Convert any Web Page into an e-book

If you're a web surfer like me, who sees an article you'd like to read but not right now, this application may be for you. I come across all kinds of good education articles and have a thought that I'd like to read them more in depth when I have more time. I rarely go back to the site, not because I don't want to read the article but because usually, I forget where I saw it. This application allows you to click a button and save the converted article. Dot e Pub is "a push button cloud based e-book maker". If you're reading an article on the web and want to save it for a later read, you can use this application. This way you can read it later even if you're not on the web. Besides working on your desktop or laptop it can be used with iPhone, IPad and IPad Touch. Click on the DotePub picture link to access the site.


Info accessed while tweeting, thank you Laine Rowell.

Apple opened a "Teachers" Section on iTunes Appstore

Apple announced a “Teachers Section” on the Appstore. Some of the showcased apps include Wunderlist HD, Doceri Remote, Brainpop, Garage Band etc. Some are free and some (most) have a price. You can browse the selections by clicking here

The applications are organized in categories:

• Classroom Tasks
  
• Curricula Support
  
• Instructional Tools
  
• Personal Organization
  
• Reference

This makes it easy to find apps for your classroom. They also have a Summer Learning for Kids Section

Bookmarking a Favorite Site to Your Home Screen

Schools out and now you have time to play with all your fun tech devices. If you're using an iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone you may have noticed that when you launch Safari it always opens by reloading the last page you used. There's a way to open to a new blank page every time or a favorite site and skip this reloading process, by using iOS's bookmarking feature.

                                   Launch Safari


               and type about:blank in the URL field and tap Go.


             A completely blank page will load. Tap on the share icon* (see note below)


        After tapping share, tap on Add to Home Page.


A dialog box appears, type in the name of your bookmark for example - New Page,

                                      then tap Add


            and the icon will appear on your home screen.


You can use the bookmarking feature to add a bookmark to your favorite web site onto your home screen.

After opening your favorite site tap on the share icon and go through the steps to add it to your home screen. Back to Top


*Note: Your device may have a different share icon, instead of a box with an arrow it may just be a + sign. They both do the same thing, offer you ways to share the web site. back to next step
Information from Dan Frakes,iOS Central, Macworld:July 2011
Photos from Techiedeb

OCCUE Tech Festival

*Saturday, January 22, 2011
Time: 8:15am-3:30pm
Location: Mater Dei High School
1202 West Edinger Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92707

Keynote Speaker: Lynell Burmark

Register to Attend

Already have projectors in your classrooms?
Are you using them to develop higher order thinking skills (HOTS) and create transmedia activities where students interact with information rather than passively gazing at it?
Come get mind-bending ideas for learning that’s applied, not just regurgitated. Discover the coolest free tool ever! Find out how to get Interactive White Boards at half-price and enter a drawing for for a free copy of Lynell’s new book: They Snooze, You Lose! Go to amazon.com now to pre-order They Snooze, You Lose! and Lynell will sign it at Tech Fest.

About Lynell
Lynell Burmark began her teaching career at Stanford University where she received the Walter Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching. Subsequent classroom experience spanned K-graduate school. Since 1995, Lynell has consulted to high-tech companies and school districts, and keynoted conferences and educational events throughout the U.S. and Canada. Her classic book, Visual Literacy, won the book of the year award for publisher ASCD. Her latest book – They Snooze, You Lose: An Educator’s Guide to Successful Presentations – takes visual literacy to the next level with new research and more practical applications. Visit www.educatebetter.org for more information and free resources including downloadable articles and banks of images suitable for educational use. Lynell is passionate about the use of images in presentations and feels the highest praise is when someone says: “You practice what you preach!”

More about Lynell from previous post. Scroll down to see post on Lynell Burmark

*pictures and info taken from CUE email

Speak Up! Survey

The Speak Up Survey is 100% confidential. That means your name is not attached to your information. However, the number of participants from a school is listed: the numbers of teachers who did the survey, the number of students, the number of parents and administrators. Why is this important? We are at Davis, that's why. : ) Please complete the survey for yourself and get your students to take it during lab time or at home. Send the link home to parents. K-2 teachers can do the group survey with their students. If anyone needs help just ask. We want our school to have 100% participation. They've extended the deadline to Jan. 17th.
Go Ducks!