Presentation for TCEA (Texas Computer Educators Association) February 2012

1. YOU CAN FIND
ALL MY STUFF
AT
http://bit.ly/mab
ellstuff

2. HARD TIMES…
WHAT TO DO?

3. What to do???

10. NUTS AND
BOLTS

11. LOOK
FOR
BARGAINS &
FREEBIES HERE!!!

12. CUT BACK SOFTWARE??
AR

14. OTHER COST-CUTTING
MEASURES

17. B
Y
O
D

21. HERE’S ANOTHER SUGGESTION FROM A LISTSERV
CONTRIBUTOR
Using DonorsChoose.org to help fill in collection gaps or obtain needed items
has been a great opportunity for me. It is a wonderful resource that more
teachers/librarians could be using. Here's the
link: http://www.donorschoose.org

22. BRASS TACKS
BRASS TACKS

23. DATABASES CUT???
•LIBRARIES IN YOUR COMMUNITIES
•IPL http://www.ipl.org/ A favorite of mine: http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
•WIKIPEDIA
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_digital_library_projects
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_educational_video_websites
•ONLINE PERIODICALS
•Thanks mrdonn for this great list: http://themes.mrdonn.org/KidsMags.html
•Great School sites with links
•Spring Branch ISD Library Resources:
http://library.springbranchisd.com/sbisd_library/Patrons/library_resources/links.
htm
•Stetson Middle School Virtual Library…I have been a fan for over 10 years!
•http://www.sldirectory.com/virtual.html
•http://schoollibrarywebsites.wikispaces.com/
•Kathy Schrock: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
•Fact Monster: http://www.factmonster.com/
•Advameghttp://www.advameg.com/

24. SOFTWARE CUTS??
•SUBSTITUTES FOR MICROSOFT OFFICE
•OPEN OFFICE
•GOOGLE DOCS
•Remember to use any application to the fullest extent (ie. Word Art,
Drawing Tools, etc.)
•DRAWING TOOLS—Available in any office suite
•FREE APPS for iPads
•FREE Online Drawing Resources
•FREE ONLINE RESOURCES
• MIND MAPPING
•http://www.mindmapinspiration.com/
• TIMELINES
•http://www.starfall.com/
•http://www.komando.com/
•http://search.creativecommons.org/
•http://www.curriki.org/

25. EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES?
•RUN THIN CLIENTS
•USE THOSE OLD CLUNKERs
•Use centers
•Pair/group students
•Do prep work on paper
•Use digital projector
•Use interactive whiteboard
•iPads are cheaper than laptops
•Cheap laptops may be better than laptops for your needs
•RESEARCH BEFORE YOU BUY!!!
•Go low tech!
•Hand drawn mindmaps, timelines, charts, etc.
•Faux Facebook pages
•140 character writing activities
•Storyboards by hand

26. LIMITED COMPUTERS?
•One Computer Classroom Lessons:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/
one_computer_classroom_lesson.htm
•How to Thrive—Not Just Survive—In the One-Computer Classroom:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech092.shtml
•Practical Tips for One Computer Classroom (still relevant despite age):
http://www.k12.hi.us/~skiyonag/Practical-Ideas.html
•One-Computer Classroom: From Reward to Treasure:
http://ddl.nmsu.edu/teachers/onecomputer.html

27. WEBSITE EVALUATION ON A SHOESTRING—
THANKS TO JACQUIE HENRY via LM_NET
Of course these activities are best done online. You could have them as stations
and use as group assignments to maximize computer usage. Or YOU COULD save
sites and use on computers that are not online (clunkers) or even print out. Yes
this a substitute. But many of us ARE IN NEED RIGHT NOW!!!
• Here are links to quick and dirty forms that require kids to analyze a site and
give it a grade. 16 pts and above, is a go. Below that and I require them to
look further. There is one for elementary, middle school, and high school.
http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/workshops.cfm?subpage=623219
• A research paper rubric...probably too much for middle school...but perhaps
it could be modified. I used it to grade works cited lists before I retired in
June.
http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/files/WC%20RUBRIC%2010th%20Grade
%20English%20Project.doc
• This is a really fun tutorial for evaluating websites. Don't let the fact that it
was created for college students throw you. It is perfectly understandable for
ms and above. http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/
• All the tutrials from Acadia Univ. are great.. Here are links to all of them.
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/

28. MOCK FACEBOOK PAGE
This activity has been mentioned many times in discussion
boards. It could be useful for schools where Facebook is
blocked. Students could even do the activity completely old-
school, making the pages on paper rather than computer
generated. Some people call these Fakebooks.
• Here is a popular website with some templates for this purpose:
http://web20edu.com/2011/04/16/fake-facebook-templates-and-pages-for-
student-projects/
• Lea’s Classroom Blog has some good ideas and links at this site:
http://hansengeorge.blogspot.com/2011/03/historicliterary-figure-facebook-
page.html

