Capstone I - Week 2

One week into Capstone I and I have learned so very much. I created a PortaPortal account, http://guest.portaportal.com/teanderson, which has all sorts of new web sites listed under the Capstone I tab. I created a NiceNet classroom, http://nicenet.org/, to collaborate with my partner in crime, Lori. I signed up for a SmartBoard class and signed up for two SmartBoard discussion classes that I will just be “taking” from for some time due to the fact that I know nothing to add to the discussions at this time. One is http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/ and the other one is http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/2010/04/smartboard-game-resources.html. Finally, I had my middle school students who finish their work early create posters in http://edu.glogster.com/what-is-glogster-edu/#five which they seemed to really enjoy.

If you have diverse students with special needs, check out the web sites below:

• Equitable Access to Software and Information (EASI): Podcasts
• CAST: UDL Toolkits
• Teacher Tap: Special Needs and Technology
• U.S Department of Education: Toolkit on UDL

I can hardly wait until next week to see what else Capstone I has in store for me.

Capstone I Here We Come

If you would have told me I would be blogging just a year ago, I would have told you you were crazy. Blogging is just not something that I would be doing voluntarily. I took a course at Regent last year and the professor suggested that we all begin blogging and networking. Currently I am taking a course entitled TECH410 - Capstone I: Developing a NETS•T Technology Portfolio which is being offered through PBS Online, and part of the requirement is, YOU GUESSED IT, BLOGGING, so here I go. Hopefully by May 2011 I will have my National Certificate for Technology. With this blog, I will be discussing new technology I am finding on my tour through life in the technology world I entered several years ago. Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I will be able to keep your attention by supplying new information weekly. As they say at Bush Gardens, "Sit back and enjoy the ride."