Parents don't be scared of social media!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUc36Io4mZ9JwLojZ9LoSH8ASEfOqIB9lR2hM-SN0sQf9g2q52MLiEaxb1A9pLCjwRCHgC66XprK8gHIy8HK6DKfgu5bmxGnk_ZXZckobk_llkd1h6OaLMPZ2U2tt6HcMhOKtLdxptAmY/s1600/social_media.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUc36Io4mZ9JwLojZ9LoSH8ASEfOqIB9lR2hM-SN0sQf9g2q52MLiEaxb1A9pLCjwRCHgC66XprK8gHIy8HK6DKfgu5bmxGnk_ZXZckobk_llkd1h6OaLMPZ2U2tt6HcMhOKtLdxptAmY/s640/social_media.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> I have now lived in 3 states but I am only discussing 2 in this post.  In Alabama EVERYONE seemed to be using social media and all types of social media.  I don't recall parents being afraid of social media. <br /> <br /> Now Texas or at least the area of TX that I find myself in seems to be terrified of social media.  I have heard on more than one occasion parents state that they are not on social media and they refuse to use social media.<br /> <br /> I wonder if they actually hear what is coming out of their mouth when they say that.  Do they fully understand what they are doing?<br /> <br /> If they are afraid and/or refuse to use social media how do they plan to keep track of their kids who are going to be using social media if they don't already.  Even if their parents ban them from social media I promise you that they have an account somewhere.  How are they going to make sure that their kids are safe if they don't understand how to use it?  How are they going to keep up and stay relevant with their children if they refuse to embrace the "new" way of communicating?<br /> <br /> It is in my opinion that these types of parents are being very short sighted. Some educational visionaries believe that teachers are missing the boat by not teaching students using the apps and devices that have become their <i>precious</i>.<br /> <br /> I find myself in a unique situation frequently with large numbers of students where I get to ask questions that honestly the school should be asking to be able to better teach their population.  I love asking them questions about what they are doing, why they are doing it and how do they think that it could be done better.  They all jump on that last one and absolutely come alive giving me their thoughts.<br /> <br /> Students today consider FB a social media app for their parents.  Technology is changing at the speed of light and if you choose not to get on board you will be left behind.<br /> <br /> <br /></div>

Parents don't be scared of social media!

I have now lived in 3 states but I am only discussing 2 in this post.  In Alabama EVERYONE seemed to be using social media and all types...

Time to let go!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3NxKRUdrtVBsm5o9Pdlw2uNBLAaNDT2ASeG4xeooEmB2VE3iEQn6yl0jZQzIml20M-pIJH6aPE5C4iEgsqcF507ktM58dxStRBqs2A8Rf0p6QCroHAEPkdDcowDEpaiiOw5GD1z1Kxk/s1600/snoopy-lets-go-500x375c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3NxKRUdrtVBsm5o9Pdlw2uNBLAaNDT2ASeG4xeooEmB2VE3iEQn6yl0jZQzIml20M-pIJH6aPE5C4iEgsqcF507ktM58dxStRBqs2A8Rf0p6QCroHAEPkdDcowDEpaiiOw5GD1z1Kxk/s640/snoopy-lets-go-500x375c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b><i>Letting go doesn't mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be.</i></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div> Do you have a date that is very definitive in your mind? A date of when you decided that you were letting go.  A date where everything that you had worked for was finally over. <br /> <br /> That date for me is today!!  I spent 4 years in college for a degree that was completely useless.  I actually started college before high school ended.  Every 5 years from the date that I received that degree I had to go back to school to keep my teaching certificate. I volunteered countless hours of my life to help teachers, guide teachers, assist principals on technology in schools.  I gave up every Friday of my life one school year to integrate technology into a classroom. I met teachers in restaurants at night, I met with teachers on their lunch breaks, I met with teachers in my home, I met with teachers during my breaks.  I created video lessons to fix problems that teachers were having. I have created blogs, websites and email lists for teachers. My work has gotten teachers recognized by the district.  I was called to sub in classrooms with broken computers because they knew that when I left they would be fixed. I spoke on stage to a huge gathering of teachers about technology at a district wide professional development seminar. I warned administrators of giant financial mistakes related to technology that they were making only to see what I had warned them of come to fruition.  I have studied, researched and studied even more about education and technology.  I have worked with teachers around the world on projects. I have read books, listened to speeches, dreamed of attending conferences that you have to be with a school district to attend.  I have volunteered to teach technology classes for teachers at a tech conference. I have worked with student teachers who want to be teachers.  I have had lengthy conversations with them where they can't take notes fast enough because their college education has not prepared them to be adequate teachers today.  I have taught technology classes for teachers who couldn't do it themselves while I was on my lunch break from my job.  I have watched people in powerful positions make bad decisions because they are threatened by others.  I have watched other people in powerful positions make stupid decisions for their own gain.<br /> <br /> You might ask why someone would devote so much of their life to something that they were not being paid for.  I can honestly tell you that I hoped that all of that hard work would pay off in the end that someone would see the value that I could bring. That my dream of teaching teachers (for pay) would become a reality.  They say that if you do what you love then you never work a day in your life.  I had hoped that I would be allowed to do what I love. <br /> <br /> A major turning point for me occurred today and for the first time since 1997 I will not renew my teaching certificate this summer.  I will no longer be a teacher on paper.  I gave this goal every ounce of my being but the stars did not align.  So I can now say confidently that I did everything within my power and there is nothing more that I can do so I am letting go.  This was the path that I chose and don't get me wrong it is what I loved doing I just wish that the end result had been different. <br /> <br /> Life on social media can easily be portrayed as perfect.  Well, life isn't perfect, life is hard!  I am hoping that that saying about the door closing and the door opening is true. <br /> <br /> <br /></div>

