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By Mike Johnson • March 14th, 2011

This semester’s second session of online PD courses starts on Wednesday.  Register today through STI PD.
Session 2 Starts March 16

Using Moodle 1 (IT-TEA-130)
Using Moodle 2 (IT-TEA-136)
Using Moodle 3 (IT-TEA-137)
SMART Advanced (IT-TEA-143)
Advanced Active Inspire (IT-TEA-155)
Podcasting with Students (IT-TEA-156)
Introduction to APT Plus & Learn 360 (IT-TEA-157)
Web 2.0 – Blogs, Wikis, etc. (IT-TEA-158)
Getting Started with iPads (IT-TEA-161)

All courses are 4 weeks. Participants can expect to spend [...]

Over the past few months many teachers have become really excited about the possibilities of mobile devices in their classrooms. In an effort to help teachers network with one another and find information about what type of devices there are and how others are using them, IT Services has created a Moodle Professional Learning Community [...]

Registration for spring online professional development courses is now open.  Register through STI PD by searching for the PD Title numbers listed below.
One of the new courses being offered for the first time is Skype in the Classroom.  Skype is a free program for live video conferencing.  In this course, you will learn to connect [...]

At the beginning of this school year we have seen a rash of Promethean Boards not wanting to connect to the computer properly after connecting the USB cables. Most teachers are complaining that the pens aren’t working properly or at all.
The most common cause for this type of issue is an out of date driver. [...]

Teachers typically store all of their files on their workstation in My Documents or other folders. Files saved there are only accessible to you if you’re sitting at that computer. How do you access those files from the student computer in your room to use it in a lesson with your projector? What do you [...]

Unfortunately, APT is no longer paying for United Streaming for Alabama teachers.  Baldwin County teachers, however, can continue to use these great instructional resources for at least one more year.  The district has purchased a one year subscription to United Streaming so for the 2010-2011 school year teachers will still be able to use the [...]

While doing some research for a class I am presenting this summer I have some really good material I’d like to share. All of these links relate to using Digital Media in the classroom. When we use the term “digital media” most people with go right to the concept of video but that’s not all that [...]

A Moodle work session has been scheduled at IT Services to help teachers prepare their Moodle courses for the new school year.  During this session, you’ll work on your existing Moodle course to clear out old student data and get your course ready to be used with your new students.  We’ll also have a variety [...]

A new blog has been launched to provide teachers and students with information and classroom activities about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  The blog includes educational resources to help teachers plan lessons about the spill and about the effects it could have on our environment.
Fairhope K-1 teacher Charlene Dindo began receiving questions [...]

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.