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 ====HELLO! - //Using the **Navigation Area** to the left, click on the **LINKS** to the various pages of this Technology Wiki! // Here's a **Voki Video** **message** (below left) about our **//MTSD Summer Tech Academy//** //(click on the button to play)!// //...And, to the right, a little Ode, with a BIG thank you!//====


 * = media type="custom" key="1929900" ||= //**An Ode To Our Tech** **Academy**//

Colette is OUR own wizard-**Meister** , that’s certainly no jive – The comments are all raving about her in **Cover It Live**. Her enthusiasm spills over amidst all that she shares – Our puzzling questions - she answers, and our mistakes – she repairs! Colette had the **Audacity** to assign a project for week’s end: Create a **Podcast** to show how teaching and technology blend.

After feeling very **Blogged** & clogged from Tuesday’s long day in school, We **Banded** together, and **Garaged** one as a favorite tool! The common <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**Thread** among <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**Voices** echoed user-friendliness as prime – As was teacher management, efficiency and, of course always, time. Whether it’s <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**Docs** or <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**Spreadsheets**, <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**MapIts**, or <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**Widgets** – We’ve oogled & <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**Googled** the <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**2.0** digits.

Who knew we’d get a Technology vocabulary list? But somehow, there are a lot of words that dictionaries have missed: Most people would just smile or nod, and some would smirk – When asked if they knew what in the world was a <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**“Plurk**! ” The week began with a new program that sounds like it would be tricky – Moments later, we saw great ease and potential with a <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**Wiki**. After trying <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**iMovie 08**, many eyes were aglitter... The razzle-dazzle of this program gave new meaning to <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**Twitter**! So many new programs, new sources, and new sites - so much stress – But we’ve learned how to embed all those great feeds with <span style="color: rgb(226, 8, 8)">**RSS**! Our heads were spinning - so many new tools, all came with great hype – We can even see other’s heads & faces with one called <span style="color: rgb(226, 8, 8)">**Skype** !

The information was awesome, the individual help was a key – And the <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 22)">**Delicious** snacks that you provided had us screaming “whoopie!” <span style="color: rgb(148, 10, 214)">**//So much appreciation must go to both Jill and Colette - For their vast knowledge and support, we are all greatly in debt.//** They emphasize technology skills, yes - but teaching strategies, too – They are passionate and dedicated professionals, through and through. || <span style="color: rgb(225, 5, 5)">