Lynda.com

My school district has purchased a school subscriptions to Lynda.com. This is a website that plays online video courses. Each course is broken down into managable 3-8 minute clips on each subject. The site reminds me of how Udemy.com is set up. On that site, you have to purchase each lesson individually but the delivery format is about the same.

I have watched a couple courses that were suggested by the technology department. One was about how to influence people and the other one was about how do a presentation. Both were pretty interesting and informative given by experts that knew the topics well. Although the videos didn't have very much to do with teaching in the classroom, I can see the value of knowing how to do both.

I have spend some time browsing the education section and have found some clips that interest me. One was on using PowerPoint in the classroom. I use Noteability a lot but I am not against setting up slides in PowerPoint and projecting them with my iPad. A google search for powerpoint presentations and what ever topic you are interested in presenting should result in plenty of results. I googled "Metric system powerpoint" and found a pretty neat .ppt on metric system conversions that I am going to use tomorrow. The PowerPoint App on iOS actually works pretty good to display a presentation. I can use my wireless keyboard to progress the slides also.

RLK

Keyboard Update

I took the other keyboard back to Best Buy. It worked great but I realized that I settled for something that wasn't exactly what I wanted. 

Here is the new keyboard...Logitech K811. It is amazing. It has illuminated keys and can be charged with USB. The keys feel better and has a real keyboard feel. The other one felt a little cheap. This makes typing on mobile devices so much better. I like the select functions (hold shift + (command or option) + arrow key. And the manueverability with the arrow keys to move the cursor around. And, I can switch from iPad to iPhone with a push of a button.