Welcome to STEMbite!

Stembite is your home for bite-size math and science lessons from everyday life. We live in an amazing universe! Now you can see it like never before – through the eyes of the enthusiastic young science teacher, Andrew Vanden Heuvel. Watch the STEMbite trailer or check out some of the featured videos below.  To explore the entire collection, visit the STEMbite Youtube Channel.  (They're all free!)

Welcome new WSeSU staff members!

We use this site to post technology resources that will hopefully provide additional tools to use for your own edification along with everyday instruction.  Please click on this link to download an informational handout.

Please take this brief tech literacy survey  (it should only take a few minutes).

Graphite - Common Sense Media's new, free service for educators.

I went to the Graphite launch at ISTE...people were very excited about Graphite's capabilities...you should check it out!

Graphite makes it easy for teachers to find the best digital learning tools by presenting them with independent ratings and reviews based on a rigorous rubric that evaluates learning potential. The site couples in-depth analysis of edtech products with insights from teachers on how best to use them in a classroom. Reading a review on the site is like listening to advice from a valued mentor with deep experience leveraging technology in the classroom.

Girls, Boys, and Media: A Gender and Digital Life Toolkit for Educators

Common Sense Media has a new curriculum kit with age appropriate lessons for K-12. 
Messages about gender roles come from all directions, but some of the most influential messages come from the media. For today’s kids, that means not just the TV shows, movies, and ads they see, but all of the messages and images they create and receive from their friends.
Use this toolkit to help students reflect on gender stereotypes: where they come from, how we learn them, and how they can shape the media that we consume and create. Sign in or register to dig in. It’s free! 

Download the FREE Kids Media App; Now available for Android, iPhone, and iPad

Chromebook Resources

Thanks for Larry for compiling this list.

Free, online self-paced course for Google Maps and Google Earth

Google just announced a free, self-paced course for both Google Maps and Google Earth. Both applications are powerful learning tools for Social Studies, Science, World Languages, even Language Arts.  This will be another MOOC-based course like the Google Search course.

Mapping with Google will be offered from June 10 - June 24. It is a self-paced, online course where you will watch videos (or read text lessons) and apply the skills you learn. During this course, you will be able to collaborate with a worldwide community of learners and experts in the class forum, Hangouts, and via Google+. Explore features of the new Google Maps. Learn to create and share custom maps using Google Maps Engine Lite.  Discover the world using Google Earth. Learn how to create and share a tour of interesting locations that tells a 3D geographical story. 

Here's the link to register.

free iPad training, this Thursday, with John Minelli

The last Southeast VITA-Learn meeting for this year will be May 30 at Marion Cross School in Norwich, VT and will focus on iPads.

At Marion Cross on Thursday, May 30 from 3:30-5:30

We will start with news from around the state and then our presenter John Minelli will share a few great iPad tips and tricks for the classroom followed by a work time where you can try out what you just learned.

Bring your ipad and a wiliness to connect with other educators in the area!  Plan a project together, share resources and lessons.  (If you need an iPad let us know on the RSVP form...)  If you would like to attend this session please RSVP here!

There will be a door prize/classroom grant of $150.  If you win you may use the money toward any tech equipment needed in your room.