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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Digital storytelling is not a new concept. It has been around for several years within GISD and I know the fabulous technology facilitators (cough, cough) have promoted, shared, and taught a fair number of classes helping teachers integrate with this idea. While Photo Story is a great and reliable option, there are a number of other free
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Poetry Picks I am so tempted to title all of my blog posts with a smiley face. You may thank me for holding me back, 😉 Can I help it that I love my job?? Speaking of loving my job, one of my (my, heehee!) rockstar teachers, Emily Koder, sent me some outstanding resources for
Social Studies is the subject that is most easily overlooked at times. It’s also one of the hardest to find “fun” engaging, interactive websites for, 🙂 In my TECHedge today, they so thoughtfully provides a great list. Enjoy! Studying-ly, Amber CNN Student News – 10 minutes of current events every day History Animated – animations of the
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Did you LAUGH at my title? As teachers, we all know that there is NO such thing as extra time. Especially in the Spring in Texas, wink wink… I think there are spurts of time, maybe just not for us or for every single student. There’s always one or two kids who get done first
Love the phrase I read today…”Video is the new Power Point”….and I so agree! One of my favorite lines from Grey’s Anatomy that I use ALL the time is “Power Point is SO 1997.” Makes me chuckle every time, 🙂 Luckily, the days of yesteryear are gone, where it takes an expert, or an army,
In my Tech Edge newsletter this week there was a fancy list of new web 2.0 tools for both teachers and students. Many of these I’d seen or heard of before, but there were a couple newbies thrown in, 🙂 I thought I’d share the list with you, just in case you too needed a
As most know by now, I have transitioned over from my role as Title I Technology Facilitator to an Assistant Principal role at Luna Elementary. I’m now fully switched over, 🙂 and have started figuring out where to go from there. One such transition is this blog. I have always been a “tech”nically driven person
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