Apparently at some point in the past 15 years someone asked about the app Wunderlist. I researched and joined and now have gotten the message it is retiring to be replaced my Microsoft To Do. So while researching this app, available by clicking the App Launcher from my Office 365 I checked it out. So … Read more
CrashPlan Backup Utility Computer crashes and accidental deletions happen. But lost data is a thing of the past with CrashPlan backup utility. DatAdvantage Security Reporting DatAdvantage tracks permissions and data changes on Piratedrive and emails a report to folder owners. Useful for department Piratedrive folders. If you are a folder administrator and wish to add … Read more
Lots of new! Many are trying the new LMS Canvas, remember to post in Blackboard that your course is being offered in Canvas and provide the link. All rooms have the Turning Point Response ware to use with either PowerPoint or quick questions and students can use their phone or computer to answer questions. All … Read more
The end of semester list, exams scored, papers read, grades downloaded on pirate drive, grades entered via pirate port. Did you do something really good this past semester, did something work really well, did something not work so well? So how to remember? I have discovered one trick that works well for me and that … Read more
This week’s Canvas tip!
Last Wednesday in the semester, for those remaining classes here is a fun way to check that they have been reading and listening. Turning Point Cloud, login with your ECU credentials, click to connect to ResponseWare and you can use your PowerPoint presentation or Anywhere Polling to check on what has been retained. Students download … Read more
What’s that you ask? To quote the article “recombobulation” is not technically a word, but what else do you call it when you’re trying to regroup yourself after feeling discombobulated thanks to the TSA screening process?” To quote from the article “One of the most challenging snippets of time – security lines aside – is that moment … Read more
And the first week of Fall 2019 Semester is in the books, and we survived. Nothing tech today, no tips, just a fun quick video to view. #PeeDee coming at #PirateNation live with those #ThursdayThoughts? ☆ Always be yourself ✨ ★ …Unless you can be a Pirate ☠️ ☆ Then always be a Pirate ? … Read more
Specific Lesson Starter Strategies Start with vocabulary – Post several words and let students guess the topic; Try the whiteboard purge – Invite the entire class to write everything that they know about a new topic until the blackboard/whiteboard is full. Then asked for students to elaborate on their notes and take the time to … Read more