http://inside.isb.ac.th/mstech Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:40:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Developing Our Middle School Writers Are you having your students use their blogs as a platform for their personal writing? Looking to connect with other middle school student writers? You may want to check out The Clem. Even if you don't ask your students to post their writing, you may want ... http://inside.isb.ac.th/mstech/2010/03/15/weekly-top-5-great-finds-6/ Over the past few weeks, we have been doing our best to introduce both new parents and students to all of the tech tools we use here at ISB. For Parents: Last week, Jeff and I led a Parent Technology Coffee Morning (an informal parent technology training held every first Wednesday of ... http://inside.isb.ac.th/mstech/2010/02/08/technology-introduction-for-families-new-to-isb/ TED Talks Comes to Bangkok! In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxBKK, where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxBKK event, TEDTalks video ... http://inside.isb.ac.th/mstech/2010/02/05/weekly-top-5-great-finds-5/ PantherNet Google Single-In on We've now integrated PantherNet and Google into one system! This means that once a student is logged into PantherNet, they are also logged into Google Apps. Now there's only one address to remember http://panthernet.isb.ac.th.  Once there, students can login with their school username and password and along with ... http://inside.isb.ac.th/mstech/2010/01/27/ms-tech-updates/ We have 4 Flip cameras in the Main Library, which are very simple to use for recording. However, if you plan to edit the video using MovieMaker, you will need to convert the video file before importing into MM because the Flip records in .mp4 format, but MovieMaker will only ... http://inside.isb.ac.th/mstech/2009/12/15/importing-flip-video-to-moviemaker/ Check out these interesting articles, websites and videos that came across my desk(top) this week: Explore our changing climate in Google Earth Today we're launching a new series of narrated Google Earth tours all about climate change as part of Google's effort to make climate information accessible leading up to the UN Climate Change Conference ... http://inside.isb.ac.th/mstech/2009/12/15/weekly-top-5-great-finds-4/ We know how much teachers appreciate our isbcentral page that only works here at school, so we have created a site for both staff and students to use to access all our web tools in one spot from outside of school (or inside if you choose). At this student page, you ... http://inside.isb.ac.th/mstech/2009/12/15/isb-central-from-home/ With the end of the semester approaching, it is critical that all teachers back up their PantherNet courses - especially if you plan on using any of the elements of that course in the next semester. It's very simple to back-up your course, please follow the directions in this video tutorial ... http://inside.isb.ac.th/mstech/2009/12/15/backing-up-panthernet-courses/ Several teachers have expressed concerns about how students are behaving in online spaces, like Facebook. This is always an issue, especially in middle and high school. One way to work towards better habits is to have regular discussions about online safety and responsibility. Today, I facilitated a Synergy lesson with one ... http://inside.isb.ac.th/mstech/2009/12/08/synergy-lesson-online-safety-responsibility/ The COETAIL Cohort had an assignment on Wednesday to create a VoiceThread with tips and tricks to managing technology in your classroom here at ISB. Have a read/listen to their suggestions on how to manage the laptop carts, cameras, microphones, headphones, and USB Drives. Feel free to add your own ... http://inside.isb.ac.th/mstech/2009/11/27/tips-for-managing-tech-tools-in-the-classroom/