101+Ways+to+Use+Your+Projector

Sherie Green LSTC @ Minor ES //Projector as an extension of your computer; changing the way we teach.// __Available online in the M & T database.__
 * document camera
 * exemplars
 * student share
 * peer editing
 * interactive games
 * desktop hookup - student share productivity
 * class interaction - BrainPop, etc.
 * flash memory camera to show students their performance

Harvey's Momepage - Math [|Math] Downloads as a zip file. Change the file to "Notebook". [|SMART Notebook Express]

Response Systems (SRS) "On the fly" - [|Teaching With Student Response Systems] Get the pulse of the classroom.

Equipment
 * write on whiteboard showing slide from proj.
 * connect desktop AND laptop to proj. using a splitter
 * VGA Signal splitter to hookup desktop; HDMI splitter works too; Powered splitter is most expensive, suppose to have best display
 * Wireless mouse (on a clipboard) and wireless keyboard allows teacher movement; airmouse costs about $100, watch for a sale, mouse on steroids
 * Wireless Presenter for presentations only, not neede if you have a SmartBoard
 * FLIP Cameras (Digital Wish 2/$150; flash memory cameras

FREE Websites
 * [|Starfall]
 * [|Spelling City] Register as a teacher for FREE; $50 Premium; use with SCIENCE and Social Studies vocabulary
 * [|My Avatar Editor] Save as a PNG; used in pictures all over the building and then used Photo Story
 * [|ClassTools] Random name picker; countdown timer; states, capitals, countries, continents; parts of speech - nouns, play charades using adjectives as clues; PREMIUM $$ allows you to save it; MrBookTweets
 * [|Wordle] The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.
 * [|Tagxedo] Wordle on steroids; Wordle with style.
 * You can choose the shape
 * Import pictures
 * Retirement, used words to describe the retiree
 * [|JeopardyLabs] templates, as well as, design your own