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    Volume 1, Issue 3 November 2008

    Classrooms for the Future @ Blairsville


    Saltsburg School District

    What Are CFF Teachers & Students Doing?

    Creating and presenting a podcast,

    Using a virtual TI graphing calculator on the Promethean board,

    Creating wikis for clubs and classrooms for student collaboration,

    Submitting assignments and linked Internet resources to Edline,

    Adding student accounts , planning video projects, and using the writing
    prompt builder in Discovery Education, and

    Continuing online coursework, focusing on 21st Century skills.

    IMPORTANT DATES
    Nov. 24:
    Create & Publish a Podcast in Less Than 10 Minutes
    CFF Visit from ARIN IU28 (Saltsburg)
    Nov. 27—Dec. 1: Holiday Break
    ● Go to vocaroo.com
    Dec. 17:
    CFF Visit from ARIN IU28 (Blairsville) ● Click Record, begin speaking, click
    Stop when you finish
    Dec. 8:
    ARIN Technology Academy (Follow ● Click Listen to preview, click Post
    up) on the Internet
    Dec. 8:
    ● Highlight and copy the Vocaroo
    Equipment Installation (Blairsville)
    link
    Dec. 9:
    Equipment Installation (Saltsburg)
    Dec 10: ● Go to your Edline page and sign in
    TPR / CFF Observations (Principals) ● Click the Edit button next to the Links heading, then click Add
    Dec. 24—Jan. 4: Holiday Break
    ● Enter a title for your podcast and paste the Vocaroo link
    Jan. 19:
    In-Service Day (Promethean Planning) ● Click Save & Return, then click Done
    Jan. 30: ● Listen to or download your podcast by
    Act 80 Day clicking the link.
    Page 2

    DISCOVERY EDUCATION BUILDER TOOLS

    DISCOVERY EDUCA-
    TION BUILDER TOOLS
    ARE LOCATED IN THE
    TEACHERS CENTER.

    TO ACCESS THE
    TEACHER CENTER:

    1. GO TO THE DIS-
    COVERY EDUCA-
    TION HOME PAGE

    2. LOG IN WITH
    YOUR USERNAME
    AND PASSWORD

    3. CLICK TEACHERS
    CENTER IN THE
    UPPER RIGHT
    CORNER OF THE
    PAGE

    Students can access your quiz, assignment, or writ-


    ing prompt online using a generated code or URL.
    To use the URL address, copy and paste the gener-
    ated address to your Edline page. You can also copy
    the generated code and have students enter the code
    and their name on the following web site:
    http://students.discoveryeducation.com/genericStudentIndex.cfm

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