October 16th @ 7:12 pm

Did you know that in the last month there were four earthquakes that effected New England? 

Did you feel the earthquake on Tuesday evening?  Although the washing machine and dryer were both spinning, I knew that the vibration had to come from some other source.  When I checked the Google Earth file from the USGS (it's a free download), I realized that there was a 4.5 magnitude quake in Maine.  

New MapMaker from National Geographic

National Geographic has a new MapMaker; it allows the user to draw and add text.  It's also easy to use.

Not too busy today???? Why not take your students on a virtual field trip to Mt. Kilimanjaro

Yes it's free and your virtual bus leaves when you are ready.  Check it out.

IXL teacher handouts

getting your class started, setup your class roster, report options, using the program to meet VT’s math standards

IXL Membership has arrived

from Larry:

I'm pleased to announce that we have an SU-wide premium membership to IXL.com.  IXL is a comprehensive, standards-aligned math program offering unlimited practice in thousands of skills. One of the best things about IXL is that students can access it from school and from home!  There was a lot of demand for this program so I'm glad we could make this happen and I hope it gets a lot of use.  You can access the sign-in page at the faculty tab of the Dashboard.  And you can access login instructions for teachers and students here.  Please note that the instructions are different if you already have an IXL account.  Every student's password to get in is "school" and almost all of their usernames are first letter followed by last name (ie jdoe).  If you have any problems, as always please create a ticket and we'll help you out.

Google Docs Sharing

Watch a how to video.

Google Drive and Docs; Uploading and Syncing Files

This is one of the best tutorials that I've seen.  It addresses what you can do and gives you clear, concise directions that are easy to follow.  It also addresses problems, especially cosmetic changes,  that may occur when you convert files into Google Docs.