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The Pajama Game

Friday March 23, 2012 and Saturday March 24, 2012

South Amboy High School Auditorium @ 7:00 PM

Tickets:  $10.00 in advance, $12.00 at the […]

South Amboy Elementary School will begin the process of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten registration for the 2012/2013 school year on Monday, March 19, 2012.

If your child is currently enrolled in either our […]

YpickMe allows users to upload any existing document and annotate it with multimedia content, essentially making it interactive. You just drag and drop a video, image, or audio marker anywhere onto your document […]

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. This means that any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phonesand even the Dropbox […]

A Social Network for Your Company

Collaborate Across People, Teams, Content, and Business Data

Yammer brings the power of social networking inside the enterprise in a private and secure […]

Today, South Amboy Public Schools joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Low Carbon IT Campaign by enabling the power management, or sleep mode, on their computers and monitors. This simple […]

Here is a link to a great presentation about several free tools available on the web:

30 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers.

Here is a re-post from David Andrade’s Blog.

David Andrade is a Physics Teacher and Educational Technology Specialist in Connecticut. He is the author of theEducational Technology Guy blog, where he reviews […]

It might be time to take a second look at how we can leverage existing technology in the hands of our students: Smartphones.
I stumbled across this interesting blog the other night and it got me thinking about […]

Faculty & Staff – Want to keep up to date with the district?  Please sign up for the District Technology Alerts via Remind101 for FREE.  Once you send a text to 423.254.0970 with @elson as the message, you […]

Instantly message a class of students or their parents from your computer.
Safe.  Teachers never see students’ phone numbers.  Students never see theirs.
Students and parents join by sending a text message. No […]

Since my last post was all about Twitter, here is another one listing some great hashtags to follow to get the most out of Twitter.

20 Twitter Hashtags Every Teacher Should Know About | Edudemic.

Plenty of colleges are getting tuned in to all of the great things you can do with Twitter, but unfortunately, many high schools are still held back by restrictive social media policies. However, the lucky few who […]

oneword™ is a simple writing exercise.
It’s not about learning new words.
It’s not about defining words.

If the word of the day is: pen, don’t write:
“a writing utensil that dispenses ink”
or
“OMG!—i don’t […]

Google’s Chrome is rapidly becoming the most popular browser used worldwide, recently overtaking Firefoxin global market share. If you’re a Chrome user and a WordPress lover, we’ve got some goodies for you. Below […]

Here is a great post about some of the tricks to use YouTube to its fullest.

So after just under three years in the making, we have finally switched our Internet Service Provider (ISP).  Welcome Optimum Lightpath!  So what does this mean for you?  Well, in simple terms – Speed.

We […]

Found this enlightening article about the pros of using social media with your students.  Food for thought:
Mentoring Your Students in Social Media or Vice Versa