Research project calculator

I am now at the point where the calculator will be useful for a project my students will be doing after spring break. I plan on having the class use it together with the projector, as we calculate the time it will take them to complete a project using the recipes we collected before. They may decide to take off in a different direction and that will have to be factored in. But we will do it together. They will need to collect information. Decide how to present it. Prepare the material and practice. Then do the presentation.

Del.icio.us and useful

This last session introduced a delectable tool I thought might be useful in the future. I liked it's feature about collecting bookmarks on the web and not having to access them through my personal computer. The hot hits are questionable but I will have to do further research before I can render a final judgment on their usefulness for my classes. I also liked the productivity tools available through google and would consider using them if I find myself in a situation where I need to share a document or don't have access to my own computer once again. Some things to file away and retrieve at the right moment....

Urban Planet

We had a session on Urban Planet at school, that was billed as learning about how to use Urban Planet to make a web page. I was so hopeful that I could continue developing mine and adding information. We learned nothing. We looked at Harding's and at an elementary school web page and not much else. 20 minutes later it was over. I still intend to add to mine the question is when, I am lucky I remember how to enter the admin site but that is only because I have it written down.