tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32927637521035178972024-03-05T19:53:15.045-05:00In TouchIdeas, thoughts, and information
from the Instructional Technology
Division of the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County School Systemeherreidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979614420434719617noreply@blogger.comBlogger1021125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-46215433663025168092014-09-02T14:44:00.001-04:002014-09-02T14:44:39.782-04:00School News: Teachable Moments Can Be Awesome<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There’s
a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in education and in life called the
Teachable Moment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this can be characterized by some sort of learning that is happening between students
and teachers or between parents and children.
It can be planned out as part of an activity or it can be
spontaneous. Which is better? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It
would depend on who you ask as to the response you receive. That in itself could be considered a
teachable moment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Me
I like, or prefer, the unplanned spontaneous kind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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being said, I witnessed a teachable moment today while I was at a school and
for me it was an eye opening experience.
While working with a school today on their first news broadcast you
could say that everything that could go wrong went wrong. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The sound did
not work</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">A computer did
not power up</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The teleprompter
did not work</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The camera
kept shutting off</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The crew was
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hey
it happens so we drop back and punt and prepare for the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In
the mist of the chaos, the students took it upon themselves to figure out what
the problems were, how to fix them and how to help each other to ensure a
successful broadcast the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I
became a bystander as I watched these students diagnose and work through the
problems that had happened during the morning broadcast. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As
one student determined what the problem was they would gather the rest of the
news crew around and showed them how to fix the issue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This
was something that I had not seen in some of the other schools that I have
worked with in the past. Usually
students would just accept that there was a problem and then leave and go on
with their day, maybe hoping that the problems would fix themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I
expressed to their faculty mentor that this was something that I had not
witnessed in other schools and it was incredible to see coming from middle school
students.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes
it was a teachable moment for the students to fix the issues and work with each
other but I think that it may have been more of a teachable moment for me in
that it was something that I had not expected and impressed me greatly.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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eherreidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979614420434719617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-297446912852635242014-08-29T11:28:00.001-04:002014-08-29T11:28:38.448-04:00Celebrate Dot Day!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">September 15 is <a href="http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/" target="_blank">International Dot Day</a> with <a href="http://www.fablevisionlearning.com/" target="_blank">FableVision</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Register at <a href="http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/" target="_blank">International Dot Day</a>, to join in on all the fun! Once you have registered your class, make sure to download the free handbook on how to celebrate Dot Day with your class. There are lots of great ideas in the handbook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Something that I think would be a lot of fun to do in the classroom is to download the <a href="http://colarapp.com/" target="_blank">colAR App</a> (for both iOS and Android). Then, download the Free Mix Pack that has the colAR Dot Day coloring page. Have students decorate or color that coloring page. Once they are finished, open up the colAR app that you downloaded and show on the screen. You can show it as a 3D image, or flat image that turns in a circle. Below is the one that I did.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-66838428749706476432014-07-09T16:14:00.002-04:002014-07-09T16:14:59.789-04:00What Day is It?<div style="background-color: white; color: #323229; font-family: Alice, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">
I attended my first ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) conference last week!</div>
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And there are so many ideas, resources, and experiences bouncing around in my head!!!</div>
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I am not even sure what to write about first …</div>
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So I am going to start by writing about a resource that was not new to me …</div>
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Not new? Why start there?</div>
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I am going to share some of the pieces of that resource that are new to me!</div>
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<span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable" style="display: block;"><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/" style="color: #8907b0;"><img alt="" src="http://www.melissaedwards.org/storage/readwritethink.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1404851194679" style="border: 0px none; max-width: 100%;" /></a></span></div>
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In the past, I have shared the <a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/" style="color: #8907b0;">ReadWriteThink</a> site as a content partner of Wonderopolis and a few things I have found on the site. </div>
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I had the chance to attend a session at ISTE on using ReadWriteThink throughout the day in the classroom (which is an awesome way to structure a session) … and found some really neat things that I want to use and share!</div>
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One of those is the Calendar Activies that can be viewed by day, week, and even month!</div>
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What a treasure chest full of ideas!!!!</div>
