Today marks the official completion of my first week of teaching in Baltimore City Public Schools! Hurrah, I made it! Let’s celebrate with an amusing cartoon that mentions my own homeland, India: Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Building Bridges All Day Long!
Today marks my first day at the new job, teaching technology to tenth graders in Baltimore City Public Schools. I have three class periods in the morning, and am done for the day by noon, which gives me plenty of time for graduate schoolwork and writing to you! In class this week, we are finishing … Continue reading »
Free App of the Week: Project Noah
So I know its been a few weeks since I’ve posted a free app, which might make the title of the post a little defunct, but I’m going to try to bring this back by talking about a fascinating science app, Project Noah. Essentially, Project Noah is a tool that helps students document organisms and … Continue reading »
New Job, New Domain!
Hey everyone! Sorry I haven’t posted much recently, but there have been some changes happening here on TeachBytes as well as in my life: I am starting a new job as a part-time teacher in Baltimore City Public Schools on Monday! I will be teaching technology to 10th graders until the end of the school … Continue reading »
PollEverywhere and 5 Classroom Uses
PollEverywhere is a web 2.0 tool that utilizes SMS text messaging to collect and track responses. It is a wonderful way to incorporate cell phones in the classroom for learning, rather than battling against them! Students can use any device that is text capable to respond to PollEverywhere. Polls can be multiple choice, or open … Continue reading »
LOL of the Week
This week’s cartoon was shared in one of my classes at Johns Hopkins by a colleague in a presentation. Enjoy! Continue reading »
Visual.ly
A while ago I posted about Information is Beautiful‘s visualizations, designed and created by David Candless. Visualizations and infographics have quickly become immensely popular online, being used in newspapers, journals, magazines, and blogs across the internet. Recently, many instructors have begun using infographics in the classroom as a way to visually represent statistics and data to … Continue reading »
Cloud Computing 101
What is Cloud Computing? There are many technological, lengthy, and complicated definitions for cloud computing that talk about the implementation of networks or wireless information access. For me, cloud computing can be summarized much more simply: sharing information online rather than tying down information to specific hardware (computers, laptops, smartphones, etc). In the process of … Continue reading »
10 Ways to Use Pinterest in the Classroom
Due to the popularity of my post Pinterest – Turning Procrastination into Classroom Preparation, I’ve decided to follow up with ways to use Pinterest with students. When using Pinterest, keep in mind that not all pins are safe and secure, and monitoring will be necessary to ensure students don’t stumble upon inappropriate content. Nonetheless, Pinterest provides … Continue reading »
Word Clouds and 8 Ways to Use Them!
If you aren’t already familiar with word clouds, they are a visual depictions of text, usually created on java platforms. A few great word cloud sites include Wordle, Tagxedo, and for younger audiences, ABCYa’s version of word clouds. While there are some minor differences between platforms, essentially they all do the same thing: give you … Continue reading »
