To log into ANGEL, go to ESU 2's home page and click on "Angel MyElearning". (Unless you are from Scribner, Wisner or Yutan. You have your own server to log into.) At the ESU, your login name will be your first initial and your last name. All lowercase. The password is "abc123". The first time you enroll, you will need to change your password.
In the sign up area, add this for the class name:
nnnc02ESU2TeaAcad
The pass code is:
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Rick's Calendar to look at open dates for iPad distribution and training.
Click on CALENDAR to see Rick's calendar. Then call or e-mail (rwilliam@esu2.org) to schedule a time.
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Google Forms
If you don't have a Google account; create one.
Open Google Drive
On the left side, choose "Create" and then go down to "Forms"
It will take you to a page to select your template (just to make it look pretty) and your form name.
Then choose the type of question you want to have in your form and when done, click done on each question. You can add questions by selecting the add questions button.
Choose preview to see what your form will look like and then copy the URL so you can send out the link.
To shorten your URL, open a new tab in your browser and type in goo.gl. Sign in if you need to and then paste the URL into the box. Click shorten and the new code will show up that is considerably shorter. Copy the new code and then use it in your e-mails or web site.
If you choose to e-mail the link, open your e-mail client and send the URL to them.
If you have a web site, you can post your URL to your site.
Flubaroo information can be found on their web site: www.flubaroo.com
Discovery Ed - A vast library of video and other media that teachers and students can use in their educational projects.
World Book Encyclopedia - The latest information at a student's and teacher's fingertips that are written at various levels for K-12 students. (If on wireless or away from school, use neneb as a log-in and world as the password.)
GALE - A collection of timely and reliable resources for middle and high school students that they can use in their research.
Visual Thesaurus - A tool for students and teachers to use to help in their literacy skills.
Great web 2.0 tool is Thinkfinity. It is a free site that has educational sponsors and educators that review web sites. The search can result in rubrics, lesson plans, drill and practice along with other teacher/student aides. All safe and an excellent resource because you can search by a standard too. Check it out by clicking Thinkfinity.
Rod Bates, General Manager of Nebraska Educational Telecommunications to announced the Nebraska Virtual Library system is online and ready to use. The online learning library offers more than 20,000 digital resources for Nebraska’s teachers and students as a free statewide resource.
The Nebraska Virtual Library contains multi-media resources including audio, video and interactive components continually updated from the Library of Congress, National Archives, PBS NewsHour, NOVA, American Experience, Electric Company, and SciGirls. Access to the virtual library can be found at www.net.pbslearningmedia.org.
Two days of technology workshops put on by teachers and held in Norfolk at the Northeast Community College Life Long Learning Center. All of this for $30 if you register at www.esu7.org/nnncsti/. It is $40 at the door. In 2014, the two days are Wednesday, May 28 and Thursday, May 29.
QR stands for Quick Response. The code generators are free on-line and you can have them link to web pages, information and even reading some text. You will need a phone, iPod (w/camera), or iPad 2 to read the codes. Reader software is free. It can make going to web pages very quick and when placed on a test with a SPED student that has an iPod, eliminate the need for reading the question to the student.
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ANGEL Accounts
To log into ANGEL, go to ESU 2's home page and click on "Angel MyElearning". (Unless you are from Scribner, Wisner or Yutan. You have your own server to log into.) At the ESU, your login name will be your first initial and your last name. All lowercase. The password is "abc123". The first time you enroll, you will need to change your password.In the sign up area, add this for the class name:
nnnc02ESU2TeaAcad
The pass code is:
1 2 3 4
Rick's Calendar to look at open dates for iPad distribution and training.
Click on CALENDAR to see Rick's calendar. Then call or e-mail (rwilliam@esu2.org) to schedule a time.==
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Google Forms
Resources Available Through ESU 2
The Nebraska Virtual Library contains multi-media resources including audio, video and interactive components continually updated from the Library of Congress, National Archives, PBS NewsHour, NOVA, American Experience, Electric Company, and SciGirls. Access to the virtual library can be found at www.net.pbslearningmedia.org.
Engaging Your Students
NNNC Summer Tech Institute
Two days of technology workshops put on by teachers and held in Norfolk at the Northeast Community College Life Long Learning Center. All of this for $30 if you register at www.esu7.org/nnncsti/. It is $40 at the door. In 2014, the two days are Wednesday, May 28 and Thursday, May 29.QR Codes