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Have you ever had one of those days where you seem to be all out of ideas? Or a day where nothing seems to be going right no matter how much you planned? What if you just need an informative time filler, conversation starter, or even a journal prompt?</div>
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The<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/" style="color: #8907b0;"> ReadWriteThink</a> Calendar Activities can help in all of those situations and more!!!!</div>
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Let’s start by looking at the listings for this week:</div>
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Just from a quick glance at the first page, do you have some ideas?</div>
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And it doesn't even matter if you don’t use it on that date!!! :)</div>
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You can use as much or as little as works for what you need!</div>
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The July 7th teaser caught my attention, so I clicked to see what I would find …</div>
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<span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable" style="display: block;"><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/write-letters-that-make-20572.html" style="color: #8907b0;"><img alt="" src="http://www.melissaedwards.org/storage/July%207%20RWT.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1404851894224" style="border: 0px none; max-width: 100%;" /></a></span></div>
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So one of the first things I noticed is that this information and activity can be adapted to meet student needs at any grade level!</div>
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I like the navigation helpers at the top of the screen (reminds me a bit of a table of contents) so you can go straight to what you need or want! What do you think the leader said in his return letter?</div>
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Here are just a few of my initial ideas:</div>
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<li>The event description would make a great into or fuel for a brainstorming session … or even for a journal topic</li>
<li>Think about the questions that could stem from that … What was going on in the world at that time to prompt her to write that letter? If you could write a letter to a world leader, who would it be and what would it say?</li>
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Then you have the Classroom Activities which include links to resources and even another list of resources below (not pictured). Remember you can use as much or as little as you want …</div>
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You can use what you find as a jumping off point …</div>
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You can use it as a springboard for student learning …</div>
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You can use the information to connect to something else you are learning …</div>
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There is no telling how many ways you could use this!</div>
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And guess what?!?!?!!</div>
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At the bottom of the Calendar Activity page, you can find even more!!!</div>
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Look at the wide variety of resources and audiences!</div>
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Do you have a certain day (like a birthday or a special day in your classroom) that you want to look for? Then you are in luck since the calendars for all 12 months are always available!</div>
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The RWT Calendar Activities would be great to use even if you don’t have a calendar time … when you search RWT Resources, the Calendar Activities are included in the results, so you never know what you might find!</div>
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Go see what you can find and do!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">We have been very busy working on creating some fun sessions for you. These sessions (session titles and descriptions) will be located in the Promethean Users group in Edmodo soon. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">If you haven't yet registered for Camp Inspire 2014, there is still time. Once you register, you will be sent an invite to join Edmodo (if you don't already have an account); and you will be invited to join the Promethean users group. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">A couple of things to remember:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bring your <span style="color: red;"><b>charged</b></span> laptop to Camp Inspire 2014 (both July 15 and July 16)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Make sure ActiveInspire is installed (we will be at Smith Farm ES on Monday, July 14 between 9 and 3 to install the software if it is not already on your laptop)</span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-45607190639094341542014-06-24T08:26:00.000-04:002014-06-24T08:26:28.655-04:00SMARTCon 2014<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have been very busy working on creating some fun sessions for you. These sessions (session titles and descriptions) will be located in the SMART Users group in Edmodo soon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you haven't yet registered for SMARTCon 2014, there is still time. Once you register, you will be sent an invite to join Edmodo (if you don't already have an account); and you will be invited to join the SMART users group. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bring your <span style="color: red;"><b>charged</b></span> laptop to SMARTCon 2014 (both July 22 and July 23)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Make sure SMART Notebook 10.8 is installed (we will be at Moore Magnet on Monday, July 21 between 8 and 3 to install the software if it is not already on your laptop)</span></li>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-65579930141065471882014-06-06T09:35:00.001-04:002014-06-06T09:38:23.566-04:00Editing Your Profile in Edmodo<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Brand new from Edmodo! Edit your profile. This is just awesome. You can now choose to say you are a Principal, Librarian, or Teacher on your profile. Also, you can choose age ranges you teach and specific subjects. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can also view this video from YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz-516jn1n8" target="_blank">Edmodo Profile 2014</a>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-28466649892662546872014-06-04T10:18:00.002-04:002014-06-04T14:03:40.076-04:00What should I do with my Edmodo groups at the end of the year?