March 2008 Blog Posts (128)

I Need Play Time!

Today I had a workshop with about 45 teachers on Google Tools for Educators. Unfortunately, I was only given an hour to present. In order for me to give an effective PD (Professional Development), I like to have at least 2 hours. This way, participants can have some crucial play time. I don't like to give multiple hand outs and ask teachers to go through each piece of paper. I'd much rather walk them through the process and give them time to play and explore.

Fortunately, I was able to… Continue

Added by Antonio Hernandez on March 11, 2008 at 11:02pm — No Comments

Professional Development

My colleague and I are preparing a significant iniative. We will be requiring teachers to select a strand (web 2.0, Microsoft Office, Webpage Design, etc.) and then completing the courses that go with it. This is a significant undertaking. I'm curious what other people do for professional development in their schools. Do you have "tracks" or programs that teachers follow? What training is mandatory?

Added by Matt on March 11, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Homosapien-Tattalous: The Human Tattletale

Defining Homosapien-Tattalous

Since the beginning of civilization, human beings have felt the need to get each other in trouble. It seems to be the life-long ambition of some individuals to make others miserable in-order-to feel a little better about there own small lives. I am of course speaking of homosapien-tattalous (the tattletale). This species of human is unfortunately not rare and is commonly found on school play yards and in elementary school classrooms (though they… Continue

Added by Mr. Balcom on March 11, 2008 at 8:41pm — No Comments

BRIDGING EDUCATION INTO SOCIETY – The 22nd ESP Conference

On Wednesday, March 5, 120 educators from all over Europe, the US, Iran and Israel came together in La Coruna, Spain for five days of discussion, collaborative learning and planning at the 22nd Conference of the European Schools Project Association. The theme of the Conference, Bridging Education into Society set the tone of the activities… Continue

Added by Reuven Werber on March 11, 2008 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Life

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Added by Madison Guss on March 10, 2008 at 10:15pm — No Comments

Life

Added by Madison Guss on March 10, 2008 at 10:06pm — No Comments

Monster

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Added by Jonah on March 10, 2008 at 1:51am — No Comments

What A Scent Is Here!

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To clap the rooted chair hurts my line.
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Added by Ashley To on March 10, 2008 at 12:30am — No Comments

Culture and Structure

The culture in a classroom is very important. A student has to feel like the classroom is inviting. They have to know that the teacher is there to help them and teach them something they want to learn. The structure of a classroom to me is how you set it up. If it is to loose without purpose students will not learn. Students need to know what to expect from you and what you expect from them. You have to be consistent.

I notice someone commented on their blog about teachers not… Continue

Added by Jady on March 9, 2008 at 9:47pm — No Comments

Making Language Arts Fun!

I am looking for people who have some tested and successful lesson plans for teaching grammar to kids who are unmotivated. I have had some success with grammar games using individual whiteboards and Jeopardy. I am open to all suggestions.

Added by Bonney on March 8, 2008 at 5:08pm — No Comments

Moving forward with the Ultranet...

In the last two months I have been working in my new role of 'Ultranet Coach'. What this really means is working with schools and leaders in my region to support them in the use of ICT (Information & Communication Technology) as a meas for being ready for the Ultranet. Each school is unique and has its own strengths and challenges.

In Victoria we are working towards creating learning environments that best… Continue

Added by Helen Otway on March 8, 2008 at 3:56pm — No Comments

Edusim - Alpha 04 is ready for download (in world lesson loading menu added)

Watch a video clip here
Download here
http://edusim3d.com

Added by Rich White on March 8, 2008 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Twitter - in plain english

Added by Rich White on March 8, 2008 at 3:04pm — 1 Comment

Recent

Take a look at my recent blog posts:

TechPsych
Interactive Multimedia Technology
Technology Supported Human-World Interaction

Added by Lynn Marentette on March 8, 2008 at 10:34am — No Comments

The Best Websites For Learning and Teaching Geography

Here's another one of my "The Best..." lists:

The Best Websites For Learning and Teaching Geography

Added by Larry Ferlazzo on March 8, 2008 at 5:57am — No Comments

The Literacy Promise Conference

I've had the opportunity of attending the Literacy Promise conference in Salt Lake City the past two days. There have been several presenters who discussed various methods we can involve adolescent students in the reading and learning process. My personal favorite was the "Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century" session done by David Warlick. During this session, he helped remind us of the need to help students become literate beyond what is on the printed page. I enjoyed seeing the reactions… Continue

Added by Glen Westbroek on March 7, 2008 at 12:22pm — No Comments

Personal philosophy of education

Educators have a challenge we have never faced before… prepare students to be able to find solutions for problems that don’t even exist yet. Prepare them to be able to use technologies that are changing and evolving exponentially every day.

The concept that technical information is being replaced every two years is staggering. For students that enter a four year technical field of study; what they learn and have interacted with by the end of their sophomore year will be outdated by… Continue

Added by Joe Sherwood on March 7, 2008 at 9:26am — No Comments

Blogging + Cool Training Videos = Student Success!!

I'm surfing along today after reading an email from a colleague of mine who recommended the TeleTech Tuesdays component of the SOITA site, which is in Southern Ohio. No, the site is not in Southern Ohio. However, the site has excellent resources for Podcasting and so I check out the website and I link to, what has to be, one of the best examples I've seen using technology in the classroom. This site has podcasting, movies, and blogging... It's interactive AND...

wait for… Continue

Added by Charles Miller on March 6, 2008 at 5:48pm — 1 Comment