It has been an adventure trying to figure out how to get an 800MB+ Keynote presentation on the web in a format that is viewable from computers and iOS devices. If you are viewing this on an iOS device, you may need the SlideRocket App.
Why Word Press?
As I approach the start of my 40th year in teaching – YIKES! – I felt the need to clean up, clean out and do some consolidating. After 12 years as a Technology Resource Teacher, I have information scattered all over the web, passwords too numerous to remember, and multiple projects which either were finished or faded away. It’s time to clean up a bit.
I’ve wrestled for years with co-mingling professional me with personal me, but at age 62 now, I’ve decided that it really doesn’t matter. My professional colleagues don’t need to read my personal posts and my personal friends won’t be interested in my technology posts. I should be able to use categories and tags to help folks find what they want.
I decided not to continue with edublogs because occasionally I wanted to post something that was not education related and I always felt like that might be violating the rules, so I didn’t. I was enamored of posterous – it’s ease of use, lack of stuff – until I managed to delete a post by accident which couldn’t be recovered and then had a second post disappear after I had made a minor edit. That would never do. After a bit of googling on the relative merits of various blog platforms, I decided to go with WordPress.
I’m brand new to this one and I’ll keep you posted as I become more comfortable with it. I’m presenting at a conference next week, so I was feeling pressured to have a new home on the web to post materials and resources. So for now, here it is!
Mobile21 VSTE MiniConferences
I’m thrilled to be presenting at two VSTE MiniConferences.
Event Details: http://mobilesummer2011.vste.org/
From the program: CREATE STUDENT VIDEOS WITH iPAD2
Presenter: Katie Neville, Loudoun County Public Schools
Elementary students love to create video and the iPad2 makes it possible to record, edit and upload, quickly and easily. Student videos can be created for instructional presentations as well as home school communication. Come see what fifth graders can do.
