If you haven’t noticed, twitter and other social networking sites (BeBo, Plurk, FB, etc) are making their presence known in ALL ages and walks of life. Take advantage of the opportunity to A: discuss the appropriate and inappropriate cyber behaviors and B: turn a boring review assignment into something they will be more engaged in […]
We know that a district focus and emphasis has been directed towards math, most pointedly in problem solving and measurement. I want to give you several options today that I have once discovered from my PLN on Twitter. (8Amber8). Not feeling successful with the extra computer in your room? iPlay has a collection of printable math games
Homework, homework, homework! We all give it, we all grade it, we all have our purposes behind it. As we move into the spring, and the time of many an educator head ache, I want us to REALLY think about what we’re sending home and why. Thanks to my PLN, (8amber8), I came across a great
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Am posting this here in hopes my PLN can convince me one way or the other…and am cross posting on our Connected Principals site as well. Techie Teamann, technically yours, yadda yadda yadda…techie toys make me happy. I love my macbook…I love my iphone…my ipods…my itouches…sigh. Now we have this iPad…toy. A toy I don’t
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It’s no secret that bullying is a bad bad thing. One of our rockstar teachers put together some awesome resources and I thought I’d share the wealth here. I did several sessions a few years ago on CyberSafety for different campuses and they involved different videos that I’m going to post here as well. Keep
While we are waiting on a collective decision on how we’re going to be utilizing Edugence for intervention tracking and SST support purposes, let’s not forget how very useful the data that is already there can be. You have student test scores from previous years. You have curriculum assessment data from this year, in all
Did you watch the Emmy’s? Noooooooo, this isn’t a red carpet review…I’m just wondering if you noticed/remember the two different winners that referenced teachers and education. The creator of Glee thanked all of the teachers that let him finger paint in school (encouraging creativity). The best supporting actor Emmy winner, David Strathairn, made the comment
I’ve touched on this topic before but it has been brought back to the forefront of my attention after Alan November’s speech last week at Convocation that threw Facebook back into the mix. Social media is everywhere. Between Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, FlickR, etc, not one facet of our being hasn’t been touched by this change in society.
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After a slight summer baby having hiatus, 🙂 I’ll be back to blogging regularly! First item, I came across today via twitter (8Amber8) is a math game gem. This site lists different activities for grades K-6, and then provides a bit of an explanation for each site and how it developmentally contributes to each grade levels’ skills.
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As we wind down our year, (we’re so close!) I know most people’s minds are on what their summer plans are…and most don’t involve any curriculum planning. Just in case though, I wanted to give out a few more sites for you to bookmark for next year, or offer to those parents that you think
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