<![CDATA[UVM News]]> http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 04:17:31 -0400 <![CDATA[iPad Apps Review: Germ Blaster]]> http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/?Page=news&storyID=14267&category=cesstips Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/?Page=news&storyID=14267&category=cesstips Why We Like It: It's a game, where you shoot germs. And if you choose the wrong weapon, you get sick and croak. What's not to like?

Above, a one-minute screencast of actual game-play, featuring germs, viruses, tapeworms and everything that your students would need to know about killing them.

Cost: Free
Publisher: The Rice University Center for Technology and Teaching
Ages: 9+
Keywords: science, STEM, how germs work, medicine, gaming

]]> <![CDATA[Catching up with our collaborators: "Teaching Your Students the Power of Media"]]> http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/?Page=news&storyID=14223&category=cesstips Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/?Page=news&storyID=14223&category=cesstips A Google presentation from Tarrant Institute collaborators Melissa Bushey and Rebecca Boardman.



"Students are influenced daily, by advertising propaganda.  It is important to make them aware of media so that they become more critical consumers and less victims of media consumption.  We will share an engaging media literacy unit and an advertisement project that incorporates both art and literacy skills and includes a variety of Google tools such as the free graphic program Google draw, and forms, presentations and videos."

First presented at Dynamic Landscapes 2012.

]]> <![CDATA[One minute fun with SmartBoards:]]> http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/?Page=news&storyID=13150&category=cesstips Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/?Page=news&storyID=13150&category=cesstips Looking for ideas for how to make the most of your SmartBoard? We've got 'em! Here's a one-minute video featuring TagGalaxy, a web-based utility that pulls in images from flickr and lets you drill down on individual images for more information.

Search on current events! Explore the taxonomy of newts! Or just let your students show you what they're interested in exploring in your classroom.

]]> <![CDATA[Tarrant Institute Tech Tips: iWant more iPad apps]]> http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/?Page=news&storyID=13062&category=cesstips Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/?Page=news&storyID=13062&category=cesstips In this follow-up to December's session on iPad apps, we'll work over the LNV system to share more of our favorite apps in action, as well as discuss implementation lessons from Enosburg Falls and educators' personal experiences with iPads in the classroom. 

Participants in-person at Montpelier HS will have hands-on access to iPads during the session.

Join us!

Wednesday
Feb 8, 2012
4-6pm

Montpelier Union
High School
Montpelier VT

Access also available via the LNV network, please contact us to set up remote sites.

Instructor: 
Susan Hennessey

Preregistration required 
limit: 25 physical seats at Montpelier HS; other LNV locations to be announced.

Please register online here.

]]> <![CDATA[More about iPads: make your own stylus]]> http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/?Page=news&storyID=12983&category=cesstips Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/?Page=news&storyID=12983&category=cesstips via vimeo

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