Time to let go!

Letting go doesn't mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be. Do you have a date that is ver...

Martha Trippin

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACch03UD6AZ2v1JAxRj5T_JByWV9-X-BLcA-wav-Xri_wkeyz-t5CvUIsS4uGz_RfOrv9xEIlJScBbVsmlzAVbu-1iqw_tAtO7-CyM-SVSu3fRpDw3aGohsoAGV8wd8XmamWDSL6Rxnw/s1600/GOPR0297-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACch03UD6AZ2v1JAxRj5T_JByWV9-X-BLcA-wav-Xri_wkeyz-t5CvUIsS4uGz_RfOrv9xEIlJScBbVsmlzAVbu-1iqw_tAtO7-CyM-SVSu3fRpDw3aGohsoAGV8wd8XmamWDSL6Rxnw/s640/GOPR0297-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> I have a travel blog as well.  It needs a face lift which I hope to do over the next few weeks.  This is the place where I post the adventures that we take as a family in hopes of expanding our boys' world. I would love for you to join us over there as well. We are thrilled to have over 1200 followers on Instagram and still growing.  Collecting memories, not things!<br /> <br /> We can be found on the following sites:<br /> <br /> Blog: <a href="http://www.marthatrippin.com/">www.marthatrippin.com</a><br /> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Martha-Trippin-1618155191769642/timeline/?ref=hl">https://www.facebook.com/Martha-Trippin-1618155191769642/timeline/?ref=hl</a><br /> Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/marthatrippin/">https://instagram.com/marthatrippin/</a><br /> Blog Lovin:<a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/martha-trippin-14153007" target="_blank"> https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/martha-trippin-14153007</a><br /> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/marthatrippin?lang=en">https://twitter.com/marthatrippin?lang=en</a></div>

Martha Trippin

I have a travel blog as well.  It needs a face lift which I hope to do over the next few weeks.  This is the place where I post the adv...

Stem Scouts!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhin2d_jjTQU_V1oBWm-6h9oj3fW5PDLsJP1ZBil0hfzqkhWG9srNLrkm8eQQ7JmyWs6M7lMkIQOV16fxq9_1tyOyjAT7QOSbxXnSA-7PJ7-YoqIlyCDXBRLxEh-RPgm0TDbQt9uGGa9ZU/s1600/stemscouts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhin2d_jjTQU_V1oBWm-6h9oj3fW5PDLsJP1ZBil0hfzqkhWG9srNLrkm8eQQ7JmyWs6M7lMkIQOV16fxq9_1tyOyjAT7QOSbxXnSA-7PJ7-YoqIlyCDXBRLxEh-RPgm0TDbQt9uGGa9ZU/s400/stemscouts.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stemscouts.org/">https://stemscouts.org/</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> Boy Scouts has decided to give something new a try and it looks outstanding.<br /> <br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Gotham Rounded A', 'Gotham Rounded B', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">"Why read about science when you can just do it? STEM Scouts re-imagines creative ways to learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Interact with professionals in weekly hands-on lab sessions and discover new things in a fast-paced, thought-provoking, and fun way. It's your world now. </span><a href="https://stemscouts.org/find-a-lab/" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Gotham Rounded A', 'Gotham Rounded B', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 33px; max-height: 100000px; outline: none; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Join us</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Gotham Rounded A', 'Gotham Rounded B', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;"> and e</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Gotham Rounded A', 'Gotham Rounded B', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">xplore it."</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Gotham Rounded A', 'Gotham Rounded B', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">credit: </span></span><a href="https://stemscouts.org/" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">https://stemscouts.org/</a></div>

Stem Scouts!

https://stemscouts.org/ Boy Scouts has decided to give something new a try and it looks outstanding. "Why read about science whe...

