Special Education Testing Modifications Tracker

Within my position as Curriculum Coordinator I have become an avid user of Excel and have started to learn about many of the features it has for formatting and examining data that has made my job a lot easier.  I created a spreadsheet with room for 25 students that will automatically color code the subject matter and modifications that the child receives for easy tracking of what is on the student's IEP.  There is also a place for notes as well.  If you are interested in such a product I have made it available for only $5.00 on Teacher Pay Teacher.

You can find the Special Education Testing Modifications Tracker HERE and read more about it.  Here is a screenshot as well:

Lack of Content This Summer and Start of School Year

I have recently taken on and accepted the head volleyball coaching position, so I am dedicating a lot of time to practices and getting the team ready for the start of the season.  This coming school year also brings challenges as I am also going to be the Building Assessment Coordinator.  I will be very busy to start out the school year with both of these new positions, so I am not sure how often I will get to contribute and author posts to this blog.  I hope that all my fellow educators are having a great summer and good luck with your coming school year.

Free Pro Account with Realtime Board

I have previously wrote about Realtime Board which is a service that provides users the ability to collaborate online using a whiteboard like feature.  Recently it was announced that educators can get a FREE Pro Account by providing their school email and potentially providing further proof of being an educator.  The summer time is a great time to sign up and learn about Realtime Board and other programs so that once school starts back you are familiar with it and are able to share it with your students.

Flipboard Browser Bookmarklet Turns Reader into Magazines

Flipboard started as an iPad app that allowed users to take content from the web and turn that content into digital magazines for reading.  Users could select Twitter feeds, Facebook, RSS, and other methods of receiving content from the web.  Flipboard has made a bookmarklet available that allows users to create and edit magazines for the purpose of turning content into a digital magazine.  Users can have different magazines for different types of content and also import a magazine "cover" of their choice.

To learn more, check out the article on Make Use Of about the bookmarklet and how to set up a reader using the Flipboard service.

Favebucket - Bookmarking Your Favorites

Favebucket is similar to Pinterest in that it has a layout with boards (called buckets), the major difference is that sharing is a bit more individualized to certain content instead of everything.  Users can pick and choose what they want to share.  Signing up requires Facebook, Twitter, Google, or an email address and then users will want to install the bookmarklet in order to gather content from the web.  After creating an account users will have an existing lists of buckets and tags.  Currently there is no renaming feature (you can create new ones), but that is in the works.

http://www.frankwatching.com/gespot/favebucket-2/

Users can views their "Faveboard" in various ways and from an available menu access their inbox, favorite and private links, and more.  To save a link or create a bucket users must utilize the bookmarklet.  There is currently no feature that allows users to save from within the website.  Creating a new link allows users to select a bucket, enter a description and add tags on your own or from a suggested list.  Each link can then be viewed, shared, and organized to fit your bookmarking needs.  Favebucket would be a valuable tool for students doing research projects or teachers organizing resources for lessons.

See the video below for more information.