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I have decided to buy Roxio Creator to burn DVDs for our staff and a few wireless mice!"
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If you had $250 ...
Started this discussion. Last reply by Karen Saad Feb 24, 2010. 10 Replies 0 Likes
A social network for your school
Started this discussion. Last reply by Merle Hall May 15, 2009. 20 Replies 0 Likes
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Karen Saad replied to Karen Saad's discussion If you had $250 ..."Thank you for the idea Denise, but our district already has site licenses for Inspiration (an older version, but still)."
Karen Saad replied to Karen Saad's discussion If you had $250 ..."Katrina
Yes, we have the headphone/microphone combos and the software we use is free. Thank you for thinking of that angle though! I usually forget the obvious stuff. =)"
Karen Saad replied to Karen Saad's discussion If you had $250 ..."Jay, thank you for the suggestion, I will keep this information for next year!
Karen"
Denise Stewart replied to Karen Saad's discussion If you had $250 ..."I would buy the new Inspiration software. It is awesome! It generates amazing graphic organizers. Your can use the ones already built into the program or create your own. There is also a built in dictionary and thesaurus. www.inspiration.com
I may…"
Karen Saad replied to Karen Saad's discussion If you had $250 ..."I appreciate the suggestions Jonathan.We have a point & shoot camera already on order. I think I may purchase a copy of Roxio so I can burn dvds for my teachers.
Any specific internet subscription sites you recommend?"
Karen Saad replied to Karen Saad's discussion If you had $250 ..."Thank you Colette - I agree. I just bought four from Digital Wish (they had/have a buy one get one free deal)."
Jonathan Wylie replied to Karen Saad's discussion If you had $250 ..."Personally I think that most point and shoots are just as good as a flip camera, especially at High School where ease of use is less of an issue. They can be decent cameras and many have HD capabilities now, so are more flexible than a flip, and…"
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If you had $250.00 to purchase products or software for your school what would you buy? I am the technology coordinator at a high school, so purchases I make are shared with the entire school (though only a handful of teachers take advantage of them). I am running out of time to spend the last of my budget money, which is approximately $250. Any suggestions? Thanks!KarenSee More
Merle Hall replied to Karen Saad's discussion A social network for your school"Although I have had a Ning network for a couple of years I had a difficult time at first. It was hard transitioning from the face to face to the online. The online format took more time and I had difficulty wording the lessons so they would be…"
Merle Hall replied to Karen Saad's discussion A social network for your school"We thought about doing this but ning is not very private. Instead we use Novells Groupwise. We can create groups to share asynchronous comments or use email. Staff collaboration is hard to arrange, there never seems to be enough time to get everyone…"
Merle Hall replied to Karen Saad's discussion A social network for your school"I like your Ning etwinning site. I wish our policies let us use some of the tools like video and podcasting. Right now I mainly use ning as a hybrid for my face to face students. It works well to motivate them. All I have to do is suggest that they…"
Merle Hall replied to Karen Saad's discussion A social network for your school"I use Ning to have my students blog, do assignments, get homework, turn in homework, do research and have parents check up on grades etc. We have about 10 out of 22 teachers with their own groups on the site. I have tried other blogs but like the…"
Hans Feldmeier replied to Karen Saad's discussion A social network for your school"Hi Karen,
yes I do - but it is a Ning Network for several schools: eTwinning DigiSkills
In Europe there is a possibility to interact with internet on special topics
Have a look at this Ning eTwinning DigiSkills!
My greetings from Germany!
Hans
PS:…"
Karen Saad replied to Karen Saad's discussion A social network for your school"Yesterday in one of our classes the kids were asked to post/reply on a forum - we thought they would love it. All they did was complain, saying "if it was facebook" it would be cool. So my thought is, lets give them a 'facebook',…"
Kabari Hendrick replied to Karen Saad's discussion A social network for your school"I love the comments in this thread. One of the reasons I created my company was to create a product that does what this thread is about, but tailored to suit the needs of a school."
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- At 1:19pm on May 6, 2009,
Donelle said… - Well, I have been presenting to admin., IT, etc. for a while to encourage them to let me take this risk of starting the Ning. Monday I presented to teachers and invited them in. Parents will be invited in on June 1st.
I created slides and a google doc explaining what they would need to know, what to expect, etc. The next morning, my email inbox was at 96! I thought, what did I get myself into? I quickly reorganized the notifications list and set up a separate folder to feed those into. I created a google doc with step-by-step how to's for getting started and set up open lab times to meet with teachers for help.
So far, it has been awesome. (but it has only been 3 days) :)
Teachers are connecting and engaging and sharing ideas. I love it. Let me know if you have specific questions or anything. I'm happy to continue the conversation!
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