Hallpass and Friends

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Welcome to myHallpass.com

Portals

Hallpass offers teachers a course portal where they can upload and/or create online presentations, maintain a course blog, and create collaborative projects in the course wiki. There is even a file repository where teachers can have students upload their assignments.

Modules

This repository of online learning modules is developed by a select group of teachers with a unique blend of subject knowledge and creativity. Each module examines a topic from multiple angles and asks open-ended questions designed to get students to think and really understand the topic.

Topics

The mission at Hallpass and Friends is to empower the teacher to extend learning beyond the classroom. Technology has the potential of enhancing the learning environment, but not without understanding on how to use it to foster learning. This section of the site is devoted to topics in education and technology, it includes articles, tutorials, and resources.

Podcasts

Hallpass currently sponsors three podcasts. TechEd discusses current issues in education and technology. AspXs in Web Development offers a technical look at web development using Microsoft's .NET Framework. And The Malcolm Report is a focuses on local issues.

Recent

Powerpoint to Flash

This tutorial provides you with one way to tranform your Powerpoint presentations for the Web. The resulting presentation will be a Flash movie with a consistent navigation element.