tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301598832011-09-21T08:08:38.144-04:00Thoughts about Education, Art and TechnologyHarold Olejarznoreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-79364942780735537032010-11-26T21:50:00.000-05:002010-11-26T21:50:17.625-05:00

I gave my students a self-graded quiz on Wednesday using a Google Form. When the students completed the exam and submitted the form I immediately got their answers and grades on the form's spreadsheet. I was able to tell the students their grades as soon as they completed the test. When all of the students completed the exam, I used the Summary of Responses to show the class how everyone did and

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-59981292175451796812010-11-22T07:34:00.003-05:002010-11-28T16:53:31.806-05:00

Setting up a self-grading test is easy with Google Apps. The three videos below will show you how to do this. You may also want to download Chris Clementi's handout which is based on the videos. Setting Up Your Test Part 1 - Writing the Questions Setting Up Your Test Part 2 - Posting the Test and Setting Up the Answer Key Setting Up Your Test Part 3 - Getting The Grades

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-50035758968872465892010-06-17T22:03:00.000-04:002010-06-17T22:03:50.705-04:00

Back in the late 1960's when I was in junior high school we had wood shop. One of our projects was to make a sailboat out of two pieces of wood. We cut, carved and sanded the wood into the right shapes and then attached them to a piece of stained plywood that suggested the sea and the sky. The piece is till hanging in my parent's home. The object of the class was to give the boys in the class

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-69832869437308531832009-12-25T23:58:00.006-05:002009-12-28T11:54:39.006-05:00

The slide presentation has lots of screen shots on:What is Google Apps Education EditionSetting Up a Google Apps Education Edition AccountAdministrating a Google Apps Education Edition AccountThe last slide is a video of two students talking about how Google Docs helped them. My chapter on Google Apps for Education is included in the book Retool Your School, see below. The chapter is

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-66722059706409367982009-08-30T13:00:00.000-04:002009-08-30T13:00:07.898-04:00

To help the students and teachers at my school make the transition to Google Apps for Education Edition I set up a wiki help site that includes videos, handouts and links to Google help sites. The site is located at:  http://eisenhowerms.pbworks.com Sections of the site include: Google Apps Information Google Docs Information Using Documents Using Spreadsheets Using Presentations Using Forms

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-43895099548991262162009-08-27T14:25:00.001-04:002009-08-27T16:31:59.549-04:00

Using Postini with GmailLimiting Gmail to your Google Apps for Education Domain OnlyThis handout will walk you through using Postini to set up your Google Apps Education domain so that email can only be sent to and from email addresses within your domain. If you are in a K-12 school this is a way to give your students email accounts to email teachers and fellow students only. You must activate

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-57301487661368297872009-04-25T16:07:00.001-04:002009-04-25T16:12:37.449-04:00

Great Moments in Art is a calendar that uses Google Calendar to create a calendar of artist birthdays and other moments in art history. Since Google Calendar is linked to Google Maps including the artists' place of birth in the event listing will create a link to a map. Information about the artist appears in the description field. Google Calendar users may use the "copy to my calendar" feature

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-5382604174738165362008-08-02T13:51:00.002-04:002008-12-28T13:02:50.458-05:00

This is a short video with info on what is available at iTunesU. Info on how to use it is also available.http://tinyurl.com/6r6vxk

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-6028072505022511262007-03-17T16:39:00.000-04:002007-03-18T12:11:41.850-04:00

I just posted a page from my NAEA session Poetry In Motionhttp://www.olejarz.com/arted/digitalvideo/poetryinmotion07.htmlVolunteers from the session were given lines from a poem to dramatize. The dramatizations were videotaped and transferred to iMovie. I demonstrated the process of editing the video and adding graphics, titles and credits. A QuickTime video of the performance is posted on the

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1167674376279532442007-01-01T12:59:00.000-05:002007-01-01T13:01:03.456-05:00

Unfortunately, been too busy to write but wanted to post the statement that I came up with about education and technology.Using technology to demonstrate teaching and learning is the best way for educators to prove that they are using technology to enhance teaching and learning.

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1153703031687184472006-07-23T21:02:00.000-04:002006-07-23T21:05:20.943-04:00

Last weekend I went to Washington DC. One of the shows that I saw was Charles Sheeler: Across Media. It was at the National Gallery of Art. The show runs from May 7th to August 27, 2006. The Sheeler show was especially interesting because it explored the relationship between Sheeler’s photography and his graphic work and paintings. Photography played a very critical role in Sheeler’s work.

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This is from Michael Winerip's NYT's column of July 12, 2006"We need a No Family Left Behind Law. This would measure economicgrowth of families and punish politicians in charge of states withpoor economic growth for minority families.FOR example, in Ohio, black families earn only 62 percent of whitehousehold income, one of the biggest disparities nationally. So everyyear, under No Family Left

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1152757653241915832006-07-12T22:26:00.000-04:002006-07-12T22:27:33.253-04:00

The Read/Write Web, also referred to as Web 2.0, was a big part of the conference. Many sessions dealt with wikis, blogs and podcasts as easy ways for teachers and especially students to contribute content to the web. As Will Richardson put it, “A society of authors.” This was also said about the web not too long ago. The difference is that learning html or Dreamweaver requires lots of time while

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1152741259413220912006-07-12T17:53:00.000-04:002006-07-12T21:49:12.533-04:00

How We Created Our Education and Technology Podcast SeriesRichard A. Smith University of Houston-Clear LakeCaroline M. Crawford University of Houston-Clear LakeSmith defined a podcast as an old thing a radio broadcast with the difference being that the broadcast is distributed over the Internet. The history of radio and education goes back. In the 1920s – 40s instructional radio was the new thing

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1152740206631839402006-07-12T17:34:00.000-04:002006-07-12T17:36:46.640-04:00

It was exciting to hear Negroponte talk about his One Laptop Per Child Program. I have been a fan of his and really enjoyed his book Being Digital.Negroponte started by talking about Papert and programming and how it develops thinking skills. The act of debugging a program was key to learning about learning. Debugging programs got kids interested in thinking about how to fix what they did wrong.

