On the Trails

I have been fascinated with the dictionary tool-tip - a add-on and have used it quite extensively.
I would like to add a dictionary to that tool-tip, a picture dictionary for young readers.
I can see how technology can help with decoding and vocabulary with this new dictionary.
I am making my first attempt at this dictionary [...]

1. Click on the QuickNote icon on your tool bar to open QuickNote

2. Click on the little notepad near the top right corner of QuickNote

3. Click on the word Settings

4. Customize the following under the Main Tab:
I would Send Selected Text to Tab 1 – so click in the circle next to Tab 1
I [...]

I was working with a teacher the other day who wanted his/her students to make a brochure about regions of New York State. She/He is a veteran teacher who does not normally use technology - so keep that in mind.
As I watched this experience unfold, I jumped in to help the kids and her - [...]

According to the Reading Rockets web site
(http://www.readingrockets.org/helping), 40% of children struggle with
reading. In a class of 20 kids, that is 8 out of 12.
Do you know how to help them? Do you know what to tell their parents?
Imagine a child saying these words to you:
“I feel like I just use the same words over and [...]

One of my graduate students, Crystal Elias, wrote the lesson below. It falls into the pattern of using the web to teach “everyday or traditional content.” Here is the original blog post.
Objective: The students will learn how to use the dictionary tooltip add-on for the Firefox browser. The students will experience how [...]

This lesson was developed by one of my graduate students, Heather Nace. She has written a lesson that takes advantage of a Firefox add-on, the dictionary tool-tip. Here is a link to Heather’s Blog, where the lesson first appeared.
Lesson Plan
Topic: Dictionary-tooltip add-on
Objective: Six graders will utilize
dictionary-tooltip add-on, for spelling list. The students will [...]

One of my graduate students found this Firefox Add-on for me this past week.  It is called Addictive Typing Lessons. I plan doing a thorough review of it tomorrow - but for now, it looks very promising.

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I think our world is getting a little closer to my vision with technology with devices like the iPhone and other mobile devices.  I think the vision for technology is simple.
The End Result:
One must be able to access information, process information and do something with that information at anytime and at any place.
Self-Directed Learning.

When [...]

Defining Vocabulary words is common practice in schools today. Most students use the glossary of the text book or a dictionary. For those in a One Laptop Per Child School, using Firefox and the add-on, the dictionary tool tip, can accomplish this task and a little bit more.
This assumes that you have downloaded Firefox [...]

A few years ago, there was a Firefox add-on that one could use that would display a small calendar in the sidebar of Firefox. I went searching this morning and could not find it.
All I wanted was a calendar that would show the month in the Firefox sidebar (and the ability to navigate to other [...]