A Stroll through England with Google!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUMzCGrEWLa4FvrG3j8ZwbsICaf6xdAJGXBie6DVW7pbeRBptfNpZ2ve0kf74ckp5Gx-n_0XdO8I4AYxOa0XlKjoGNd7yvGAxKjb9bv1X7I0Aifkab1LWaW114YK32nV5cJt-2cQrYPg/s1600/England.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUMzCGrEWLa4FvrG3j8ZwbsICaf6xdAJGXBie6DVW7pbeRBptfNpZ2ve0kf74ckp5Gx-n_0XdO8I4AYxOa0XlKjoGNd7yvGAxKjb9bv1X7I0Aifkab1LWaW114YK32nV5cJt-2cQrYPg/s400/England.png" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><i>Flashback post from 2012-2013 School Year.</i></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Two of the classrooms which we are blogging with are located in the United Kingdom so we took this opportunity to expand our students worlds. We used Google Maps to look at satellite and street views to take a walk through the city, discussed the difference in currency, which continent they are located on, the time zone and distance in miles from our school.  I am including some of the websites that we used to explore the homes of our new friends.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <a href="http://maps.google.com/" style="color: purple;">Google Maps</a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> Continent- <a href="http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/continents/map.jsp" style="color: purple;">http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/continents/map.jsp</a>,<a href="http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/continents_map.htm" style="color: purple;">http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/continents_map.htm</a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> How far is it?- <a href="http://www.distancefromto.net/" style="color: purple;">http://www.distancefromto.net/</a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> What time is it there?-<a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/" style="color: purple;">http://www.worldtimezone.com</a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> Currency converter?-<a href="http://www.google.com/finance/converter" style="color: purple;">http://www.google.com/finance/converter</a></div> </div>

A Stroll through England with Google!

Flashback post from 2012-2013 School Year. Two of the classrooms which we are blogging with are located in the United Kingdom so we to...

Quad Blogging-Friends around the world!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBAo23695KdiLCuRdchsyufClZyc61wNFa_3url7SCvSFYlkKYOzyXN5MD61_rLc1X5ldy7ITYVc02MhHBybvrW-FSuz7AMYFbdUj2_DmP7V8BKrkBARbGI_1w2-8FRgbwOpG034B5dM/s1600/cropped-QuadBlogging_v111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBAo23695KdiLCuRdchsyufClZyc61wNFa_3url7SCvSFYlkKYOzyXN5MD61_rLc1X5ldy7ITYVc02MhHBybvrW-FSuz7AMYFbdUj2_DmP7V8BKrkBARbGI_1w2-8FRgbwOpG034B5dM/s640/cropped-QuadBlogging_v111.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://quadblogging.net/">http://quadblogging.net/</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">During the 2012-2013 school year I had the amazing opportunity to work with the University of South Alabama, Lucy Buffett, Dr. Strange, Anthony Capps and Elsanor Elementary School.  This is one of the fantastic projects that we completed during that school year.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">If you are a classroom teacher this is a very unique program that will be very rewarding for your students.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span> <i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">We are very excited to be able to participate in </span><a href="http://quadblogging.net/" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Quad Blogging</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">.  Our class has been paired with 3 other classrooms, two in the United Kingdom and one in Taipei.  Each week we rotate which blog will be commented on that day.  Because we have two 5th grade classrooms we actually went ahead and commented on two of them today.  We can't wait to hear back from our NEW friends from afar.</span></i><br /> <i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /></i> <i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">#1.</span><a href="http://kidblog.org/Year6-MrSmout/" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">St Mary & St John</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">-United Kingdom</span></i><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><i>#2.Our Class</i></span><br /> <i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">#3.</span><a href="http://westcliff2012.primaryblogger.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Westcliff Primary School</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">-United Kingdom</span></i><br /> <i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">#4.</span><a href="http://www.b6cb.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">TES</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">-Taipei</span></i><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span> <br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Our students learned about the culture and lives of our far away friends we also took a stroll through their towns which you will see in another post.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></div>

Quad Blogging-Friends around the world!

http://quadblogging.net/ During the 2012-2013 school year I had the amazing opportunity to work with the University of South Alabam...

