Today was day two of Tech Camp. Just when I thought I was filled up with information, round two began.
The morning started with an overview of SmartBoard technology. There is a SmartBoard in our lab, and though I have used it when Mrs. Robb set it up for presentations and have watched my class interacting with it in previous years, I needed to learn more. After this morning’s session, I was so excited, I went to the campus on my lunch break and hooked up the SmartBoard to try a few things. I’m not going to update the software until we get our new computers, but it was great to feel more confident with the technology.
We also discussed digital photography, though it was focused more on the aspect of evaluating cameras for purchase based on what the cameras will be used for. Later on this summer, I will be participating in the Digital Photo Safari workshop. Oddly enough, as we sat down in the Mac lab this afternoon to work with Google Earth and iPhoto, Ms. Garverick and I found series of pictures on our iPhoto libraries from last summer’s Photo Safari which included pictures of Mrs. Robb. What a coincidence!
I’ve got a lot of great sites and ideas, and will post about those in subsequent blogs after some more experimentation.
The first day of Tech Camp was full of information. I’m going to summarize the basics, and I am sure that eventually, I will go into more depth on each one of these items in blog entries further down the road. Right now, I’m just trying to digest all of this!
Today, I am starting Tech Camp at the Teaching and Learning Academy. Right now we are setting up blogs!
