For all the iGoogle lovers out there, make sure to try the new feature of creating your own theme and gadget. The customized gadget is a great add to your students' classroom iGoogle tab. Just create your customized gadget and then share it with your students!
If your students are using or plan on using My Profolio please see the scholarship below for the 2009 NECC (National Educational Computing Conference)in Washington, D.C.
I am very happy to say that I have received numerous emails in regards to my Google Apps presentation at the 2009 eTech Ohio Educational Tech. Conf. (see Google Pres. below the video) I've had quite a few email me about disabling the NavBar. Below is a great YouTube video that will walk you through how to disable the NavBar Search. Not that we don't love this feature, but from experience, I know this discourages plenty of teachers and educators from creating classroom blogs. I also included below the written instructions for those of us that aren't visual learners :) *note, once you disable the bar you will need to go to www.blogger.com to sign into your dashboard for editing. * Please comment back if you have ANY questions. Have fun!
1. Open your Blogger dashboard. 2. Go to your blog’s Layout settings > Edit HTML 3. Look for: /* Variable definitions ==================== 4. And above that add: #navbar-iframe { display: none !important; } 5. Make sure to save your settings and open your blog now. The navigation bar will be gone. 6. To show that this works, take a look at the top of my blog, no search bar :)
Once again posting from the 2009 eTech Educational Technology Conference. I'm just getting ready to present Fun Effects with Adobe Photoshop Elements in the BYOT C Lab. For all the conference attendees reading this, please stop by and learn how to digitally edit your favorite photos! I hope to see you there!
Hopefully you are reading this post from the 2009 eTech Ohio Educational Technology Conference! If you are not, please make sure to check out my wiki site for my conference presentations and materials. If you are one of the lucky ones to be at the conference, please feel free to leave a comment on this post letting me know what you thought of my presentation(s)!
The first step is to open up an internet window with your blog open and you signed in. You need to be in the Layout tab. Second step, open another window where you want to or have already found your tool that you want to add. For example, the TeacherTube video that you want to add should be open in this window. Next, scroll down the page to the bottom right to select and copy the "embedded" code.Now you're going to go back to the internet page that has your blog layout open. Click on new page element, then html/javascript.A new window will appear. Paste the code you copied in the large box labeled content. If you would like to add a title you may. Once finished, click save at the bottom of the box. Now click view blog at the top of your page to see your new video or widget! Yaahhhhh! Nice job! Add a comment below or email me if you have any further questions alyssa@itsco.org
Well I am back in the office after spending a great week teaching SmartBoards at Madison Plains. An excellent group of teachers and staff! Also a wonderful school district that has put their energy into updating their technology resources. They have worked very hard to achieve grants to buy their SmartBoards and succeeded very nicely. Now with me, I am working on updating my wiki site with the SmartBoards tools and tutorials that I used at the workshop. Make sure to check it out! www.alyssabaker.pbwiki.com
I joined the ITSCO team as a consultant after teaching high school reading in Cape Coral, Florida. Originally a native of Central Ohio, I earned my B.S. degree from The Ohio State University in Human Ecology, with a concentration in Early Childhood Education. From there, I went on to pursue my Masters of Education from Ashland University, completing the requirements for an Ohio Teaching Licensure in PreK-3 Education and K-12 Reading.
The purpose of this blog is to allow viewers to seek and share new ideas and technology concepts. Please feel free to leave comments or questions on any of the posts.
Second step, open another window where you want to or have already found your tool that you want to add. For example, the TeacherTube video that you want to add should be open in this window. Next, scroll down the page to the bottom right to select and copy the "embedded" code.
Now you're going to go back to the internet page that has your blog layout open. Click on new page element, then html/javascript.
A new window will appear. Paste the code you copied in the large box labeled content. If you would like to add a title you may. Once finished, click save at the bottom of the box. Now click view blog at the top of your page to see your new video or widget! Yaahhhhh! Nice job! Add a comment below or email me if you have any further questions alyssa@itsco.org