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1152632919173933332006-07-11T11:47:00.000-04:002006-07-11T11:49:42.026-04:00

California Streaming: A Golden Model for Rich Media Delivery!Julie Drake, Central California Educational Technology Consortium with Laurie Maclin, John Magneson, Laura Smith and Steve WoodsCalifornia Streaming was my favorite session title at NECC. The session showcased a very exciting project – the creation of a statewide resource of streaming multi-media projects. Presently about 13 counties

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eJournalism: Authentic Learning with Technology and JournalismGloria Antifaiff, Qu'Appelle Valley School Division with Kelly Irelandhttp://www.saskschools.ca/~ejournalism/
I was drawn to this presentation because the title implied using technology as a tool for journalism. I wasn’t disappointed. This presentation showcased several successful eJournalism projects that have been completed by

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1152585782032601432006-07-10T22:41:00.000-04:002006-07-10T22:52:38.753-04:00

Reaching Beyond the Walls: International Projects and Partners Collaboration CenterGlobal SchoolNet Foundation, http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.htmlPresented by: Yvonne Marie Andres and Al RogersYvonne Marie Andres and Al Rogers made this presentation. They started Global SchoolNet, a site that is all about the power of global learning and reaching beyond the classroom. They have a long

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1152166623265517912006-07-06T02:12:00.000-04:002006-07-06T10:51:22.543-04:00

Teaching Zack to ThinkAlan Novemberwww.novemberlearning.comAlan is an entertaining and instructive presenter. This was the session that won my “Best of the Day” award. Alan is funny but he gets to the point and this session pointed out lots of things to think about when doing research on the web.Alan thinks teachers need to redesign the assignments they give students. Assignments need to be more

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1151854690415118642006-07-02T11:29:00.000-04:002006-07-02T11:54:17.606-04:00

Over the years I have tried several ways to create web portfolios and photo galleries. When I first started my website, www.olejarz.com, back in 1996 there were few tools available to automatically create web photo galleries; now there are many to choose from.In the beginning I would simply create a page and insert the images. Then I started using the web gallery option in Photoshop Elements and

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1151717959392528292006-06-30T21:11:00.000-04:002006-06-30T21:56:29.386-04:00

Few people know that Alexander Calder designed a sidewalk in front of 1014-1018 Madison Ave. between 78 and 79th streets. Calder's gallery was in the building and three galleries in the building split the installation cost of the sidewalk. The sidewalk is a few blocks up from the Whitney Museum where you can see Calder's Circus. The Whitney has a great display of the Circus and they run the

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1151455220544524162006-06-27T20:28:00.000-04:002006-06-28T11:25:49.810-04:00

Participated in a dialog about contests and competitions on an art ed listserv. Contests are great when your students win but most students don't win. It is important to pick your contests wisely. Contests that ask for submissions of original work and do not return the work are especially irritating. I participate in a state-wide digital video contest because I know and respect the organization

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1151292779898159932006-06-25T23:16:00.000-04:002006-06-27T20:43:15.810-04:00

Had a virtual meeting this evening at TappedIn of the NAEA website advisory committee. TappenIn is a site for educators to hang out in. You can set up a virtual office, groups, post files and have online chats. The group I was meeting with includes art educators from around the country. We are working on advising the NAEA Board on policy for the website. Right now we are doing housekeeping chores

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1151291667988980122006-06-25T23:06:00.000-04:002006-06-27T20:44:02.456-04:00

Ordered Photoshop CS2 this morning. I decided to finally upgrade after seeing CS2 during the workshop I took yesterday. The other reason for the upgrade is that Version 7 does not support RAW image format. A third reason, just discovered, is that looks like Adobe may have upgraded the automatic web photo galleries. I say this because I was just looking at someone's web photo gallery and checked

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1151193470943262312006-06-24T19:34:00.000-04:002006-06-27T20:44:35.710-04:00

I took a class on "Large Format Archival Printing" today at the Visual Arts Center of NJ in Summit; thanks to the Dodge Foundation for funding me. The class was taught by Jay Seldin. The lab was impressive as was the several large format Epson printers they had on hand. Jay showed an assortment of his prints on various papers and fabric. Yes, fabric, there is a polyester fabric that you can print

Harold Olejarznoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159883.post-1151105132188815852006-06-23T19:18:00.000-04:002006-06-28T10:27:29.040-04:00

On May 30th I went to a Mets game with a friend from middle school, Steve Aminoff. He has some Mets connections so we got to sit close to the action. I was surprised to see that all of the photographers had laptops beneath their cameras. While the game was going on and between innings they were working on the photos they had just taken. These two photo tell lots about the impact of technology on

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Getting ready to go to NECC in San Diego got me thinking about blogging while I was at the conference. So I decided to start this blog and focus on my interests in art, technology and education. E.A.T. seemed like a better arrangement of letters than A.T.E.

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