My (Favorite) Technology Uses

• Epson projector with interactive pen, SMART software (Karen Hull)

I use it like a smartboard, but with the use of the pen.  It can be interactive to SMART software lessons, the program Kidspiration 2, and interactive websites.

• Google mail & calendar (Karen Hull)

I have created a school wide calendar so we can plan activities as a group.  The district office also uses google calendar to schedule the school vans, the gym, auditorium, the computer labs, ipod cart, etc.

If we’re going to be expected to use some of these things in our classrooms, would people mind writing out websites and/or other inexpensive technology that we may be able to get our hands on?  (Thanks, Karen Hull)

• itunes (Karen Hull) free download for mac or PC at: http://www.apple.com/itunes/?cid=OAS-US-DOMAINS-itunes.com

I’ve ripped all my music from cds I own onto my computer.  I can do a quick easy search on itunes for the song I want when I want it.  No more looking for the cd that contains the song I want or changing cds at all.

• Picasa (Karen Hull) free from Google

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?hl=en_US&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Flh%2Flogin%3Fcontinue%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fpicasaweb.google.com%252Fhome&service=lh2&ltmpl=gp&passive=true

I use picasa to organize and edit my photos.  Last year I stumbled upon a way to create collages and movies of pictures.  The collages were an awesome way to make thank yous for special events and end of the year memory pages.