Eric Strommer’ Blog

In years past I was all a-tither about about getting the MACUL Conference book with all the sessions and their times.

I have had to sit and highlight sessions that I was interested in and then have to figure out times, locations, etc.

That was nice, but now we have the On-Line Conference Planner at http://planner.macul.org/selectconference.aspx

You can search by either session or exhibit, by the conference strand, by date, by presenter name, and by the name of the business.

You then get a list on sessions in chronological order. On the left just click on view/add and get a window with the details.

After reading the details you can then add it to your planner.

It will also let you know when you have a conflict with two sessions added for the same time block.

Under the “view planner” tab you can download your planner as a PDF and a VCS file.

Then you have either a hard-copy of your schedule or an electronic one for your portable device (which is what we all do right?).

Now off to get my planner set up. See you at the conference!

With most of the nation experiencing a huge winter storm many schools are canceled. What can you do when you get back to integrate the “stormagetton” ? Here are some online and downloadable tools to use with your students.

Desktop Weather Stations to download (all free)

Weather Exchange http://www.ambientweather.com/weex1.html (I use this one)

WeatherBug http://weather.weatherbug.com/ (site has video and other weather data, but lots of ads)

Weather Channel  http://www.weather.com/services/desktop.html

Web Sites:

National Weather Service:  http://www.weather.gov/

Weather Underground http://www.wunderground.com/education/education.asp

Weather Channel Kids http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/

Mount Washington Observatory http://www.mountwashington.org/ (great webcams of some of the worst weather)

Weather Wiz Kids http://www.weatherwizkids.com/

The Weather Dude http://www.wxdude.com/

Scholastic’s Weather Maker http://www.scholastic.com/kids/weather/