Anne Mirtschin's Comments

Good day, Mom, I am new on here. And will really be very glad to continue the dialog with you. I also hope all is well with you and your entire family.
Peace with ya
Basit

Anne,
I have created a group--but the "group" link on my page is not active. My Page is http://www.classroom20.com/profile/DonaHowell?xg_source=profiles_memberList
Even in my edit page, the group link opens to the form for adding a new group--I have to go to More and then Groups off My Page to find my group. The group is ED 3363-61. Help!!! (I hope I posted this at the right place.)
Thanks,
Dona

Thanks Anne, I appreciate the feedback.

Thanks Anne, I am using Word Press but just opened it through the Univesity. I am hoping to add a lesson plan and some other stuff (professor is requiring) to the site this weekend. I am feeling better about reaching out to people now but this is a new world for me.

Hi Ann,
Thank You for your comment! Your encouragement is very appreciated!

Thanks for the welcome, Anne. I'm feeling so encouraged and motivated reading through this forum. Have you ever encountered any complaints or opposition with the virtual classroom concept? I've had talk about privacy issues and 'not having time' to blog, for example. Blogging has really helped my work in class, and the feedback i got from the parents has been incredible. I put all my homeworks, handouts, videos of the kids at work online. I even record them when they are reading and put the podcast on my blog. Children take the book home and read while listening to the podcast. It's been beneficial, both to me, the pupils and the parents. Is the virtual classroom common practise in your schools, or is it something you do voluntarily? Thanks and sorry for the long message ... :)

Air Liner is a tablet that works off of Blue tooth connects to your computer and Eiki - You use it walking around the classroom in stead of an overhead projector or Eiki alone with cables. The software has a Power Point Like application that you design lesson plans with also you can use the snap shot feature which will instantly capture anything educational on your scanner, website, etc.

Let me know when you are around I have a sample geology activity set up on there, I would be more than willing to show you it

Hello Anne! Thanks for the warm welcome. There's so much to see and explore here - it's hard to slow down and let my brain digest! I'm very glad to be here though. Thanks again.

Hi Anne, Yes I do. It's a blue button that says Open. When I click on that, I notice that the link is in the browse bar. But the picture doesn't change, and I can't find any other button on the settings page that might work.
Steve H. asked me to ping him this week. I don't know what he means by ping.

I've done lots of word processing on my computer and Internet and e-mail. Not much else until I took a technology seminar first week of August. It was there Classroom 2.0 was recommended for networking with other teachers, and pbworks to create a wiki. I have the wiki up and running. Now I have to experiment with more pages and see what else I can use.

I'm sorry to ramble. I'm a bit ruffled.I want to integrate technology so much, but the time curve to learn all this stuff is much more than I have here at the beginning of the school year. For example, I would like to ask anyone out there for unit suggestions, I don't know how to do that, and I don't have the time to "play" around.

Hi Anne,

Thanks for the comments. I'm not sure what you mean by save. I click on the browse button, weave my way through my iPhoto library, and when I get to the picture I want, I click on the button. That's what I did for the existing image, too.

Thank you so much Anne! There´s so much to do that I don't even know quite well where to start! The problem is ... Everything seems so important to me.

Hi Anne;
The virtual field trips are all URL based, as your district doesn't have the technology yet to do the virtual field trips that include the 'live' component. I'm going to experiment with the Go North! program, because they are FREE and they indicate that they are live from the Arctic Circle.
My Wiki, fmjtechnology.wikispaces.com will have information on that when i do it.

A Virtual Assistant is an assistant who works 100% online. I do marketing, advertisements, correspondence, calendars, flyers.. gosh, the list goes on. So many things that people need do not have to be done 'IN' their office, I work with people who have a home-based business or small shop with no room for an assistant. I have Office Pro 2007, I use FTP if I need to up or download large documents, I use Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop for banners and ads. Publisher for flyers, etc. I also use cloud computing, which is a private website just for me and my clients to share information.

Hello Anne!
One way we plan to use the computers is by having students scribe the lessons.
Having the students post the lessons on a blog help the students review at home what they learned that day or the week before. We plan to use google docs and moodle to create quizzes/tests that students can take in class or at home thus saving lots of paper. We are bless to have technical support and we hope to have an exciting school year. Thank you for your reply.

Hi Anne,
Thank you for your reply. It didn't help. I clicked on manage my page or photo, clicked browse, then selected the picture I wanted. That's what I have been doing all along. The picture I select still doesn't show in place of the one you see on my web site.
Linda

Anne, I was wondering if you know anyone who implements airliners in the classroom using SMART soft ware?

Hi Anne,

I hope you got my email yesterday. Here are three more projects we are planning which are so new they don't have websites yet.

Radio Khyber-- This is an FM radio station in the tribal area of West Pakistan. It employs women as announcers, which is frowned upon by much of the local populace. We are planning a live audio feed of their station streamed to a website where students can comment and interact with the announcers.

Cell Phone novels contest: Cell Phone Novels (keitai shousetsu) are a huge craze in Japan, and are becoming quite popular in China. 5 of the top selling novels in Japan in 2007 started out as keitai shousetsu. We are planning a contest for the best one of 2009, which will include an online award ceremony and prize.

Rwandan genocide online memorial. Together with Kinyarwanda, a non-profit educational group in Africa, we are building a photo memorial to many of the victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. We are taking photos supplied by the children of victims, digitising them, and uploading them to a site. This will be linked to many sites which discuss genocide, war, and peace.

All of these sites will be largely administered by secondary school students. We never cease to be amazed at how much kids can accomplish if given powerful Web 2.0 tools.

Sarah