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=Internship Technology Newsletter Knowledgebase​=

Use this wiki to provide articles and information and plan for your campus technology newsletter.

JennKaz DKirk Patti Heidi Jared Lamb JoCad

Write 1 newsletter article about a general **tech ed** topic and post it here. Each of us will then use it and adapt it to fit our needs for our respective technology newsletters. You can use your newsletter that you created for the Digital Graphics class as a template or you can refer to the Newsletter Blog that I created in the Fall for more ideas and inspiration. EDLD 5366 Newsletters

Here are some //possible// suggestions for articles:

What is a Wiki, blog or podcast? (Pick one or all three.) Tell about the Nings. Define/explain "cloud computing." Social bookmarking (DKirk, Patty....) Highlight a tech gadget or concept we saw at TCEA. Select something specific to your campus or our district.

Use the space below to compose and post your article and don't forget to give it a title. THANK YOU!

Jenn-

Cheating Prevention for Online Exams

One of the biggest concerns with teachers using LMS (Angel, Learning Management System) for quizzes and tests is cheating. Can we prevent cheating online? Can we control access on the computers? The answer is yes!! The best thing to do is to make sure that prior to giving the assessment that the security controls have been set. Under settings, there's a security option that is on a default "Low" setting. Simply click this and change it to "Medium". This will disable the student's ability to access other windows during the assessment and it will also disable the right-click and copy option. This will make cheating or sharing answers with other classes much more difficult. Another suggestion would be to password protect the assessment and to make sure that the questions and answer options are on "randomize". This will make it even harder for cheaters to copy!

Dawn

Patti

Jared- I'm going to write a series on student generated podcasts How to use Audacity: one of the growing trends in education is the use of student generated “pod casts” to enhance learning. This is a fun and interactive way for students to not only demonstrate their mastery of knowledge but can also serve as a method for students to create their own study guides that can be easily accessed throughout their school career. Klein is going more and more digital, yet even as we become more technology proficient we are often playing catch up with the tech levels of our students. This generation no longer takes home papers for their parents to place on the refrigerator; but with a student generated pod cast they can proudly download their schoolwork onto their I pods and MP3.

For a teacher to utilize pod casts as a viable means of content mastery they must first have the right tools. Fortunately those tools are either inexpensive or free. The first item one must secure is a common computer microphone. I find that a unidirectional microphone work the best for this application. This is due to the fact that a unidirectional microphone is point and capture, what you point it at is what it records. This design cuts down on external background noise. Most common USB microphones are this style and can be purchased at Wal-Mart or best buy for around $20.

The microphone is the part with a price tag (if you do not have one in your tech-box) the software is the free part. Available on your Wunderlich school computer right now is a program called Audacity. This bit of freeware is in my opinion the best sound mixer on the market of the non-professional. If you have never used this program then we must first get it on your computer. To accomplish this task follow the steps outlined below: 1. Click on your start menu in the lower left side of your screen 2. Click on control panel 3. Find the “run advertised programs” icon and open the application (sometimes takes a moment to compel the list of programs) 4. Scroll down the list until you locate the audacity program and click on it 5. This should automatically load the program onto your computer but your computer may ask you to restart to finalize installation.

You are now set up with all the tools you need to create student generated pod casts. In the next entry in this series we will look at the functions of the program and how to get the most out of your efforts.

Jo

Did you know.....?

....that you can find anyone who has an active account on our Klein ISD network? Begin by going to the Start button > Search -> Printers, Computers or People--->People in your address book. In the "Look in" section, select "Active Directory" and then type in the name of the person you are searching for. Students will have an 'S' next to their student ID and faculty and staff will have their active e-mail address displayed next to their name.

....that there are many useful and informative web-based videos available in Kleinet? The topics range from community relations, internet safety, employee benefits, educational technology and curriculum and instruction. This video library can be accessed from Kleinet under the Featured News section or by this direct link*. [*Provide an active link to this site: ([])]

....that the ball at the top end of a flagpole is called the "truck"? (IDK..that was random and not tech related...lol.)

Here is a link to the Lamar University site where individuals can view a video about the Academic Leadership Master's program at Lamar. They've revamped this and it looks pretty good. []

You might want to embed that link in a keyword. :-)

(more to come...maybe.) =)