AATSP Long Island Chapter

This page will provide resources that are meant for teachers and their professional development. It will include links, manuals, videos etc. Anything we find that might be professionally valuable for the teacher will be posted here.

July 1, 2009 (11:00 p.m.)
YouTube Video Download

June 21, 2009 (11:00 p.m.)

How to Use a Flip Video Camera
YouTube video

How to Use a Flip Video Camera

The Flip – Video Camera
NY Times Review

Video Clip Showing ease of use

Flip Ultra
Quickstart Guide (.pdf file)

The Flip website

Edit Video from the Flip in Windows Movie Maker

39 Interesting Ways to use your Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom

7 Things You Should Know About Flip Camcorders (.pdf file)
a good overview on using them in education

Classroom 2.0
Good discussion on its forum about the Flip Camcorder

June 2, 2009 (10:30 p.m.)

Computer Workshop 2009 – Professional Development Opportunity
Flyer and Registration Form

February 17, 2009 (10 p.m.)

Let’s begin with some assistance on how to take a GOOD picture.

Digital Photos Do’s and Don’ts

How to Take Better Vacation Photos

Next, let’s edit, create, and share our photos.

Picasa - The easy way to find, edit, and share your photos

Photo editing made fun
Click on “Get Started” and you’ll get started with photo editing. It’s easy and FREE! Best of all, you can download/ SAVE your edited photo onto your computer. REMEMBER to give the “edited” photo a DIFFERENT name than the original so that you still have the original copy!

Smilebox.com
Make photo albums to e-mail or post on blogs

Need more ideas?

20 Amazing things to do with your digital photos

33 Fun Things to Do With Your Photos Online

HOW DO I CHANGE MY DEFAULT MYSPACE PROFILE PHOTOGRAPH?

How to Add Photos on Facebook

How to add pictures to facebook
VIDEO
(4.44 minutes)

If you are into downloading software and installing it onto your computer the following might be of interest

Ten things to do with your holiday photos – from OnSoftware
Pick the project, download the software, install the software and you’re off and running with your photo project.

January 22 2009 (10:30 p.m.)

Barsch Inventory

Four Learning Styles

January 16, 2009 (11:00 p.m.)

Smart Board Tutorials
Smart board Resources
SMART Board Tips and Techniques
Smart Board Support – Includes .pdf files and user guides
http://smartboards.typepad.com/smartboard/training_videos_1/
http://smartboards.typepad.com/smartboard/files/NAG.pdf

January 10, 2009 (11:00 p.m.)

Gcast Introduction
(2:43 minutes)

GCast Demo
(2:39 minutes)
Demo of how to upload a podcast using Gcast.

Gcast = Easy Podcasting
(6:21 minutes)
This is a screencast on using Gcast.com to make podcasts with your phone or with audio files.

January 9, 2009 (12:01 a.m.)

How NOT To Use PowerPoint
(3:55 minutes)
TeacherTube’s Top 5 Videos of 2008! – Pay Attention was ranked #5

Description: According to Don McMillan, here is a humorous & yet insightful viewpoint on how people (teachers included) should not be using PowerPoint.

A Vision of K-12 Students Today
(4:09 minutes)

This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills…

Pay Attention
This video is printed material and needs to be read.
(7:41 minutes)
TeacherTube’s Top 5 Videos of 2008! – Pay Attention was ranked #1

Since most of today’s students can appropriately be labeled as “Digital Learners”, why do so many teachers refuse to enter the digital age with their teaching practices?

This presentation was created in an effort to motivate teachers to more effectively use technology in their teaching.

Language Learning & Web 2.0
(7:25 minutes)

Description: An introduction to Web 2.0 and Language Learning for teachers