I often use web screenshots when creating online activities for younger students. A thumbnail shot gives students a preview image they can click on to go to a link. I have found that thumbnail images that serve as a hyper link are easier for younger students to click on than hyper linked text. In the past the process I used to create my thumbnail screen shots was tedious and time-consuming (print screen, open Photoshop, crop the image, resize, and save). The thumbnail generator I am shari... Read Full Story

I cherish the memory of my close knit family and appreciate the fact that my Grandmother insisted on taking photographs around the dinner table (as we all posed and endured her request). While I will miss many of the family members who sat around the table in my youth, I look forward to sharing time with my children and hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving as well. Read Full Story

I’m attending NYSCATE, the annual conference for New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education. As always, the conference has been engaging, exciting, and renewing! I will try to add to this post a bit later this evening, but I did want to share the marvelous keynote given by Sir Ken Robineson: Do Schools Kill Creativity? Read Full Story

Today officially marks my 300th day of blogging. Three hundred days ago I made an internal pact with myself to blog every day for a year. I should point out that Julie, Julia had not yet been released, so I can confidently assure you that I was not influenced by the movie. So why did I make this pact? At the time I was unemployed (originally, I was leaving one school to work for another; the school I was moving to canceled the position at the last minute on the heals of Patterson’s... Read Full Story

Quote by Buddha. Photograph uploaded to Flickr by Nik McPhee. Read Full Story

I am looking forward to a busy and fun-filled weekend spending time at a NYSCATE conference. I hope you enjoy the great resources and videos I discovered and bookmarked this week. In no particular order, I have listed my favorite top 10 sites, blog posts, and videos of the week below. Feel free to share your favorite finds of the week using the comment link found at the bottom of this post. Have a nice weekend! A friend sent me a link to this awesome motivating video based on a real sports ... Read Full Story

Novelist James A. Michener once said, “I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.” I would venture to say that you could substitute the phrase Web 2.0 apps for words. Well, at least I could…”I love Web 2.0 apps. I love the swirl and swing of Web 2.0 apps as they tangle with human emotions.” In other words, I am constantly amazed by the new applications and resources that continue to evolve on the web. Have you had a chance to ... Read Full Story

Docuter is a place where you can upload, publish, store and share documents. You can embed the documents on to your corporate website, blog, e-zine, etc. Your documents can be shared with the Docuter community and friends and can be emailed to anyone you wish. You can upload any kind of documents as Docuter supports more than 200 document types. Individuals can comment on, rank, bookmark and email documents that you make public. You also have the option of keeping your documents private. ... Read Full Story

My current job entails working with teacher K-12 in a number of school districts across our region. The person I replaced was a real math pro. I often find myself re-teaching myself math concepts that got put on the back burner several years ago (more than I would like to admit to). Now…that doesn’t mean that I can’t figure out change or use every day math with little effort, but it does mean that I have had to revisit the nuances of math. I have spent a lot of time seek... Read Full Story

Click the screenshot below to access a portal site of Thanksgiving resources that include information about the Pilgrims, Native Americans, and Thanksgiving lessons, crafts, games and more. I hope you enjoy a couple of bountiful weeks as you prepare for Thanksgiving. Here is the direct link: http://farr-integratingit.net/Holidays/Thanksgiving/ Read Full Story