Students control camera on the International Space Station!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1c9I8SMDFyA1Xr5jRbQ2YvYfpNqIKZ_ek-K1uxHktIC6Y62VEBi3Z7Z1V0r3AAgqos8Pu7PIstXIIPgpcMwfu8idiGS4S2khcsA1Y_eETbE0C5YY3MwyOcllaEap8q6rzC63LZG-ank/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-10-08+at+11.13.08+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1c9I8SMDFyA1Xr5jRbQ2YvYfpNqIKZ_ek-K1uxHktIC6Y62VEBi3Z7Z1V0r3AAgqos8Pu7PIstXIIPgpcMwfu8idiGS4S2khcsA1Y_eETbE0C5YY3MwyOcllaEap8q6rzC63LZG-ank/s400/Screen+Shot+2015-10-08+at+11.13.08+AM.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> We have exciting news! The U.S. Space & Rocket Center, partnering with the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Teledyne Brown Engineering has been selected by NASA to operate EarthKAM.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> NASA astronaut Sally Ride established EarthKAM in 1995 under the name KidSat. EarthKAM is a NASA-funded experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Students from around the globe control a digital camera pointed toward the Earth to take pictures from space. The student.s pictures are downlinked from the ISS and posted on the EarthKAM website where students can see their pictures and use EarthKAM curriculum materials to learn more about Earth observation, geography, atmospheric science, and what it is like to live and work in space.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The next EarthKAM mission is scheduled for November 9 – 13, 2015. If you are an existing Sally Ride EarthKAM user, your login and password will remain the same. However, the new EarthKAM website is <a href="http://www.earthkam.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #117bb8; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">www.earthkam.org</a> and it will be going live on October 15, 2015. All further inquires about the EarthKAM program should be sent to <a href="mailto:earthkam@spacecamp.com" style="border: 0px; color: #117bb8; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">earthkam@spacecamp.com</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This is an amazing program that I highly recommend. My students have always loved participating in this program.</div> </div>

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Students control camera on the International Space Station!!

We have exciting news! The U.S. Space & Rocket Center, partnering with the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Teledyne Br...

Kids learn to type for FREE!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QGq_QZelSRqK8RwKEBOr0EUCmBsIBNNJtBiwQ3S_RYFAuBt2LpJGlOOKJzmaT3ngK5ZfZwp9DVcSuFSeWcjGngBgkHDpcZ6YNrnao_4e9TD_kDcDjnJwhACGaLlDFlcO1bZRPP7gMWY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-10-12+at+6.54.12+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QGq_QZelSRqK8RwKEBOr0EUCmBsIBNNJtBiwQ3S_RYFAuBt2LpJGlOOKJzmaT3ngK5ZfZwp9DVcSuFSeWcjGngBgkHDpcZ6YNrnao_4e9TD_kDcDjnJwhACGaLlDFlcO1bZRPP7gMWY/s640/Screen+Shot+2015-10-12+at+6.54.12+PM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.typing.com/">https://www.typing.com</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> Whether you are a teacher or a parent, if you want your kids to learn to type for free this is a fantastic app.  You can setup an account for your student so that their progress is saved.  Give it a try!</div>

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Kids learn to type for FREE!

https://www.typing.com Whether you are a teacher or a parent, if you want your kids to learn to type for free this is a fantastic a...

The Super School Project

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivG65qanTvW5F2qYURwB85PKIY6_ju_8AGoitM3-xcddc3h6aWpMtqPjr4lI3sbDbS88or2TSeQ0jFFU99SjnNnpECZuZ9FRLHBreNRP4iC6X0EE1FKCYowBnTpWOg7qoIfxurcOwJiQQ/s1600/SuperSchoolProject.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivG65qanTvW5F2qYURwB85PKIY6_ju_8AGoitM3-xcddc3h6aWpMtqPjr4lI3sbDbS88or2TSeQ0jFFU99SjnNnpECZuZ9FRLHBreNRP4iC6X0EE1FKCYowBnTpWOg7qoIfxurcOwJiQQ/s640/SuperSchoolProject.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://xqsuperschool.org/">http://xqsuperschool.org</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> Rethinking High School. I stumbled across this project the other day.  Very interesting!!  I am not on board with the school hate presentations but I am all for advancing our educational system in a smart systematic approach that makes sense and is not an educational fade.  I will be following this project to see what comes out of it.  Check it out for yourself.</div>

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The Super School Project

http://xqsuperschool.org Rethinking High School. I stumbled across this project the other day.  Very interesting!!  I am not on board w...

