Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Printable Computer Quick Reference
This free gift from K12.Customguide.com consists of downloadable reference sheets for many different softwares used by teachers. Scroll down their homepage to see the whole list. Enjoy. Jude
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Teachers love Twitter
From the NHOET Blog- While some educators are just getting familiar with the term Web 2.0 and all the various tools that can be classified as “web 2.0 tools,” other educators are already immersed in using them. Of course everyone has their favorites. My current favorite is GoogleDocs, but that’s a topic for another post. Today I thought I should share a few interesting articles about how Twitter (one of those Web 2.0 tools) can be used for language arts, community building, and many other things.
Search Engine Watch has an article by Ron Jones about Twitter
David Parry has a blog called academHack with a lengthy interesting post about how he uses Twitter in his university classroom at U Texas in Dallas.
EdWeek’s Digital Directions June 2008 issue includes an article about Twitter. One of my favorites was how this teacher used it:
created a Twitter account called Many Voices and invited his students, and students around the world, to add a sentence or two to the ongoing story through tweets. Within six weeks, the rolling story, written 140 characters at a time, was finished—with the help of more than 100 students in six different countries.
Have you used Twitter? Cathy Higgins
Search Engine Watch has an article by Ron Jones about Twitter
David Parry has a blog called academHack with a lengthy interesting post about how he uses Twitter in his university classroom at U Texas in Dallas.
EdWeek’s Digital Directions June 2008 issue includes an article about Twitter. One of my favorites was how this teacher used it:
created a Twitter account called Many Voices and invited his students, and students around the world, to add a sentence or two to the ongoing story through tweets. Within six weeks, the rolling story, written 140 characters at a time, was finished—with the help of more than 100 students in six different countries.
Have you used Twitter? Cathy Higgins
New website for online learning resources for everyone
From the NHOET blog-This morning, Governor Lynch was joined by state education officials in unveiling a new Web site that will serve as a one-stop, online learning resource for students, parents, teachers and school administrators. The new Web site provides information about online learning course work available — at schools in NH and beyond — which can be counted toward high school graduation credit. The comprehensive site also presents information and studies regarding the benefits of online learning. More…
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Green curriculum
GreenHearted.org is a primer on transformative education for sustainability ...what you'll need in order to green your classroom, your curriculum, your students' learning, your school community, and your life's work as a teacher. Definitely inspiring. Jude
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
PBS online courses -PSU graduate credits
PBS TeacherLine offers more than 130 top-quality, graduate-level online courses for educators and has offerings that span the curriculum.
PBS TeacherLine's online courses were developed to align with national standards developed by leading professional organizations such as NCTM, ISTE, and NCTE.
Graduate credit is available from Plymouth State University. Fall courses start October 22, 2008. Check out the website. Jude
PBS TeacherLine's online courses were developed to align with national standards developed by leading professional organizations such as NCTM, ISTE, and NCTE.
Graduate credit is available from Plymouth State University. Fall courses start October 22, 2008. Check out the website. Jude
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Picturing America
Picturing America
A great multidisciplinary opportunity for libraries to boost the curriculum and improve the school outlook:
The National Endowment for the Humanities believes that engaging, masterful works of art can bring the story of America to life.
When displayed on the walls of your classroom or library, Picturing America’s noteworthy, high-quality images offer an innovative way to teach American history and culture. These images, and the accompanying Teachers Resource Book, help students better understand America’s diverse people and places and connect them to our nation’s travails and triumphs.
Visual stimulation enhances learning and makes it more enjoyable. Art can introduce social studies, literature, civics, and even science and math in an immediate, tangible way. With Picturing America, students develop a deeper understanding of history and our shared human—and American—experience. Jude
A great multidisciplinary opportunity for libraries to boost the curriculum and improve the school outlook:
The National Endowment for the Humanities believes that engaging, masterful works of art can bring the story of America to life.
When displayed on the walls of your classroom or library, Picturing America’s noteworthy, high-quality images offer an innovative way to teach American history and culture. These images, and the accompanying Teachers Resource Book, help students better understand America’s diverse people and places and connect them to our nation’s travails and triumphs.
Visual stimulation enhances learning and makes it more enjoyable. Art can introduce social studies, literature, civics, and even science and math in an immediate, tangible way. With Picturing America, students develop a deeper understanding of history and our shared human—and American—experience. Jude
A worthwhile contest
When Your Students Think 'Green' Your School Can Win BIG!
WIN A "GREEN COMPUTER LAB" FOR YOUR SCHOOL!
INSPIRE your middle and high school students to be leaders in the Green Schools movement--and your school could win a state-of-the-art computer lab! The "Green Light Contest" essay competition, sponsored by PC Mall Gov, in partnership with HP, InFocus and T.H.E. Journal, is seeking entries from students in two categories: grades 5 - 8 and 9 - 12. In essays of 1,000 words or less students are asked to describe how they and their teachers can utilize technology to protect the environment, with the grand-prize-winning composition being awarded a 30-seat "green" computer lab for the author's school. Two additional first place winners (one from each grade-level category) will each receive a "green" laptop. Winning essays will be published in T.H.E. Journal and winners will be recognized at FETC, January 21 - 24, in Orlando, FL. ***APPLICATION DEADLINE is December 1, 2008. Winners will be announced at FETC, January 21 - 24, 2009, and notified by mail no later than January 31, 2009. ***Complete essay and submission criteria are available online at:
http://www.1105info.com/t.do?id=1685344:894475 Jude
WIN A "GREEN COMPUTER LAB" FOR YOUR SCHOOL!
INSPIRE your middle and high school students to be leaders in the Green Schools movement--and your school could win a state-of-the-art computer lab! The "Green Light Contest" essay competition, sponsored by PC Mall Gov, in partnership with HP, InFocus and T.H.E. Journal, is seeking entries from students in two categories: grades 5 - 8 and 9 - 12. In essays of 1,000 words or less students are asked to describe how they and their teachers can utilize technology to protect the environment, with the grand-prize-winning composition being awarded a 30-seat "green" computer lab for the author's school. Two additional first place winners (one from each grade-level category) will each receive a "green" laptop. Winning essays will be published in T.H.E. Journal and winners will be recognized at FETC, January 21 - 24, in Orlando, FL. ***APPLICATION DEADLINE is December 1, 2008. Winners will be announced at FETC, January 21 - 24, 2009, and notified by mail no later than January 31, 2009. ***Complete essay and submission criteria are available online at:
http://www.1105info.com/t.do?id=1685344:894475 Jude
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