Director/Coordinator of Technology

Here is a presentation (in .pdf format) on how to use YouTube, as well as possible uses and implications in education.

This is a SketchUp Quick Start Guide (or Pathfinder) which is a 2 page document to get you started using Google SketchUp. Teachers are welcome to modify or copy 'as is' to use as professional development in your districts.

If you want to use Second Life as an avenue to collaborate with other educators, this site will help you get started. You will find resources, tutorials, and folks to contact.

This free online tool lets you convert a range of media files:
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Collecting Data or registering people for an event? This free program will create the PHP code needed to produce the output you request. It's a great tool for making forms or surveys online and customizing them to meet your needs. Web Form Factory is an open source web form generator which automatically generates the necessary backend code to tie your form to a database. By generating the backend code for you, WFF saves you time.

This site serves as an annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on the Internet.

Some highlights of what's in this site includes: :
*A Shakespeare Timeline, which gives the key events of Shakespeare's life and work along with related documentary evidence. There are several supporting pages to the timeline:
*A Shakespeare genealogy. A chart showing the relevant family relationships and dates.
*A Shakespeare Timeline Summary Chart, showing the events of Shakespeare's life in outline along with important contemporary events and publications.
*A Shakespeare Biography Quiz. If you are brave enough, you may take the quiz before reading the timeline.
*The Shakespeare Canon.
*Great introductions to various editions of the Works of Shakespeare:
*Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales From Shakespeare.

This guide is published by PBS and searchable by a children's ages from 3 to 18. It provides developmental information about how children are impacted by TV, Movies, Computers, Advertising and Video Games. This site is part of PBS's guide for parents but it is also excellent for teachers addressing Literacy Media.

DimDim is a new, free or inexpensive web conferencing tool akin to Webex, Elluminate, or Adobe Connect. The free version allows presenters to invite up to 20 participants. The presenter can share powerpoints, pdfs, or on a PC, their screen.

The tool has great potential for web based professional development and other web-based meeting needs.

For additional participants, one can purchase an inexpensive account.