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here it is close to the end of another school year. Many of you have been using <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> and might be wondering what you should do with the groups you created. Here is a great help topic from <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> on <a href="https://support.edmodo.com/home#forums/20796774-archive-or-delete-your-group" target="_blank">Archive or Delete Your Groups</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another thing that would might be a good idea is to create a spreadsheet of your student's user names and passwords in <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a>. This will be especially helpful next year when the student doesn't remember their login information. You could then give it to the next grade level for their use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the beginning of this past school year there were so many students that did not remember how to log into <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> so they created a new account. Then they forgot they created a new account and logged into their old one. You can see that that would cause problems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Students do not need to create new accounts every single year. In fact, it is better if they only create 1 account and just use it from year to year. This way they keep everything (almost like an e-portfolio) for themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a link to <a href="https://support.edmodo.com/home#entries/36814834-end-of-year-faq-teachers" target="_blank">End of Year FAQ's</a>. Some good information on clearing up the gradebook in Edmodo for next year and how to reuse quizzes and tests.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-91553805673243401852014-06-03T12:43:00.000-04:002014-06-03T12:43:32.817-04:00School News: Making A Difference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well it is hard to believe that it is the end of the school year and I have not written my third installment of School News. I have been working hard with a number of schools in the area to help them develop their news program from the ground up or to improve existing shows to make them more informative and interactive. The teachers and students have expressed how much fun it has been to have a news show at their schools and that they want to keep it going each year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When it comes to having a school news program within a school, I have heard a lot of the negatives. From this is taking away from instructional time to why would students want to do this? T</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">here are just as many pros as there are cons to having a news program at a school. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For those where negatives outweigh the positives I can only offer some testimonials from schools where it has made a difference, whether in the classroom or to an individual student. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I asked some of the teachers that I have been involved with over the year to share their thoughts on the school news program and how, if any, it has effected their students, classrooms and schools.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>"Doing TV announcements was so motivational for my students. </i></span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The hands-on guys took right to the technical aspect of setting up the equipment. </i><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Some of those guys were disengaged until we started videotaping."</i></li>
<li><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Many of my students have also become leaders among their peers and much more confident overall."</i></li>
<li><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"</i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The greatest benefit that I have seen from our school news is that the students are gaining a different understanding of responsibility and team work."</i></span></li>
<li><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"They have taken ownership of the show and have been faced with many real-world situations and have had to come up with creative solutions to solve problems that have arose."</i></li>
<li><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"The school news is the students' time to shine. Not only are they excited to be seen by the whole school, they really work hard to read carefully and speak clearly because they know that everyone is listening and needs the information they are presenting"</i></li>
<li><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"<span style="background-color: white;">I have noticed that my students have become much more confident in their speaking abilities"</span></i></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">One of the quotes I appreciated the most was this one from one of our High School Journalism teachers. <i>"</i></span><i>Two of my students plan to take the video broadcasting course during the North Carolina Scholastic Media Institute in June." </i>I know that she is very happy for her students that have taken it upon themselves to continue their learning through attending this summer institute. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I along with my colleagues attempt to strive to help teachers to spark curiosity in our students to help make their goals attainable and to motivate them to succeed. For the schools that I have worked with this seems to have rung true. The teachers have sparked curiosity in their students to learn the process involved in creating a news program. Also, whether or not they admit to it, I think those educators have gotten the spark to continue to strive and learn as well.</span></div>
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eherreidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979614420434719617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-43722419888186412122014-06-03T08:49:00.001-04:002014-06-03T08:49:26.888-04:00Get Verified!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> has a new campaign that starts today. They want to make sure that all teachers are verified on <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a>. Starting after June 30 teachers that teach 8th grade and below are going to be required to be verified.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-w6GWnj4j6b3XRd1ag0A4TfZSuDqDeek8D4N4-12_lLNkeqVVU9I18p7VgzQ7ga59tCBpLj1QYBGsKlmg4BUoRFLpRHna_NZC2s316TrQreOaCneWmya9kx6AlITBAm6uL8_fUN0hY0rt/s1600/verify.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-w6GWnj4j6b3XRd1ag0A4TfZSuDqDeek8D4N4-12_lLNkeqVVU9I18p7VgzQ7ga59tCBpLj1QYBGsKlmg4BUoRFLpRHna_NZC2s316TrQreOaCneWmya9kx6AlITBAm6uL8_fUN0hY0rt/s1600/verify.PNG" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How do you know if you are verified in <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a>? Go to your profile in <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> and check for the "Get Verified" badge. The badge looks like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Why should you make sure you are verified? It is so that you can post in publisher and subject communities. The most important reason is to keep <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> safe as a community. Here is a link to the help file on <a href="https://support.edmodo.com/home#forums/21644324-get-verified" target="_blank">Get Verified</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are several ways for you to be verified; one is to add teacher connections. I would love to connect with all of you, so just send me a connection request. Just search for me at the top of <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> and then click Add Connection. Check out Get Verified FAQ's from the link listed above for other ways for you to verify your account. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please make sure that you fill out your profile completely. This helps you to be verified and helps other teachers to connect with you.</span><br />
