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We had such a lovely time at our Veteran’s Day Celebration … Please enjoy the photos below.

 

Podcast Test

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This is our 1st attempt to podcast with students … Listen to 8th grade students, Lane & Alexis, and their math podcast about Kurt Gogel.

3 Steps for 21st Century Learning

4 minute video … How do we reach today’s technologically astute students but help them attain basic academic skills?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yCB4i7GJuM

 Responses to the video …

As a teacher, I agree that we need to move away from lecturing, but we need to be wary of “edutainment”. Students MUST master basic skills while working on the three “C’s” mentioned in this video. Too many students are coming out of the elementary grades without basic math and reading skills. Programs like Chicago Everyday math are putting our kids in a terrible situation because they do not establish a foundation for middle school & high school students to compete with the Chinese and Indians.
 
This video rightfully questions some teacher’s style of teaching. In the 21st century, teachers should always be open to social change, classroom change and world change.
 
mikekepple Great video especially for teachers who are entering the classroom for the first time. The traditional way of teaching will no longer be relevant in the coming years.

Learning to Change-Changing to Learn

This 5 minute video talks about how education is changing and how technology is on the forefront of that change — very thought provoking!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahTKdEUAPk

Responses to the video …

This video is well done. As a progressive school district, we are heading in the direction of this type of educational shift. Susan Patrick is speaking to our community/district this summer. It is an exciting time to be in education, but this change will be met with a lot of political and historical roadblocks. One of them includes teachers saying, “Where can I add this technology stuff into my already full day?” We also have teacher prep. schools still training teachers in the 20th Century.
As an administrator of an Elementary school in BC Canada, I often respond to this question by asking educators, “What are they are willing to let go of in their practice to utilize these tools that truly engage students?”
Well done. Allow our students the same access to technology in school that they have outside of school. It’s time to move forward with new paradigms for learning and embrace 21st century technology learning skills.

Differences Between Blog Pages and Posts


See what Sue Waters has to say about: Are you confused about the point of a blog page?

Or perhaps you’ve been trying to separate topics or classes on your blog using pages but are struggling to get it to work how you would like.

http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2008/06/20/differences-between-blog-pages-and-posts/

60 Sec Tech – Smart Document Camera and Science

In this extended edition of :60 Sec Tech you will see how you can use Smart Technologies new Smart Document Camera to show Science experiments in the class easier. You will also see how you can use the Document Camera with the Smartboard.

http://www.teachertube.com/search_result.php?search_id=classroom+technology&search_typ=search_videos&x=31&y=15

What is a Wiki? How to set one up …

Part 1 … In this :60 Sec Tech you will learn what a Wiki is, how to sign up for an account on www.PBWiki.com , and create a Wiki. The parts that will follow this podcast will included editing your wiki and adding features to it.

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=47ac2a373dbb5c44ba1c

Part 2 … In this :60 Sec Tech we will continue our discussion on “What is a Wiki?” In this episode you will learn how to edit the wiki you set up last time, and how to add a calendar that everyone can edit to your wiki site

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=c58b7cdb9cc785adc762

Widgets – Adding a Google Calendar

Are You Making Your Life Easier With Google Calendar?

October 24th, 2008 by Sue Waters in Cool Web 2.0 & Desktop Tools · 2 Comments

Do you use Google Calendar? Have you thought of adding a Google Calendar widget to your class blog to display important dates (thanks Kimberly McCollum and Bryan McDonald for recommending it as a ‘must have widget”).

E-mail Netiquette Form

Students and Parents,

Please review this E-mail Netiquette form …

 E-mail Netiquette Form

Homework – Due: Friday, October 24, 2008

Please read, print and sign the Class Blogging Policy. This assignment is due at the beginning of class on Friday, October 24, 2008.