Today in the afternoon I had the privilege of teaching some of my peers in the Elementary building the wonders of Edublogs. In a 2 hour session we managed to set everyone up with their new blog and post a test entry. Templates were chosen and contact information was entered. Over [...]
Today I checked off all my set up to be gone to the ICE Conference on Thursday and Friday. This is my first year attending this conference or ANY conference that is completely tech focused. I’m really looking forward to learning all kinds of new things but I’m really excited about meeting some of the [...]
When I work with my younger kids (1st and 2nd graders) we do something called “mini directions”. I’m discovering that the kids really only get exposed to Microsoft Word in the lab with their regular classroom teachers. So whenever we start a new program (like Finale, Publisher or Powerpoint) there is often a steep learning [...]
I can’t fight the urge. I feel the need to present. Here’s the issue: While I’m cutting edge at my school in rural Illinois, I feel like I’ve got nothing to offer in the way of a conference presentation.
Why do I want to present? I’m frustrated by offering my ideas to my district peers only [...]
http://www.robinraskin.com/blog/2007/09/11/hands-on-advice-for-keeping-kids-safer/
This list of questions was posted by Vicki Davis on her blog. Here are my best attempts at honest answers:
Do you spend any time talking about proper methods of e-mail?
Not really because I teach music to grades kindergarten through 5th. The kids that are really most ready to hear about this (my 4th and 5th [...]
As a service to my school cultural committee and as a reason to learn something new, here’s my latest video endeavor:
Am I changing and evolving to keep up with where my students are going to be in 5 years? As an educator shouldn’t I try my best to remain ahead of the curve so my students are behind?
Ashley would be someone great to talk about with my 5th graders!
This has great possibilities. I can’t wait to see what my education peers will do with this! Thanks to Vicki Davis for showing this to me and for inadvertently challenging me to figure out how to embed a slideshare file into my blog!
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