on Task

September 2003

09/30 The Tuning Protocol
09/26 Technology and Management Concerns
09/23 Research Role-Playing
09/19 Pair-Share as One-Minute Speeches
09/16 Brainstorming and Sharing Ideas
09/12 Seeking Permission to Copyrighted Materials
09/09 Finding Resources to Support Your Work
09/05 Personal Reflective Journals
09/02 Summer - the Time to Reflect

August 2003

08/29 Getting Participants' Full Attention
08/26 One-on-One Training
08/22 Wowing the Teachers
08/19 Technology Training Tips: Laughter is the Best Medicine
08/15 Technology Corner
08/12 Creating Mailing Lists
08/08 Creating Science Technology Specialists
08/05 Just-in-Time Curriculum Support
08/01 Just Show Them What's Possible

July 2003

07/29 General Netiquette
07/25 Creating a Mentor Program
07/22 10 Steps to an Effective Professional Development Plan
07/18 Encourage the Use of Email
07/15 Supporting Administrators
07/11 Standards for Administrators
07/08 Electronic ILPs
07/01 Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)

June 2003

06/27 Working with the Reluctant Adopter
06/24 Looking at Patterns and Themes
6/20 - Tools for Understanding
6/17 - Classroom Observations
6/13 - Just-in-Time Teaching
6/10 - Integrating eLearning into the Professional Development Program
6/6 - Teaching to Varied Proficiencies
6/3 - Teachers as Researchers

May 2003

5/2 - Focus on Curriculum not Technology
5/6 - Classroom Tools
5/9 - How Adults Accept Change
5/13 - Helping Teachers Organize
5/16 - Source for Digital Resources
5/20 - Creating Resource Sites for Teachers
5/23 - How to Get Teachers to Attend workshops
5/27 - Keeping Everyone's Attention
5/30 - Teaching Beginners

April 2003

4/1 - Avoiding Plagiarism
4/4 - Teaching Reading for Comprehension
4/8 - Choosing Appropriate Themes
4/11 - Exploring Themes
4/15 - Images and Fair Use in the Classroom
4/18 - Find Images that Connect to Themes
4/22 - How to Reach Proficiency Levels
4/25 - Focusing on Curriculum but Teaching Technology
4/29 - Individual Learning Plans

March 2003

3/4 - The Essential Question
3/7 - Helping Teachers Find Resources
3/11 - Finding Appropriate Resources
3/14 - Creating Resources
3/18 - Helping Teachers with PBL
3/21 - Fair Use and Copyright in Education
3/25 - Standards for Information Literacy
3/28 - Note-Taking Strategies

February 2003

2/4 - Coming up with a Topic
2/7 - There's more to your topic than you know
2/11 - Focusing on the Curriculum
2/14 - Meeting Standards
2/18 - Standards can meet State-Mandated Tests
2/21 - Creating a Catchy Title
2/25 - Motivating Teachers to Engage Learners
2/28 - Activities to Engage Learners

January 2003

December

12/3 - Providing Support and Sharing Ideas
12/6 - Effective Emailing
12/10 - Using Email for Mentoring
12/13 - Creating a Student-Centered Classroom
12/17 - Coaching vs Training
12/20 - Use Graphic Organizers in Reading
12/27 - Student Mentors
12/31 - Help Teachers Write Proposals

November

11/1 - Levels of Integration
11/5 - The Importance of Preparation
11/8 - Being a Co-Developer
11/12 - Vanguard is our name: Technology is our game
11/15 - Sharing Best Practices
11/19 - Going a Step Further
11/22 - Reading for Professional Development
11/26 - Building a Learning Community
11/29 - Action Research

October

10/1 - Small Groups
10/4 - Creating Champions for Technology
10/8 - Technology Binders
10/11 - How to Keep on Top of Everything
10/15 - Copyright Free Images
10/18 - CPR
10/22 - Staff Pages
10/25 - Recommendations
10/29 - Create an Online Learning Community

