Truger’s TechTalk

This past Wed we had our 3rd snow day of the year. This is in a district that just not have have snow days. I was actually kind of bummed out, yet another day of being locked up in the house trying to entertain my kids. Just then the phone rang, it was a parent in Corey’s class wanting a playdate, I happily agreed and hung up, then another call, another playdate for my son Nathan. Both parents want the kids at their house…Woo Hoo! This day is looking up : ) I dropped off both kids in near whiteout driving conditions, took 45 min to go 4 blocks and back, but now the house was quiet.

I opened up my laptop to check my email and I found out 2 exciting things. One, ActivStudio 3.6 (software for my activboard which can finally work with Leopard) was released just that morning and two, Kidspiration 3 was just released as well!!

First, I had to get ActivStudio 3.6 going. It took awhile but after several calls to tech support I got the correct download and installed it. I held my breath while I launched, since this is where ever since Leopard was put on machine the entire thing crashes, and low and behold everything worked great! Finally I can work on my upcoming IL-TCE workshop presentation! Woot! I played with AS 3.6 for awhile, but then I just couldn’t resist downloading Kidspiration 3 a minute longer so off to the Inspiration website I went.

The download was painless and the wait was soooo worth it. I am sooo excited about the new Math View tools, and I am not even a math teacher. If you are a math teacher you MUST check this out. I am super energized about using these tools with the district’s ActivBoard as soon as possible. I want to give a quick shout out to Jennifer Wagner (Technospud) who rushed home from work to skype with me and show me around the product that she knows so well.

Check out Kidspiration 3, you will be glad you did.