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The second meeting of the WSFCS Pinterest Learning Network was yesterday afternoon …</div>
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And although it was <a href="http://www.melissaedwards.org/imported-20120430010433/2014/4/20/my-1st-pinterest-learning-party.html" style="color: #8907b0;">very different from the first meeting</a>, it went very well …</div>
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This time we were in the computer lab …</div>
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But we did not sit at computers …</div>
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We gathered around at the table at the back of the room with a computer and large monitor close if needed.</div>
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Some guests also had out their phones/ipads/laptops …</div>
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I had a piece of paper ….</div>
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Orange paper</div>
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And a black marker</div>
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I know that does not sound very tech savvy for a person leading a technology session, but I wanted to stay focused on what was important …</div>
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After introductions, where we made many connections, we started off talking about why we (or people in general … since 2 guests did not have Pinterest Accounts yet) use Pinterest.</div>
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From our discussion, we decided it was mostly to find and share things/ideas …</div>
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<strong>Where do you look to find and share ideas? Online or offline …</strong></div>
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You probably know who to ask if you need some help with determining what food to fix …</div>
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Who comes to mind when you have a need for information about an upcoming vacation?</div>
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If you have a question about your classroom, do you know who to ask?</div>
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In Pinterest, the user creates boards or groups to connect like information … so it will be easier to find later …</div>
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If I find an idea I like in a book, I may underline it, fold the corner of the page, or even draw a star in the margin so I can go back to that later ….</div>
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If you find an idea you like on Pinterest, you pin it …</div>
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<strong>Thinking Question:</strong></div>
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<strong>How do you keep up with the ideas and resources you would like to access again?</strong></div>
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When my husband finds an article or image in a magazine that he likes, he tears out that page …</div>
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Then he just has to keep a page and not the whole magazine.</div>
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He has decided he finds enough value on the page to tear it out.</div>
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That page or piece of information is what he wants to keep … not the whole magazine.</div>
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How does he decide what to keep and what can be thrown out?</div>
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How do Pinterest users decide what to pin or repin?</div>
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Do you pin everything you look at?</div>
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What criteria do you use to help you decide what you are going to keep and where it should go?</div>
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<strong>Thinking Question:</strong></div>
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<strong>How often do we look at things and have to decide what to do with them? A lot! How do we make those choices? Do we analyze and evaluate … even if we don’t always realize what we are doing?</strong></div>
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When on Pinterest, how limited would your options be if you could only see things from and share things with the people you know?</div>
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How does your knowledgebase grow from being able to see things that others find valuable … or pin-worthy?</div>
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I think about all the things I have found and learned from people I have not ever met in person …</div>
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<strong>Consider the ways people search, find, sort, and share on Pinterest …</strong></div>
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<strong>Do you see similarities with the ways people research, discover, evaluate, and express information?</strong></div>
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Who knows what meeting three will bring?</div>
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I know I am looking forward to it!</div>
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And it is not too late to join!</div>
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Even if you have not come before!</div>
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Or even if you have not used Pinterest before ...</div>
