http://beacantor.edublogs.org My Portfolio Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:39:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In an attempt to give students a more authentic web presence, Mr. Hendron decided to create a wiki for student use. He requested my assistance in testing the installation of MediaWiki, the same wiki engine used for Wikipedia. Since I had never done anything like it, the installation was a ... http://beacantor.edublogs.org/2009/01/26/mamp-and-the-wiki/ During Mrs. Cross's maternity leave, I took over the GHS website updates. This has now become my permanent responsibility. I publish news items approved by administrators, and I make changes and corrections to what is already up. I am not an expert, but I can find my way around Expression Engine, ... http://beacantor.edublogs.org/2009/01/26/web-updates/ This year, in an attempt to help teachers learn and collaborate more easily, we have established a users group for teachers with Promethean boards. The group meets weekly at the LMC for half an hour. Teachers who attend are rewarded with a PUG. At the end of the year, PUGs ... http://beacantor.edublogs.org/2009/01/26/promethean-users-group-pug/ Last summer was a busy one. I attended NECC in San Antonio and participated in a couple of presentations with John Hendron. The first one was a hands-on workshop on Google SketchUp. The second was a sesson sharing all we do in Goochland on the professional development front. I also spent ... http://beacantor.edublogs.org/2009/01/26/summer-learning/ Students in Ms. Randolph's Early Childhood Education class have been designing their dream kindergarten classes. I have been working with a few of her students to create 3D models using Google Sketch-up. The students are applying what they have learned about early childhood development to optimize their designs. Everything from ... http://beacantor.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/sketch-up-projects/ Over the past few weeks I've helped with a Scratch project with Mrs. Beatty's 5th graders at Byrd Elementary School. In our introduction, the students created an atom with rotating electrons. When the different parts were clicked, the name popped up in a think bubble. our latest project is creating ... http://beacantor.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/scratch/ After several years of hard work, I have been awarded the ISTE National Education Technology Standards certification. My name is not spelled right, but it is still mine. I will scan the certificate at school. http://beacantor.edublogs.org/2008/02/10/iste-nets-t/ This past week I attended EdTech 2008 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. I was impressed by how far ahead Goochland is from the rest of the surrounding counties. Yes, there are small pockets of good ideas in some schools of the larger divisions around us, but as a whole, we ... http://beacantor.edublogs.org/2008/02/10/edtech-2008/ Along with all new teachers for the 2007-08 school year, I attended several courses. Here is the document with the points. http://beacantor.edublogs.org/2008/01/31/recertification-paperwork/ I have created a new Moodle course to help teachers use primary sources in the classroom. There is an associated page with resources on the school Wiki as well. http://beacantor.edublogs.org/2008/01/23/moodle-course-and-wiki/