Educational Technology has created a free blog space for all SBISD district employees. Anyone  in the district can now create their own blog. The question is: HOW do you create and manage a blog using the My SBISD Blog Community?

To support teachers and district staff in creating a professional or classroom blog, Educational Technology has created an online tutorial that acts as an introduction to blogging, WordPress, and the My SBISD Blog Community. The tutorial will cover all the basic issues of how to create and maintain a blog on the My SBISD Community Blog. Issues for teachers, administrators and district employees who wish to create a professional education blog, as well as teachers who want to blog WITH their students will be addressed. The blog tutorial is located at - http://howto.blog.mysbisd.com.

If you are interested in taking this online class, please register in PDLC for course # 2894.5639,  Blogging 101: How to Create & Manage a Blog Using the My SBISD Blog Community.

This class is strictly online; there will be no face-to-face meetings. Consequently, in order to receive credit, you'll need to participate in the online course by completing all assignments before May 30, 2008.

Atomic Learning is now FREE for the entire Spring Branch Community

STUDENTS & PARENTS: Spring Branch ISD is dedicated to providing the highest quality technology resources available in order to prepare our students for their futures. That is why we are making Atomic Learning available to you—we want you to have the resources to help your child with school work. And while you’re at it, you can use Atomic Learning to learn about software applications that interest you! It’s convenient, free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year long. For more information, please call Education Technology at 713-464-1511 ext. 2329, or see your school librarian, or click here.

 SBISD EMPLOYEES: Atomic Learning’s innovative approach to software training focuses on answering the common questions you have when learning and using software. Need to know how to cut and paste in Word? Want to learn how to create a web page using DreamWeaver? Go to www.AtomicLearning.com, type in your question, and watch a one- to three-minute tutorial movie that shows you, step-by-step, how to complete the task.

Atomic Learning is convenient, free to the Spring Branch Community, and available to staff from home or school, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year long. If you are an SBISD employee, substitute or volunteer and need more information, please click here.