nextvista.org an educational source for students & teachers

            If you are a student or a teacher and you are looking for some educational videos and informations, then nextvista.org is the site for you.

                Created by Mr. Rushtonh Hurley, the team leader of the Krause-Center for Innovation Pang (KCI Pang), the main purpose of the site is to create an on-line library of educational videos created by students, teachers and even collaborations of the previous two all over the world. The site also sponsor an on-line video contest for teachers or students.

              The site also suggest other creative commons sources where students and teachers can look into if they want to create their own video and published it on-line without any worry about citations.
                Visit the site nextvista.org  to view more its features.

3D pictures by Microsoft Photosynth

Want to try a different way in capturing  photos? 

Microsoft Photosynth is just the right tool for you. If you have an iOS

phone, then you can download the microsoft photosynth  for free from the app store. It will give you a different experience  in taking and viewing pictures. You can create 2D or 3D pictures. Exciting isn't it! try and you will see. Here is a video about it microsoft photosynth

Fantastic! I can't wait to use it in my class. For more information about the microsoft pthotosynth just visit: http://photosynth.net/Default.aspx

Why smartphone for science teachers?

            I have a smartphone and I'm loving its features. It helps me manage my accounts in twitter, facebook pages, google+ , edmodo, gmail and more. Using my smartphone, I can watch and read articles related to science. I can even surf the net using apps such as google chrome or safari. I can even share pictures without any problem using instagram. 

          Another best feature of it, is that I can create new post for my blog anytime and anywhere. It's amazing how technology now a days aid teachers like me. Smartphones are not only use just for texting and calling, it can also create links to your other interests. It's like having a pocket laptop if you have a smartphone. 

            Teachers must be equipped with this gadget in order to be updated on what's new in the field of education and can reach out to other educators all over the world by just a click.   

            The following photos are some of the apps my smartphone has:

     

                 Isn't these apps of smartphone fantastic. It's handy  because it's lite. For teachers like me, this is a must have, although some smartphones are expensive. But if you have extra cash and you really want to be updated about the latest trends in education, contact other educators and students, do some research etc., then this product of technology is for you! just use it wisely! make sure you have discipline when and when not  to use it. 

Purple-Planet (free music) for students and teachers

         To teachers and students who are looking for free music that  can  be used  for presentations or projects,  purple-planet.com is the site for you guys. This was a site suggested by my trainer Mr. John Sowash during the KCI Pang training last April 1-12, 2013 at Daniel Maramba National High School, Pangasinan, Philippines. I was given permission by the owner of the site to use the music, specially for educational purposes. The owner also said that it can be used by other educators and students in their video/photo presentations as long as they will cite where they got the music. 

         What I love about the music they have in purple-planet.com is that most of it are  instrumental in forms and they got three versions of every  music they have. You can choose the longer version or the shorter if you want, it depends on what you need for your project.

  Just ignore the "royalty free music" - according to the maker of the site. The site was not updated for quite sometime,  but if you want to read their terms and conditions, just click the using our music for more clarifications.

Enjoy the music of purple-planet.com !!!

2013 Summer Adventure in Baguio City

          After my busy schedule from the summer training for teachers, my family went to  Baguio City, the summer capital of the  Philippines to bond and escape the summer heat from lowlands. I even  renewed my PRC  licence for teachers , which by the way their new office is located in (PRC Baguio City).

         My son enjoyed playing at the Children's Park which was renovated by the City  Government  of Baguio. 

Ryt on the red slide

He enjoyed the different slides in the park. A lot of parents with their children were having a good time. This kind of landmark in the city is a nice place to spend quality time with your family without spending to much money. 

a colorful slide at the park

There are so many things that you can do in the park, like having a picnic, enjoy the other features of the park, they even have a mini lagoon where children can enjoy watching the colorful fishes 

an orange fish in the children's park mini lagoon

Truly the place is for everyone, not for just children but even for kids at heart, like me ^^

KCI Pang Orange Team (Table 5)

It was a good day to all trainees of KCI Pang. We were able to submit and finish our assignments, although some of us, it was their first time to create a video, nevertheless they succeeded to create and uploaded to Youtube. 

 the orange group (table 5) from right: Janus Salinas, Marianne Soriano, Marilyn Roxas, Jojo jose Rosario, Janice Peralta, Ryan Miranda, Geraldine Ocampo, Christopher Silang and Christian Tulao

My groupmates (table 5) watching my video for teacher "how to create a google form"

I'm  very happy to be part of this group, we had fun together, shared our thoughts or ideas to come up with great  projects!!!