Author Archives: Jim Crabbe

Here is my final presentation that summarizes my experience with technology this semester and poses a big-picture question that I will think about going forward. Final Presentation

For this project I am going to do a lesson on satire. Satire is a powerful genre in both film and literature. Satire uses critical thinking to lay bare the array of hypocritical behavior we find in our social, political … Continue reading →

For this project I started out using the CPS software, but I was not able to complete the project. I never determined what the problem was, but I kept getting an error that there were no devices selected, so maybe … Continue reading →

Grammar Screencast This project was the most satisfying for me. Part of the reason was the ease with which it came together; everything worked exactly  like it said it would, and the utility of the screencasting software is considerable. I … Continue reading →

The first Smartboard lesson I examined is called “Comma” Sense––Why Punctuation Matters and consists of 8 slides giving a brief overview of how the meaning of a sentence is changed if nothing but the punctuation changes. The lesson is clearly described, … Continue reading →

I am doing option 2 where I make my own KML Google Earth file and Tour. The Google Earth Tour is centered around a book idea I had years back while surfing the waves of Vancouver Island in Canada. I … Continue reading →

Here is a cool website for the work of Edward Tuftie. Tuftie has been representing data graphically for decades. His work encompasses many disciplines, and he does everything from  showing in galleries to traveling the country giving one-day courses. The … Continue reading →

Link to lesson plan Link to slideshow     For this project I wanted students to find a way to combine photographic images with the practice of  interpreting literature: the idea being that words in a literary work have the … Continue reading →

Reflections: Oregon Standard Used: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning. “Text” in the above sentence is … Continue reading →

Think clearly about what the lesson plan will actually make the students think about rather than what one hopes they will think about. For this device, I relate a lesson plan to a battle plan (probably since I am reading … Continue reading →