TechKnowledgy Online PBS 45 & 49
Issue 6—February, 2008
Three Microsoft Word Tips: The Flying Cursor, Text Boxes and Changing the Direction of Your Type
Free Multimedia Workshops (Constitution Challenge, What's the Problem, One State--Many Nations: Native Americans of Ohio)
NEW Free Multimedia Workshop The Middle Ages
Web 2.0: Turning Tomorrows Technologies into Today's Best Practices
On the Air: Biz
Kid$ (half-hour weekly program on financial literacy);
The Complete Works of Jane Austen
Teacher Feature Meet Lori Pyles
Web Picks for February, 2008
Book Review Digital Game-Based Learning by Marc Prensky
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Three Microsoft Word Tips
- Stop your cursor from scrolling past what you're trying to copy.
- Make a text box and change direction of box. Read More
Free Multimedia Professional Development Read More
- Constitution Challenge Feb. 19, 2008 4 p.m. to.6 p.m. at PBS 45 & 49
- What’s the Problem? Feb. 20, 2008 4 p.m. to6 p.m. at PBS 45 & 49
- One State Many Nations: Native Americans of Ohio Feb. 27, 2008 4 p.m. to.6 p.m. at PBS 45 & 49
The Middle Ages Free Professional Development
The Middle Ages is keyed to grade 7 social studies standards.
Read MoreWeb 2.0: Turning Tomorrows Technologies into Today's Best Practices
A statewide collaborative presentation of the latest technologies available to your districts. Educational Technology agencies around the state will be presenting live and via videoconferencing to audiences statewide about the tools that are making the "new" Internet even more collaborative. Read MoreOn the Air: Biz Kids
Biz Kid$ is a half-hour weekly television series that educates kids about money and business. Produced by the creators of the Emmy Award-winning Bill Nye the Science Guy, each of the 26 Biz Kid$ episodes features compelling stories about real-life kid entrepreneurs and reinforces the importance of budgeting, saving and giving back to the community. Airs Sundays at 8:30 (beginning Feb. 3) Read MoreThe Complete Works of Jane Austen Read More
Grant Sites February
This is a listing of several grants that are available in a variety of areas.
Web Picks for February Find sites for the anniversary of the Constitution, lunar or Chinese New Year, Lincoln's Birthday, Valentine's Day, President's Day and Washington's Birthday Go to February picks.
Meet Lori Pyles! She teaches at the Portage County Juvenile Detention Center and was nominated to attend and participate in the Freedom Writers Conference in Long Beach, Calif. in the summer of 2007 and has consequently incorporated several techniques that she learned into her classroom. Read More
Tell us about something exciting that's happening at your school. Just contact Ria Mastromatteo at (330) 677-4549 or maria@wneo.org .
Digital Game-Based Learning by Marc Prensky
In a moment of folly I decided to create a video game. This is certainly no easy task for someone who doesn't play games. I asked Cathy Adler, an incredibly creative teacher to help. By the way, she doesn't play games either. We decided to create a game about Antarctica. Before we began, we thought we needed a little pedagogy to help, and luckily found Digital Game-Based Learning by Marc Prensky. Read More
Feel free to comment on the book above. If you want to tell about a book you know, send your input to Ria Mastromatteo maria@wneo.org.
We’re also open to comments, criticisms, things to add and things to delete for this newsletter. Just contact Ria at maria@wneo.org .