Mike Johnson

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As part of the Digital Renaissance, we’ve recently upgraded our learning management system to the latest version of Moodle. This new version of Moodle offers many advantages:

Faster, more reliable access – The old Moodle server has become slow as many more teachers and students are using it every day. The new service is hosted in [...]

As the school year comes to an end,  teachers using Moodle need to make sure they have created backups of their courses to protect all of the work they’ve done.  Follow these instructions to create a backup and then make plans for next year by registering for summer training.

Every weather website will  help you figure out if it’s raining outside right now and how hot it is.  WeatherSpark.com gives you that information but also has historical weather data and averages dating back to the late 1940s, laid out in charts, graphs, and averages.  WeatherSpark is a website dedicated to making in-depth weather information [...]

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) have been awarded to elementary teachers this year. The PAEMST Awards recognize outstanding K-12 teachers for their contributions in the classroom and to their profession. One of the finalists is Ashley McPhillips, a fifth grade teacher at J. Larry Newton.
Ashley is an eMINTS teacher and [...]

Registration is now open for the 3rd annual Gulf Regional Instructional Technology Conference (GRITC) on July 26 & 27 at Robertsdale Elementary School. This conference brings state and local presenters to Baldwin County teachers and administrators to provide professional development on a variety of technology integration topics.
Conference sessions include innovative technology integration ideas and content [...]

What do you know about the Gettysburg Address? Abraham Lincoln? Ulysses S. Grant? From 1861 to 1865, the War of the States created a significant amount of historical content in which we now share with students starting the day they attend school.
Learn360 and their longstanding content partner A&E Television Networks, bring you all the resources [...]

Alabama Public Television provides teachers with free access to their video resources as well as more than 8000 videos from Learn360.  Learn 360 enhances APT Plus with upgraded quality videos, more current titles, new and enriched content and Web 2.0 tools.  This resource is FREE to all Alabama teachers, parents, and students.
Follow the directions below [...]

Jeff Rhodus, Elsanor eMINTS teacher, had been discussing with his sixth-grade class the recent natural disasters in Japan.
Students wanted to know how the U.S. is helping the recovery efforts.  ”We could ask my dad,” offered one student, 12-year-old student. “He’s stationed there.”
And so began the effort to set up a video teleconference March 25 between Tech. Sgt. Jason [...]

The Baldwin County Public Schools’ IT Services department will host the 3rd annual Gulf Regional Instructional Technology Conference (GRITC) on July 26 & 27 at Robertsdale Elementary School. This conference will bring state and local presenters to Baldwin County teachers to provide professional development on a variety of technology integration topics.
Conference sessions will include innovative technology [...]