On the Trails

Education World has posted a Math Mnemonics archive to help kids learn math.
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/archives/mnemonics.shtml
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I just completed a lesson with Kindergarten children with the Starfall Learn to Read site. We were working on reading comprehension. I had the kids listen to the story as I read it and then they painted answers using the artpad program.  I hated the results.
The painting skills required superseded their comprehension ability.  So then [...]

The ideas expressed in this blog, come from Dr. Lloyd Elm, a professor at Buffalo State College.
Read to Children – Read with Children – Have Children Readwith these ideas

Teacher Read Aloud with a purpose
Guided Reading in flexible groups
Shared Book Reading – focusing on comprehension
Individualized Reading, SSR – Self Directed Reading
Whole to part and Part to [...]

I recently visited a keyboarding web site that was filled with google ads. I believe this site to be a disgrace.  I am not against people making money, but come on, do it tastefully. 
Little kids do not always know what they are clicking on by accident.  To gain money through clicks by exploiting young [...]

Have we gotten past the point in our society where there are more computers in homes than TVs?  Just wondering…..
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Use Word Build and Bank to take a spelling test
Use ArtPad to paint the answer to questions from a story
Practice Listening Skills while listening to a story from StoryLine Online
Sort R-Controlled Words with Starfall
Learn about the Layers of the Earth
Learn about the Digestive System

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One of the powers of teaching with technology is the immediate access to different web experiences. These experiences can be as diverse as a video about cell mitosis to blogs about Edgar Allen Poe poems.
Today’s teacher needs to be able to provide quick and easy access to those web resources. Today’s teacher should be [...]

    Do you believe that your body has an
innate intelligence that can help heal oneself?  My clients, Rob M. and
Colleen G., owners of Discover Chiropractic, certainly do.  This
husband and wife chiropractor and nutritional counselor are betting
their professional lives that the human body can heal itself if given
the opportunity.  Their contention is that the body needs [...]

  An In-Class Facilitation

   
She spent the last 10 minutes moving sticky-notes with dots on them
around into small groups or clusters.  She did this because the dotted
sticky-notes had a meaning to her and she intended to use these ideas
to better her life. I felt great after my in-class facilitation,
because I knew that my client could use [...]

Last night I subscribed to Major League Baseball’s MLB.TV with my Verizon FIOS connection.  I tried the 440K connection and watched the Minnesota Twins hang on to beat the Seattle Mariners, 6-5.  The picture was “ok” and the sound was excellent.  I am very excited to be able to watch any MLB (sans the silly [...]

The Haudeosaunee, commonly known as the Iroquois, consist of these 6 tribes (groups of people)

Seneca
Oneida
Onondaga
Cayuga
Mohawk
Tuscarora

Source:
“Iroquois,” Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2007
http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2007 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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The River City project was developed in Harvard
Link: http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/rivercityproject/
River City is a MUVE – multi-user virtual environment – complete with avatars
Virtual Online video game set in 1878 – 79, students are transported back in time
Kids will learnScientific MethodCritical reading and thinkingProblem Solving Methods
17 hour time on task 2/3 you need 1:1
Students are learning to [...]

Imagine this scenario:
Teacher: Hi, I need to do a lesson on FILL IN THE BLANK, can you help me. 
You: What is your timetable?
Teacher: Sometime today?
You: Give me 30 minutes
So you begin the process.
Here is what I think we should do.

Take 30 – 45 minutes to come up with a lesson idea
You [...]

I will add to this list until I get to 100!

I love it!
Best yet…
Good Planning
You’re well on your way.
Super Duper
Terrific
You did it all by yourself
Superb
Thanks for sharing.
Let’s put this up for everyone to see.

© Susan Keller-Mathers and Roger L. Firestien, Ph. D. 1995

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Please post your notes about World War I below.

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Vision:
Schools are being led by people who do not know how to manage technology. They do not know how it fits into the instructional process. I wrote a blog about this, below is an excerpt:
This past summer, I attended a leadership conference in Albany. At one of the keynotes, two young boys got up on [...]

Insights From the Road – Reinforcing the Process
Welcome to Insights From The Road, the e-newsletter of creativity [...]

Add testimonials to my web site

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Rename the computer

My Computer – Right Click – Choose Properties
Choose Change
Change Name

Navigate to the Tech Directory

Run XP Hosts
Run NT Contextless
Edit PostConfig – change hostname computer name to computer id (pcXXXX)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
“NV Hostname”=”mmob2wxp-pc1703″
“Hostname”=”mmob2wxp-pc703″[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
“NV Hostname”=”mmob2wxp-pc1703″
“Hostname”=”mmob2wxp-pc1703″

Double Click on Wireless Icon

Tools – Adminstrator Tools

Open Existing Package – the only one available
Choose File Save – and save to local C – [...]

There are 4 main ways to use a classroom web site: They are:

To communicate

To instruct

To publish

For assessment

I am going to devote a posting to each of the four components. These next writings should get you thinking about what you need to include.

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My brother lives in Amarillo, Texas and if he wants to know what is going on in Buffalo, New York, he does not wait for the Buffalo News to get delivered to his doorstep – too slow man! Instead he uses the web and visits Buffalo News online. He can now read how Orchard Park [...]

KNOWLEDGE arrange define duplicate label memorize name order recognize relate recall repeat reproduce state

COMPREHENSION classify describe discuss explain express identify indicate locate recognize report restate review translate

APPLICATION apply choose demonstrate dramatize employ illustrate interpret operate practice schedule sketch solve use write

ANALYSIS
analyze appraise calculate catergorize compare contrast criticize
differentiate discriminate distinguish [...]

Use web resources from my learning centers

Evaluate 3 web resources

Share what you know about each resource with the group – google document

Can not duplicate a resource someone else has used

Formalize one resource with full blown evaluation blogged
Link to your blog entry with

related link
embedded link
iframe code

Students will use the one resource that you choose and write [...]