September

August

8/2 - Technology Study Halls
8/6 - Who teaches what when?
8/9 - Quick Ways to Support your Teachers
8/13 - Helping Administrators How to Use Technology
8/16 - Defining Projects
8/20 - Being Part of a School Team
8/23 - Monitoring the Project
8/27 - Developing a Program the works for Teachers
8/30 - Lunch with a Mouse

July

7/2 - Ask Why First
7/5 - Getting Participants' Attention
7/9 - Technology Corner
7/12 - Choosing Your Mentors
7/16 - Supporting Your Mentors
7/19 - Supporting their Colleagues
7/23 - Training the Administrators
7/26 - Saying what you mean in 5 minutes
7/30 - How to Keep Your Teachers Online

June

6/4 - Start with the Standards
6/7 - Essential and Subsidiary Questions
6/11 - Qualities of Effective Technology Mentors
6/14 - Ask the Veteran Game
6/18 - Limit Concepts
6/21 - Helping Teachers Plan Online Collaborative Projects
6/25 - Determining your Strengths
6/28 - Laugh and the Whole World Laughs with You

May

April

4/1 - Be Prepared for Q & A
4/2 - Answering Questions
4/3 - 5 Key Disciplines of Organizational Learning
4/4 - Spontaneous Learning
4/5 - Creating a Learning Community
4/8 - Setting the Agenda
4/9 - Action Plan for Each Item
4/10 - Running the Meeting
4/11 - Building a Mentor Program
4/12 - Fitting it into the Program
4/15 - Online Environments
4/16 - Designing Professional Development
4/17 - Implementing Professional Development
4/18 - Evaluating Professional Development
4/19 - Leadership Training
4/22 - Link-to-Learn
4/23 - Educational Toolkit
4/24 - Assessing the Situation
4/25 - Preparing for a Session
4/26 - Developing Relationships
4/29 - Why Mentor?
4/30 - Setting Goals

March

3/1 - Teaching to Beginners
3/4 - Examining Student Work
3/5 - Aligning a Lesson
3/6 - Administrator's Professional Development Part I
3/7 - Administrator's Professional Development Part II
3/8 - Administrator's Professional Development Part III
3/11 - Avoiding Common Mistakes
3/12 - Pre-Assessment Can Make it All Worthwhile
3/13 - Digital Storytelling
3/14 - Tip of the Day
3/15 - Pacing
3/18 - Follow-Up Support
3/19 - Resources for Self-Starters
3/20 - Provide examples
3/21 - New Type of Help Desk
3/22 - Focus on What Teachers Want
3/25 - Management Techniques
3/26 - Best Furniture Setups for Labs
3/27 - Lighting and Comfort for Labs

February

2/1 - Use a Variety of Instruments
2/4 - Teaching Citation Techniques
2/5 - Impact of Technology
2/6 - Online Forms
2/7 - Setting Goals
2/8 - One Model for Tech Support
2/11 - Complete an Inventory
2/12 - Creating Rubrics with Rubric Builder
2/13 - Save the Important Stuff - Throw the Rest Away
2/14 - Adults and Learning
2/15 - Keep those Nasty Viruses Away
2/19 - Classroom Integration Strategies
2/20 - Choosing Appropriate Resources
2/21 - Characteristics of a Coach
2/22 - Using Mentors
2/25 - Technology's Impact on Student Learning
2/26 - Office XP for Collaboration
2/27 - Integrating the Internet
2/28 - Online Projects

January

1/2 - Ongoing Support (anytime, anywhere)
1/3 - Resources on Netiquette
1/4 - Know Who's Taking Your Workshop
1/7 - Global Communication
1/8 - Web Sites Showcasing Best Practices
1/9 - Magnify your Presentation
1/10 - Role of Coach
1/11 - Classroom Immersion
1/14 - Start with the Standards
1/15 - Careful Explanations
1/16 - A Supportive Technology Support Team
1/17 - Bookmarking Mac URLs
1/18 - Baby Steps
1/22 - Informal Technology Inservice
1/23 - Virtual Teachers Users Group
1/24 - Reference State Standards
1/25 - Professional Development Center
1/28 - Motivation
1/29 - Tech Support
1/30 - Start Slowly on the Net
1/31 - Technology Gurus

December