Tech Happenings @ LvHS

Here’s a U of Virginia’s http://millercenter.org/president/speeches Presidential Speech Archive- The Scripps Library, through cooperation with various presidential libraries, has been collecting some of the most important presidential speeches in American history. These speeches all have transcripts, and some are available in their entirety in audio or video. Great for showing in class, listening or watching for homework, or pasting text into www.wordle.net . There is a word cloud in the right margin of every speech so you can get a feel for what wordle would do with it. Keep this link for future reference with your classes. Here’s a sample attached of Harry S. Truman- Victory Celebration (November 3, 1948)

As the use of laptops increase in your classroom, and as students use them more independently, LanSchool should be used to manage access to programs and maintain focus and engagement. Your Teacher group page has links to awesome tutorial videos.... but don't hesitate to call in Laura or David to get you going. It just takes a few minutes to setup, and then only seconds to launch on a daily basis.

This blog post written by a high school honors English teacher lists and explains wonderful tools that you can use to make your class the most modern and engaging class on campus. http://catlintucker.com/2011/11/12-tech-tools-that-will-transform-your-classroom/ Thanks to Chris Thinnes and Rachel for forwarding this to us!

The library was transformed into a video conferencing center as Marissa's classes listened to a young priest describe his journey in the priesthood. Our library makes an excellent place for this, and I'd like to see better video equipment for future gatherings.