Cathy Houchin’s Blog
Cathy Houchin is a STAR member of the Discovery Educator Network and Leadership Council
MUSIC TO KEEP YOU COMPANY
February 19th, 2009 by Cathy houchin in Uncategorized No Comments

I am a person who needs sound around me while I work. At home the television or music is always on from dawn to dusk.  Maybe that is why I am a music teacher.  If you like to have music on while you work or surf on your computer, a good site is http://www.pandora.com/   This [...]

OLD TO NEW
February 2nd, 2009 by Cathy houchin in Uncategorized 3 Comments

If you have been teaching for awhile, you probably have cassette tapes that are gathering dust.  They were once useful, but now are replaced by cds.  Last week I found out that I could turn these good tapes into great cds.  I used my computer.  It really was easy. First you need audacity download on [...]

NEVER ENOUGH TIME TO LEARN IT ALL
February 2nd, 2009 by Cathy houchin in Uncategorized 1 Comment

Do you wish you could learn more, but just don’t have the time?  180 Technology tips  is a website that can help.  It send an email every school day September thru June with a 5 minute lesson.  These technology lessons are simple and practical. Some of the lessons are everyday knowledge to you and others [...]