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It is a time of learning and sharing for all!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-71764795226835537742014-04-30T09:32:00.000-04:002014-04-30T09:32:18.127-04:00Digital Storytelling With Edmodo<span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Please come and learn with me!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the face to face meeting, I will have you log into <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> and join my Digital Storytelling group. I will also talk about what we will be doing online in <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> and when the final project is due. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the on-line portion of the workshop, I will have you explore some <a href="https://wsfcs.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> apps and non-Edmodo apps for our digital storytelling. You will choose an app to learn and then create a story using with that app. Please think of an objective that you would like to create a digital story with and bring that with you on Tuesday, May 20.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The invitation was done in <a href="http://www.picmonkey.com/" target="_blank">PicMonkey</a> using the Design feature.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-11652535334855951242014-04-28T12:14:00.000-04:002014-04-28T12:14:22.594-04:00Preparing Rising 6 & 9th Graders with Multimedia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As a 6 and 9th grade teacher you prepare every year to get a brand new crop of wide eyed students that have no idea of what they are in for as they move into Middle and High School. Most of these students will not get much information in the way of what to expect as they move from one school to the next. This is a big step for either grade level. So what can we do to prepare them?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Most of these students will not know what to expect until the first day of school. It can be overwhelming to some perplexing to others and even frightful to a few. So how do we help prepare our students for the next level of our education? Well let's see if we can reach them on their level and make it fun and make it fun at the same time. Why not create a real world scenario using Problem-Based Learning to have your current students design a video for incoming students to help ease their minds and answer some of their questions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It is a great focusing activity for the end of the year as well for your students that might be starting to tune out due to the impending summer vacation. Most will not even realize that they are doing something curriculum based or part of a lesson because they will be entrenched in creating a video project. </span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-85509600303440957652014-04-25T07:59:00.002-04:002014-04-25T08:00:18.842-04:00Ways netTrekker Can Help!I found this in the <a href="http://www.knownewideas.com/profiles/blogs/rightdigitalcontent?commentId=2671824%3AComment%3A62323&xg_source=msg_com_blogpost" target="_blank">KnowNewIdeas community</a> which is associated with netTrekker (in Learning Village):<br />
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I have been reading <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17656897-if-you-can-t-fail-it-doesn-t-count" mce_href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17656897-if-you-can-t-fail-it-doesn-t-count" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><em>If You Can't Fail, It Doesn't Count</em> by Dave Guymon</a> and thought I would share a few things from this book that I found interesting and they just might help you out!<br />
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I used the design feature on <a href="http://picmonkey.com/">picmonkey.com</a> to create this. You can use that site with images too!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-63868698186377919872014-04-11T14:47:00.004-04:002014-04-23T16:18:57.821-04:00Resources from Melissa<br />
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #777f67; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using netTrekker’s comprehension support tools, you can impact mastery in all subjects and increase the amount of information your learners can process through reading. Raise scores</span><span style="color: #777f67; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #777f67;"><b>AND </b></span><span style="color: #777f67; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the love of reading! </span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #777f67; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Readability – Difficulty Ratings for Reading Text</span></span></li>
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Since it is raining outside today, I decided to go to one of my favorite resource sites to do a search for “rain” to see what I could find!</div>
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The resources and ideas just flooded in …</div>
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Here are just a few of the many resources found when I searched<a href="http://www.thinkfinity.org/community/thinkfinity-resources" style="color: #8907b0;">Thinkfinity</a>:</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/activities-projects/raining-cats-dogs-make-30619.html" style="color: #8907b0;">It’s Raining Cats and Dogs! Make a Children’s Book about the Weather</a> (from <a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/" style="color: #8907b0;">ReadWriteThink)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-k-2/Making_A_Rainstick.aspx" style="color: #8907b0;">Making Rain: How do cultures around the world “make” and celebrate rain?</a> (from <a href="http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators" style="color: #8907b0;">ArtsEdge</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://sciencenetlinks.com/science-news/science-updates/mountain-rain/" style="color: #8907b0;">Mountain Rain</a> (from <a href="http://sciencenetlinks.com/" style="color: #8907b0;">AAAS ScienceNetLinks</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/rain-steam-using-reading-912.html" style="color: #8907b0;">Rain, Ice, Steam: Using reading to support inquiry about the water cycle</a> (from <a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/" style="color: #8907b0;">ReadWriteThink</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/strange-rains/?ar_a=1" style="color: #8907b0;">Strange Rains: When animals get swept up in clouds, look out below!</a> (from <a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1" style="color: #8907b0;">National Geographic Education</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-does-a-barometer-measure/" style="color: #8907b0;">What does a Barometer Measure?</a> (Wonder #213 from<a href="http://wonderopolis.org/" style="color: #8907b0;">Wonderopolis</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-a-hurricane/" style="color: #8907b0;">What is a Hurricane?</a> (Wonder #334 from <a href="http://wonderopolis.org/" style="color: #8907b0;">Wonderopolis</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/whats-the-difference-between-snow-sleet-and-freezing-rain/" style="color: #8907b0;">What’s the Difference Between Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain?</a> (Wonder #97 from <a href="http://wonderopolis.org/" style="color: #8907b0;">Wonderopolis</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/topics/rain/?ar_a=1" style="color: #8907b0;">Rain</a> resource collection (from <a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1" style="color: #8907b0;">National Geographic Education</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/topics/rain-forests/?ar_a=1" style="color: #8907b0;">Rain Forest</a> resource collection (from <a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1" style="color: #8907b0;">National Geographic Education</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/rain-shadow/?ar_a=1" style="color: #8907b0;">Rain Shadow</a> (from <a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1" style="color: #8907b0;">National Geographic Education</a>)</li>