Mini Maker Faire at Barnes & Noble-Nationwide

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxG030XT9s8iwvjX-JOknczZm66iDl62d2WhQ_KpTJg1z_WRn0QbJsYtnlGUqQcj0gz1-bPLUN19zJZHjL_fY3e5t2k_rtInuQZJOxLClEwJ4qsSmw4HRSRrk-vJs7Z1EoYGwBGyJlVsU/s640/BNMakerFaire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/makerfaire">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/makerfaire</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> Calling EVERYONE!  Barnes and Noble has teamed up with Make to bring Mini Maker Faires to every Barnes and Noble store Nationwide.  If you have never been to a Maker Faire or if you don't live close to one then this is a great introduction.  We will definitely be attended the one near us.</div>

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Mini Maker Faire at Barnes & Noble-Nationwide

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/makerfaire Calling EVERYONE!  Barnes and Noble has teamed up with Make to bring Mini Maker Faires to ev...

Tech ED Professional Development

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LbVlhBgVJqbXbFjl1rnbUbJFc3s6_SOVA0mCYgnLCuMWveqmc6lwdUWc7_SIqfvKAp8uBxngmDf2xmtFiHnXurX2zxfr4FMHKM-EHxxEFU1tdub0qcBWNSUL1onipF6bw5LUH0w4w2o/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-10-08+at+6.23.33+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LbVlhBgVJqbXbFjl1rnbUbJFc3s6_SOVA0mCYgnLCuMWveqmc6lwdUWc7_SIqfvKAp8uBxngmDf2xmtFiHnXurX2zxfr4FMHKM-EHxxEFU1tdub0qcBWNSUL1onipF6bw5LUH0w4w2o/s640/Screen+Shot+2015-10-08+at+6.23.33+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> Just recently I was telling a group of Administrators about this program but for the life of me I could not remember the name.  Well, here it is.  I have worked with a couple of teachers who have been through this program and it was wonderful!<br /> <br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px;">The eMINTS National Center at the University of Missouri has offered research-based professional development programs to K-20 educators since 1999. eMINTS changes how teachers teach and students learn. eMINTS National Center programs were developed in collaboration with the </span><a href="http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/aa/" style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">University of Missouri</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px;">, </span><a href="http://dese.mo.gov/" style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px;"> and the </span><a href="http://www.dhe.mo.gov/" style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Missouri Department of Higher Education</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px;">.</span><br /> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> eMINTS professional development uses interactive group sessions and in-classroom coaching/mentoring to help teachers integrate technology into their teaching using an instructional model that</div> <ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;">promotes inquiry-based learning</li> <li style="list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;">supports high-quality lesson design</li> <li style="list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;">builds community among students and teachers</li> <li style="list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;">creates technology-rich learning environments</li> </ul> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> eMINTS began in Missouri – its name an acronym for the project <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">enhancing Missouri’s Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies</strong>. Today eMINTS can be found in classrooms across the United States and in New South Wales, Australia.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> Credit: <a href="http://www.emints.org/">http://www.emints.org</a></div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.60900115966797px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> </div>

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Just recently I was telling a group of Administrators about this program but for the life of me I could not remember the name....

Let blind readers see your site completely!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2EgeZG9lKjxLUFs6iTxdeyLhitQJnQDkxgp4A2WL2bssyMzL7aCdJLWdPcCAG6ZqFtwCMDL7zVwlHUp-o2XUozloHwVqbEYzKisulrgZ2JF6fnYUJaB8M4t-0P3_02Jw0_HKK4fmO34/s1600/alt-text-blog-post_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2EgeZG9lKjxLUFs6iTxdeyLhitQJnQDkxgp4A2WL2bssyMzL7aCdJLWdPcCAG6ZqFtwCMDL7zVwlHUp-o2XUozloHwVqbEYzKisulrgZ2JF6fnYUJaB8M4t-0P3_02Jw0_HKK4fmO34/s1600/alt-text-blog-post_0.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Have you ever noticed a box that said "ALT TEXT" when you were inserting an image into a website?  Do you know what ALT TEXT is?  ALT TEXT is the place where you put a short description or name of the image that you are adding to your website or blog.  Why do you need ALT TEXT?  Well, you might not but a blind student or parent might.  ALT TEXT allows screen reader applications to read to the intended audience what the image is based on the text that you insert into the ALT TEXT box.  It only takes a few seconds but could mean a lot to the person that needs it.  Don't forget your ALT TEXT!</div> </div>

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Let blind readers see your site completely!

