http://smartboardsandeverydaymath.com Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:37:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have already failed one of my New Year's resolution to give this site more attention. I got around to cleaning out the forum. I've had a lot of stuff going on and this thing got moved WAY down on the list of priorities. I'm starting to ... http://smartboardsandeverydaymath.com/?p=277 I had everything ready, my prep time would be next to nothing, and then.... boom!  My Smartboard lamp died.  Of course, my district didn't have any on hand.  They have since ordered some, but for some reason ordering things in the public school system seems to operate on the dog ... http://smartboardsandeverydaymath.com/?p=274 I'm so depressed.    I have less than two weeks of vacation left.  Some districts have already started!  The time sure did fly by.  I didn't quite get through my summer to-do list, but I'm not giving up.   As you'll see in the sidebar, I have uploaded my ... http://smartboardsandeverydaymath.com/?p=269 The hosting switch is complete. There were many more hiccups than I would have liked. Not everything is right. There are problems logging in and out at certain places on this blog, but I don't get many comments so I'm not too concerned. The login on ... http://smartboardsandeverydaymath.com/?p=267 I am switching Hosting services.  It's gone smoothly until the very end.  Now I'm having trouble getting my blog's theme working.  It may go down and change it's look a few times, but it should be back up and stable soon. I am going through all this nonsense to install Mahara.  ... http://smartboardsandeverydaymath.com/?p=258 I have been researching Electronic Portfolios for use in the classroom.  We use the old "toss some papers in a folder" approach now, but I need to move it into the world of Tech.  I have been to a few conferences and presentations where teachers have used Powerpoint to create ... http://smartboardsandeverydaymath.com/?p=244 I thought I might put a quick update for a couple reasons. One, I continue to get lots of emails and registrations, so I don't want anyone to think I've stopped updating the site. Secondly, I got a new IPHONE and I am hopelessly addicted. I'm using ... http://smartboardsandeverydaymath.com/?p=243 Well, it's nearing the end of a pretty productive school year.  I'm very happy about how this site is turning out.  I wasn't sure if there would be much interest or not.  I'm glad there is!  I wish I had more to offer for the other grade levels in my ... http://smartboardsandeverydaymath.com/?p=233 This is going to be a big week for trying a few new things in my classroom. Next week we are taking the Achievement Tests. That means this week we will be doing some intense practicing and preparing. Of course, we do this all year, but I ... http://smartboardsandeverydaymath.com/?p=226 My Spring Break is almost over.  It's always amazing how fast time can seem to move!  I have had a busy week.  I got plenty of things done in my workshop (woodworking is a hobby of mine), and have tinkered with a lot of ideas for using technology in my ... http://smartboardsandeverydaymath.com/?p=217