Eddie Carr's Page

Over the last year and a half my school has been going under “Modernization“. As a result of the classroom upgrades, I was able to move into a new and very large computer lab classroom in February. Very large compared to the last computer lab which was housed in a portable classroom. In addition to teaching Web Design, HTML, and MS Office I also teach Algebra in this computer lab classroom. During the 2008-09 school year I had the students use the online version of their textbook to begin their… Continue

Earlier the semester I had on of my Algebra classes compile their notes on a deki/wiki (pjhs.wik.is). I view the students work on this as a great success even though I did not follow through after a few weeks. Now at the end of the semester the students are studying and taking their final exam. I wish I would have had the follow through to have the students’ notes for the whole semester on the wiki instead of just the first few weeks of notes.

The use of a wiki… Continue

While this post may be redundant for those teachers already using an online gradebook as a stand alone application/website or as part of a Student Information System (SIS), hopefully, for those teachers that do not use an online gradebook, it will provide some motivation into branching out and giving one a try. I’ve been using an online gradebook for about 5 years. The reason for switching to an online gradebook resulted from the fact that I found myself answering the same questions over and ove… Continue