Have you ever noticed a box that said "ALT TEXT" when you were inserting an image into a website?  Do you know what ALT TEXT i...

Teachers save time & energy by using a blog page & rss feed!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftDAmJzxt_hjuljZZqFxuxbT9R-N6_JN3FsdHYWpkED4Zhr2LTDBqutXPfOMqO5TCHGP7FVYXoRgglkt_bJ5e-bxqrJnZ7Fh9JlZsMfSbGD1U81sVF0bqZ-hVvZKQjZFnyu7apkkM5is/s1600/rss10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftDAmJzxt_hjuljZZqFxuxbT9R-N6_JN3FsdHYWpkED4Zhr2LTDBqutXPfOMqO5TCHGP7FVYXoRgglkt_bJ5e-bxqrJnZ7Fh9JlZsMfSbGD1U81sVF0bqZ-hVvZKQjZFnyu7apkkM5is/s640/rss10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">School districts now require teachers to not only be teachers but also to be web designers.  Every teacher must have a presence on the internet.  Some teachers have risen to the occasion and have made some really beautiful, informative sites while others struggle at it, not understanding which fonts are the easiest to read, which colors lend themselves to visual appeal or how keeping the layout clean and simple improves the readers chances of finding the information that they are looking for.</span></div> <b id="docs-internal-guid-cca4292e-4842-e161-05be-26e15ab78dd5" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The biggest decision that a teacher has to make when it comes to their web presence is what kind do they want to have.  There are 2 very basic forms of websites.  The first being the more common standard web page where information is very rarely changed.  The second choice is a blog where information is changed frequently.  Or is the perfect solution a combination of both types?</span></div> <b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teachers today who have chosen only the standard webpage have to spend time reworking entire pages when they would like to add more information but the absolute worst part is that they are doing the work but do not know if students or parents are actually using the website.  Blog pages are very simple to update with the most recent information always at the top similar to social media but again you have the same problem with not knowing if your audience is actually taking the time to go look at the information that they have posted.</span></div> <b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This district as well as many many other districts that are beginning the process of moving into the digital world are running into a common problem.  The problem is that once students move up into middle or high school and have 5 or more classes plus extracurricular activities the amount of places that they are required to go look for information can become overwhelming.</span></div> <b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What if there was a way that teachers could continue to use the website creation platforms that are the most comfortable and functional for them while at the same time allowing students to view all of their teachers published communication in one place.</span></div> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For those who don’t know an RSS Feed or Real Simple Syndication is </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a way to publish frequently updated information: </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">blog</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> entries, news headlines, audio, video. An RSS document (called "feed", "web feed",</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS#cite_note-GuardWF-3" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.199999999999998px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">[3]</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or "channel") includes full or summarized text, and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">metadata</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, like publishing date and author's name.</span></div> <b id="docs-internal-guid-cca4292e-4843-7a27-de79-b218dca4a48b" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The majority of teachers in this district are using Wix or Weebly to create their websites.  Wix does not inherently come with an RSS feed but the feed can be added to a blog page in about 5 clicks.  Weebly blog pages do come with an RSS feed built in and if one website has multiple blog pages each page will have it’s own RSS feed.  Other sites that teachers are using like Wiki and Google sites  and Google Drive can also incorporate an RSS feed. </span></div> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The biggest benefit to adding an RSS feed to a website is that the information now has a way to be pushed to the desired audience rather than hoping that the audience will take the time to go find the information.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You might be asking why you would want to do that.  Well, here is an example.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-cca4292e-4843-dfb6-f87b-6e466438773e" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A student can go to all of their teachers’ websites and copy the URLs for the RSS Feeds.  They can then take those URLs and paste them into an RSS Feed reader like Feedly so that they have one place where they can see all of the updated information for each class.  They will no longer have to go to multiple sites each night in hunt of the most relevant information that the teacher has posted.  They can also use this as their own personal learning network by adding Rss feeds from other blogs that are posting things that they might be interested in.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-cca4292e-4844-a4ed-4ab8-9d6a9e92d98e" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dashboarding apps:</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Feedly</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">greader</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Netvibes</span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have any questions about incorporating an RSS feed into your existing website please leave a comment or <a href="mailto:yim.martha@gmail.com" target="_blank">email me</a> and I will get back to you ASAP!</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; 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