29. 140 Character Writing
Twitter’s limited character restriction has given rise to activities
encouraging students to write creatively within the parameter.
• One idea is to write stories which students each having 140-character
input. People often do this with groups, letting each member contribute
one or more
• Another idea is to do stand-alone creations.
• Here’s a great link with ideas: http://www.teachhub.com/50-ways-use-
twitter-classroom
• Here’s a great idea from a former student, Laura Sisson: We did 140
character chapter summaries in my 1 computer library last year. The kids
wrote them on slips with drawn avatars and we pasted them on poster
board like a twitter feed.

30. TWITTER BULLETIN BOARD

31. BULLETIN BOARD IDEAS
• Simulate VoiceThread—put up picture and have kids put up
reactions on sticky notes or cutouts. Connect them to the picture
with yarn
• Simulate Pininterest—Have category on board and kids pin up
contributions
• Hand drawn mindmaps are now an artform!
• Blog with sticky notes
• USE STICKY NOTES LIBERALLY!!!
• Hand draw Wordles on paper
• Have kids create original clip art.
http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/clipartportal.html

32. I LOVE MINDMAPS!
I love INSPIRATION but know that many schools do not have access or may
find it dropped due to cost cutting. BUT there are great free online options:
• Microsoft Office Tools have become so sophisticated that it is easy to use
them to make mindmaps. If you use Open Office (also free), it has these
tools too.
• There are lots of free online mindmapping resources. Just do a Google
search and see!I hesitate to give a list because there are so many, but I just
came across a blog that is devoted completely to
mindmapping:TheMindmapping Software Blog:
http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/product-reviews/
• Here is another good source if you are looking around for software to try:
Adrian Bruce's How to Create Mindmaps Using Free Software:
http://www.adrianbruce.com/computers/mindmap/mindmap.htm
• Remember to search using both spellings, mindmap and mind map, and
also graphic organizers.
BUT WAIT! YOU SAY…My students do not have enough computer access to
use these resources. Plus they are all blocked by the (*&(^% FILTERS!!! The
next slide is for you…

33. MAKE OLD SCHOOL MINDMAPS!
To me, having students do maps by hand is good for lots of reasons. It
teaches them the same organizational skills as the online tools, it encourages
them to be even more creative without the canned graphics, and it improves
motor skills. Here are some sites that got me so excited about doing
mindmaps by hand. I believe you could just show some examples (depending
on the ages of the students) and let them go. Evaluating and sharing their
creations will be even more fun than those made by computer. Here are
some sites for ideas:
Mind Map Art: http://www.mindmapart.com/
• Mind Map Inspiration (note this has nothing to do with the product):
http://www.mindmapinspiration.com/
• Idea Maps Photostream by Jamie Nast:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7232141@N07/
• If you do a search of Flikr you will find more mindmaps, both computer and hand
generated.
• Additional searching will yield even more sites.

34. THIS COULD BE DONE OLD SCHOOL
WITH PAPER AND MARKERS, ETC.

39. !
FIGHT FEAR WITH INFORMATION POWER
FIGHT FEAR WITH INFORMATION POWER

48. Hearty laughter is a good way to jog
internally without having to go outdoors.
Norman Cousins
MY ONLINE ESCAPE:
http://pinterest.com/drmaryannbell/ma
-bell-s-medicine-show-for-raising-
morale/

52. WORDS OF WISDOM
FROM LIBRARIANS AND TEACHERS
ABOUT DEALING WITH HARD TIMES
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/copehardtim
es
http://corkboard.me/K8mUZMxz7R
http://www.stixy.com/guest/146808

54. NEVER GIVE UP…

55. PHOTO CREDITS
Those below were shared via Creative
Commons. Others taken by Mary Ann Bell
Laughter Pink Slip Protest
by quinn.anya "Little Buddy" by Mike Rosati Photography
by ajschwegler
Kids voting on mobile tech
by soopahgrover Quit Now Kangaroo Helicopter Parenting
by fuzzcat by tubagooba
Kids voting on mobile tech
by soopahgrover scream and shout school bus
by mdanys by woodleywonderworks
Jon Stewart Earth Shankbone
by david_shankbone Weed Walker Day 14 of 100 Days…
By Sue Peacock by jonny goldstein
http://theunquietlibrarian.wor
dpress.com/2011/09/09/spotli Social network in a course
ght-on-multigenre-elements- by hanspoldoja
fictional-text-messages-of- My iPhone apps as of February
historical-figures/ 2010 By dougbelshaw
By Buffy Hamilton