The field of education can be a trying one. The news attacks us, the students don’t seem to listen, we don’t get paid enough. yada yada. Not that we’re those people. (Remember that. I’ll come back to it in a minute, so put it in your pocket and save it for later.) Many times “jobs’ can be […]
Tomorrow will be the first speedgeeking event here at Luna. The concept, similar to “speed dating” is going to introduce you to five different technology integration pieces. This is meant to give you a lil’taste of FIVE different easy and fun ways that you can add these tools into your lesson plans. We will be
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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