Homepage Idea

This is what I was proposing. This Google calendar opens big when clicked on to schedule events....however...now it doesn't. I can no longer get my calendar to do that because I think the default calendar is now on the mail page menu. Hmm.... just wondering about this...Teacher says 'Test on Friday" kids have to breeze into email to schedule it. Will they? Or stay in mail and read that and then forget about scheduling altogether?

The day planner is a big deal to the teachers.... at least that's what I am hearing so far....

What are you guys hearing from teachers? How do they envision students using this ?

As I play around with it I am wondering... hmmm there is no way to default to the above sample pictured homepage. I think its fluid for a reason...to customize the way you want it. It is your home page after all and I bet most kids would rather see the joke of the day or some lava lamp than a calendar. All the stuff in Blue (right 2 columns) are customizable to the user. So my thoughts on an "easy to access" whole day planner thing might be moot....

COULD we put this calendar/day planner on the left default under email?

Sharing a Calendar

You can share your calendar (or make a new classroom calendar) with your students and they can share with you, and/or with other students. After you click on mail, and have the calendar link (upper left hand corner), access the calendar tools on the left side. It's pretty intuitive, lots of options and capabilities. When you share the calendar with someone in pvlearners.net, such as jbillings@pvlearners.net, said person gets an invite to their email account (they can accept at that time and presto it's now part of their calendar list). Try it out with a colleague, a student, and you'll get the idea, if you haven't already.

Calendars and Docs/Sheets

To access your calendar and docs/sheets, after you log in, click on your email icon. You will be taken to a window and in the upper left hand corner is where you (students) can toggle between mail, sheets, calendar, etc.....

WELCOME!

Welcome on board to new PV Learners bloggers!

This month several new admins, teachers and movers/shakers have been added to this happening blog!

As we move forward developing this collaborative environment with our students please feel free to post your thoughts on how we can improve this adventure.

Ideas, problems, solutions, help tips, and future visions... this is the place to share!

PS Put the blogger widget on your dashboard!
Google: Blogger Widget and download! Way cool!



Also check out: Blogthis!*

*Which are the instructions on how to put PV Learners Blogger notification on your browser bar that Jeff mentions in his post.


http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=41469&useful=1&show_useful=1

The Impoverishment of American Culture

This article is "must read" .....

The Impoverishment of American Culture
http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110010352

Project Based Learning

I thought this article might interest you all....
"The Story-Centered Curriculum" -
looks to me like project based learning.
anyway - it's just preaching to the choir here,
but a good article to share with anyone who
might need to be introduced to such an approach.

Leanne

PowerPoint in gmail

You folks may have already known this, but I just learned about it yesterday. What a treat. If you send someone a Powerpoint in gmail, they can open it right in the email. The prompt asks whether you want to see it in html or a slideshow. Choose the slide show and the pages start to appear.

Cool!

Technology Camp 2007 Podcast

This is the link to the enhanced podcast that I made as part of the Arizona K-12 Center's technology Plug and Play camp in June, 2007. It takes about 4 minutes, but you will see some familiar faces.

Enjoy.

http://biologyclasscasts.info/

GMail and Calendar Notifier

Get notified when you have GMail or a Calendar event - sits on your Menu Bar - I really like it.

And Judi Makes Three

This is posted from a widget. Way cool.

Jeff, FYI - I leased the domain name "biologyclasscast.info" and directed it to my PVHS webpage. (i.e. http://biologyclasscast.info)

I also started a blogger.com blog with the same name. However, I had one last year that I used to post makeup work. It was blocked by the District filter. Any idea if this one can be allowed? (i.e.
http://biologyclasscast.blogspot.com/)

Thanks in advance as always.