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<em>Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and other events.</em></div>
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In case you were not aware … April is National Poetry Month.</div>
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Since we are celebrating the poetry genre this month, I thought I would share some poetry resources that I have used in the past or recently discovered to share with other educators.</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.thinkfinity.org/docs/DOC-11427" style="color: #8907b0;">Thinkfinity Resources</a> for National Poetry Month</li>
<li><a href="http://poetrypages.lemon8.nl/index.htm" style="color: #8907b0;">Classic Poetry Pages</a> share poems and analysis of them. For example, on the page that goes along with <a href="http://poetrypages.lemon8.nl/life/roadnottaken/roadnottaken.htm" style="color: #8907b0;">Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”</a> you can find the poem and information about the meaning of the poem, the poetic devices, and how personification is used in that poem.</li>
<li><a href="http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/" style="color: #8907b0;">Famous Poets and Poems</a> is a free poetry site dedicated to people who write and read poetry.</li>
<li>Scholastic’s <a href="http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/" style="color: #8907b0;">Writing with Writers: Poetry</a> page allows you to study the genre of poetry by taking part in step-by-step workshops with favorite authors like Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin, and Jean Marzallo.</li>
<li><a href="http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=19138" style="color: #8907b0;">Poetry Pathfinders</a> is a LiveBinder sharing resources for elementary school classroom divided by grade levels.</li>
<li><a href="http://livebinders.com/play/present?id=9263" style="color: #8907b0;">Poetry Resources</a> can also be found in this LiveBinder</li>
<li><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/april-national-poetry-month-20478.html" style="color: #8907b0;">ReadWriteThink Resources</a> for Poetry Month (check out WordMover along with the other great resources listed)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.favoritepoem.org/" style="color: #8907b0;">Favorite Poem Project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/podcast-episodes/playful-poetry-books-share-30273.html" style="color: #8907b0;">Playful Poetry Books to Share</a> Podcast</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/tools.php?DocID=120&Grade=3-5" style="color: #8907b0;">Poetry Across the Sciences</a> from Science NetLinks</li>
<li><a href="http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41" style="color: #8907b0;">National Poetry Month</a> from Poets.org (What is national poetry month? 30 ways to celebrate, Celebration Highlights, A Poem in your Pocket Day, 30 poems 30 days, Poetry and the Creative Mind, Poem-A-Day, Spring Booklist …)</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-19304308935737937952014-04-03T10:00:00.000-04:002014-04-03T10:00:05.024-04:00Geddit And Don't Forget It<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I found an interesting new site today that I thought I would share with you. for some this might be old hat for others its brand new and you will really like it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">How many times does a student come up to you after the class to say that they really do not understand the material?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How often in class do you ask a question where you get the blank stairs or no one raises their hands?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In your mind you may be thinking that the students did not do their work, or just don't care. But what if there was a student that really does not understand the material but is just afraid to ask questions. </span><a href="http://www.letsgeddit.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Geddit</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> allows you as the teacher to know how your students are doing at anytime during the class. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It gives a voice to the student that is afraid to ask the question. As the teacher you can do some Formative Assessment by asking them a question on the fly by sending it to them silently. The student can tell the teacher silently through the App or site by clicking on the bar graph and sending it to the teacher. A student can even get the teachers attention by raising their virtual hand. The one thing that I see is that it help with differentiated instruction by allowing the teacher to see students strengths and weaknesses an then be able to react to them quickly. Maybe by grouping students that understand the concepts with those who do not for some peer assistance and collaboration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />Above is a quick video about Geddit, what it is and how it works. The product is platform independent so as long as you have a Wifi enabled device and/or computer connected to the web you can use Geddit. In the iPad App store you can search for Geddit and download it, or you can open any browser and go to <a href="http://letsgeddit.com/">letsgeddit.com</a> to use the product. When you get to the site there are just two options, Sign in as a Teacher or Sign in as a Student. As a teacher you will create your account setup your class and give your students a code to join your class. It is completely protected from outside influence since you need a code to join. According to the website creators there is no requirements, or limitations, when it comes to age. The site is very easy to use and set up, within minutes I had my account created, class setup, app downloaded, website up and created a generic student log in and was testing everything out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tune in next week for some ideas on how this can be used in the classroom. </span>eherreidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979614420434719617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-67457668942586583572014-03-31T10:00:00.000-04:002014-03-31T10:00:05.930-04:00What's In A Web Page - Things You Should Be Sharing. Part II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reviewing and getting your students ready for testing always seems to be a daunting task but think of making things easier because as you prepare your students in the classroom for what they will need to know for the testing why not remind them and their parents from your teacher website. It would be great to add information onto your website that will help students beyond the classroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even if that page starts out with a reminder to the parents that testing is coming up and that their children should be ready for test day by getting plenty of sleep the night before and eat something on the morning of the test. