by edtechninja | Jul 31, 2013 | Featured, Websites
Professional development for teachers is important. It helps teachers remember that they are learners too. There are, however, different kinds of professional development out there, some good and some not so good. Teachers have probably experienced both at one time or...
by edtechninja | Jun 13, 2011 | Featured, PD/Training, Posts, Video, Websites
The edTech Ninja likes to take pictures of his class when doing fun activities. By the end of the year the Ninja has collected many pictures to share. He keeps them available online using Picasa Web Albums. Some years ago the Ninja wanted to step and give my students...
by edtechninja | Jan 10, 2009 | Class Management, Featured, PD/Training, Posts
The Tech Ninja has many different weapons in his arsenal of educational goodness. A tool that the ninja frequently relies on is mail merge. Mail merge is the ability to take data (for example names and addresses) from a spreadsheet or database and insert them into...
by edtechninja | Dec 28, 2008 | Ask the Tech Ninja, Featured, IWB, Posts, Websites
Another frequently asked question is how to get PowerPoint files into SMART Notebook. The easy answer is to do a Smart Print Capture. First open your PowerPoint file and go to File and then choose Print. In the drop down menu tha allows you to choose which printer you...
by edtechninja | Aug 17, 2008 | Featured, General Templates, IWB, Posts
The edTech Ninja is back in school. School started August 12. The Ninja always likes to do a getting to know you activity on the first day or week of school. This year, the little ninjas worked in pairs on a SmartBoard Notebook file that was designed to get students...
by edtechninja | Jul 21, 2008 | Ask the Tech Ninja, Featured, IWB, PD/Training, Posts, Video
The Tech Ninja frequently gets questions about how he gets video from popular video sharing sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Google Video, Eyespot, GodTube, Internet Archive – Movies, or teacher related video sites like TeacherTube, and SchoolTube and then embed them...
