Powerteacher: Problems with Gradebook

Powerteacher users (that is to say, all Profile teachers),

You need to get all your Windows recent critical updates to get your gradebook app running. If you cannot run Gradebook anymore, go to Windows update, install the updates, restart your PC and you should be all set.
It is also a good idea to set up your PC for automatic updates. If you are not  sure how to do this,  use Atomic Learning tutorials. The logon and password are in the Google Drive shared folder "Profile E-Subscriptions passwords."

If you still have difficulties with Gradebook, contact me.

Jude

Computer seems like it is not booting up

If it looks like your computer is not starting up, or that it  starts up only after 5-10 minutes, it's just because of a recent Microsoft update. 

If your computer was not closed properly ( for instance, if you are using a laptop and closed it by just closing the lid, or did a hard shutdown on your desktop), things get even slower. 

So, next time you shut it down, gently let it do so on its own sweet time, and when it starts up, be ready to wait (one last time) for a few minutes and have a nice cup of coffee :)  

It'll behave normally after that.

Jude

Many JSTOR Journal Archives Now Free to Public

From Katie G.

The archives of more than 1,200 journals are now available for limited free reading by the public, JSTOR announced on January 9, 2013. Anyone can sign up for a JSTOR account and read up to three articles for free every two weeks. This is a major expansion of the Register & Read program, following a 10-month test, during which more than 150,000 people registered for access to an initial set of 76 journals. The new additions bring more than 4.5 million articles from nearly 800 scholarly societies, university presses, and academic publishers into the Register & Read offerings.Teachers and K-12 student may register.

                                                                                  

Shortcut to Gradebook

Profile teachers,

Here is an easy access to the grade program within Power School. 

Go to your downloads folder and copy launchgradebook.jnlp and paste it to the desktop. 

After it is pasted, double click the icon and enter your username and password to use the program.  This will skip the steps of launching a browser and logging into Power School. 

                                                                                    Jacci 

Four videos to introduce you to the flipped classroom

These short videos provide a good intro to the flipped classroom and also include common Q&A:

Why I flipped my classroom
What if students don't watch videos?
What about students with no internet access?
A flipped lesson on the flipped classroom

My next posting will address the simple screen casting tools  to use for recording a lesson.

Jude

CNN David Houle: Predictions for the next decade of education: more technology-based than ever

Enjoy! and see the link about flipped classroom:

http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/28/my-view-predictions-for-the-next-decades-of-education/

Jude

Sample Flipped Class Session Agenda

The flipped classroom is one of the most effective ways to use technology to boost Differenciated Instruction and student achievement. It is worth giving it a try for one learning unit and see how it goes. This example of class agenda can be applied with small changes to virtually any grade level:

Sample Flipped Class Session Agenda [INFOGRAPHIC] | University Business Magazine

Jude