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A great web page to create would also be one that has the same information abbreviated that you are going over in class on the web with web links they can go to for further information. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you are a teacher that will not be changing grade levels or subject areas this page is now available ongoing for your students and parents as a reminder of what is coming up in the fourth quarter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Talking with other teachers can help you if you change grade levels or subject areas because you could share your information with them and visa versa so your web site stays up to date. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the summer months coming up you also want to have information on your site again that promotes yourself, your class and your school so if there are any potentially new students coming in they will be able to make an informed decision to attend that school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Other types of easy quick web pages that you could add to your site:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A summer reading list for both incoming and outgoing students. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A list of local summer locations and activities that offer a learning environment in which students are interactive and a part of the learning process. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A page that talks about what students can expect as they enter the new school year in your classroom. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What other types of pages could you create on your website that would offer the most information? How about an individual page per Quarter that outlines what you are doing if you are an Elementary teacher. If you are a subject area teacher you can put that class syllabus on the site. How about those always great self-promoting pages that outline a great lesson, an incredible learning activity or field trip. You can create a homework page that lets your students know when assignments are due. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you are a Magnet school you can have a page dedicated to outline your school classroom for the time of the year when Parents are looking to enroll their child(ren) into these schools. Or as a Kindergarten teacher you can have a page that talks about all of the wonderful learning that is going on in your classroom for Parents during Kindergarten registration. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With all things being said if you do some upfront work on your web page it will pay off in the long run with continued views from students, parents and community members. It will ensure that the information you are sharing is up to date because all you will have to do ongoing is make small changes to keep things current. And it will guarantee that you sell sell sell what you are doing in your classroom to get the buy in from whomever is looking at your website.</span><br />
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eherreidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979614420434719617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-25509686636247275532014-03-31T08:00:00.000-04:002014-03-31T08:00:04.868-04:00No User Name Required ...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">... in Art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Monday Richard Byrne posted "Seven Registration-Free Drawing Tools for Students" in his blog <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/seven-registration-free-drawing-tools.html#.UzRlPqJxRmw" target="_blank">Free Technology for Teachers</a>. Make sure to read his blog post, the drawing tools are really cool. Best of all these are web-based and students do not have to have a log-in to start drawing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The one that I liked the most was <a href="http://bomomo.com/" target="_blank">Bomomo</a>. When you go to that web site, you have a blank screen with circles moving around. Your mouse controls the circles. At the bottom of the screen are all sorts of patterns that you can use to create art. As you choose different patterns, different colors are chosen also. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Below is my art from <a href="http://bomomo.com/" target="_blank">Bomomo</a>. I think it turned out pretty well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the really cool things is that after creating your art work, you can then save it. I uploaded this art into <a href="http://www.picmonkey.com/" target="_blank">PicMonkey</a> and added my name to the artwork. (By the way, <a href="http://www.picmonkey.com/" target="_blank">PicMonkey</a> is another website that you don't have to register for and parts of it is free!)</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-49028875754595402062014-03-27T10:04:00.001-04:002014-03-27T10:04:07.160-04:00It Started With a Tweet ...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One day on Twitter I came across this Tweet:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I thought this was interesting and I wanted to see what I could do to help find out some information about the feather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Did you know that you can search by images in Google? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I saved a copy of the feather picture to my computer. Then I went to Google Images and clicked on the camera in the search box. Then I dragged a copy of the picture into the search box (I could also upload the image). The first things that were related to the image search was Mrs. Yollis blogpost's about this feather. Her blogpost is located here: <a href="http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/terrific-twitter-time-bird-detective.html" target="_blank">Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I typed "what bird is this feather from?" in the search box next to the image of the feather. The first thing to come up on my search page was <a href="http://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/" target="_blank">The Feather Atlas</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I clicked on Identify Feather; clicked on Get Started; and then choose the pattern and color. As I scrolled through, there were several feathers that looked like the picture above. I am still not exactly sure what bird this feather belongs to, but it could be of an owl or hawk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, I tweeted back to Mrs. Yollis (<a href="https://twitter.com/lindayollis" target="_blank">@lindayollis</a>) the link to <a href="http://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/" target="_blank">The Feather Atlas</a> so her class could continue their detective work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What bird do you think the feather comes from?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-80058858821643987652014-03-24T16:13:00.002-04:002014-03-24T16:13:51.498-04:00What's In A Web Page - Things You Should Be Sharing. Part I<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What do you do when you open a web page to a site that you think has information about spring and Summer clothing and it is still talking about the upcoming fall collection? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You would open up another web page with the information on it that you are looking for....right? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That is the same thing that happens if a parent, community member or even your students do when they go to your web site and there is no information available that they are looking for. They go somewhere else, and that is not good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I see this every day in what I do both in and outside of the school system. I admit that I may not have the best patience when it comes to outdated web pages but just think about this scenario:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am a parent, living out of state, who is moving to the area this summer and I need to figure out what school I want my child to go to in the fall. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I start looking into the schools that are close to my new home and when I check the teachers’ websites many of them still say "Welcome to the new school year" or "Have a Wonderful Holiday Break." </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That would not be a great way for a prospective parent to start their search of a new school for their child. This may even cause that parent to reconsider attending a school in the area based on their first impressions of what they see on a teacher’s web page. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Think of it this way, your web site is selling a product. Whether that product is something that is tangible that you can hold in your hand or an idea of what there is to offer. If the web site is not current or full of non-relevant information you will lose the sale, and in a game of numbers could mean the difference between an extra classroom of students and a teacher or combining classrooms of students and losing a teacher. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What if you are applying for and/or are receiving a grant and part of the requirements are that you keep a current account of activities on your website. You may lose the grant because of an out of date web page or site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This scenario may seem extreme and some of you may be saying: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"No way, that's not me." </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"I keep my web page up to date."</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"My students won't go to my webpage so why bother."</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some may be saying "It doesn't matter because a parent will see the school web page before mine and that is all they need to see." </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But let me tell you more often than not those first impressions are the ones that stick regardless of how good you or your school is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So let’s get away from the negative and look towards some positives. Just some simple things that can enhance your websites to keep them informative and current for anyone that may be looking at them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let’s start with today, we are in the final week of March and we all know what will be starting up at the beginning of April. Yes, its review and testing time. Raise your hands if you agree that you will spend the bulk of the quarter reviewing for a week of testing, then retesting. Caught you, some of you actually raised your hands and that's OK. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Join me next week to keep in the loop as I talk more about ways to keep your web site up to date. </span><br />
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eherreidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979614420434719617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-65028141306615569032014-02-05T15:45:00.000-05:002014-02-05T15:45:31.188-05:00Happy Digital Learning Day!<div style="background-color: white; color: #323229; font-family: Alice, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">
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Do you know what today is?</div>
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Along with it being a WONDER Wednesday, it is also <a href="http://digitallearningday.org/" style="color: #8907b0;">Digital Learning Da</a>y!</div>
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(But don’t worry you can still learn tomorrow and all the other days too!)</div>
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In celebration of both of these things, I am going to share 12 Digital Wonders I found on <a href="http://wonderopolis.org/" style="color: #8907b0;">Wonderopolis</a>!</div>
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<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-photographers-still-use-darkrooms/" style="color: #8907b0;">Do Photographers Still Use Darkrooms?</a> (#547)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-you-listen-to-music/" style="color: #8907b0;">How Do You Listen to Music?</a> (#1008)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-are-sound-effects-made/" style="color: #8907b0;">How Are Sound Effects Made?</a> (#950)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-you-capture-memories/" style="color: #8907b0;">How Do You Capture Memories?</a> (#1127)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/when-is-technology-old/" style="color: #8907b0;">When is Technology Old?</a> (#883)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-does-it-mean-to-go-viral/" style="color: #8907b0;">What Does It Mean to Go Viral?</a> (#754)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-can-you-discover-at-the-library/" style="color: #8907b0;">What Can You Discover at the Library?</a> (#924)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-touch-screens-work/" style="color: #8907b0;">How Do Touch Screens Work?</a> (#420)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-high-definition/" style="color: #8907b0;">What is High Definition?</a> (#446)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-the-smallest-computer/" style="color: #8907b0;">What is the Smallest Computer?</a> (#292)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-a-mouse/" style="color: #8907b0;">What is a Mouse?</a> (#206)</li>
<li><a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-does-a-camera-work/" style="color: #8907b0;">How Does a Camera Work?</a> (#91)</li>
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There are so many more learning opportunities on Wonderopolis and all around us!</div>
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I challenge you to go wonder, learn, and share!</div>
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