On the Trails

My Dad sent this to me. He and my step mom, aunt and uncle are traveling west in an RV. Two former school teachers/principals and two Italians (I means Sicilians – but they are such great ladies) – can’t wait to read their daily posts
Day 2 – Sept 29th
Last night went [...]

PBS has produced an animated web site called Illuminating Photosynthesis.  This interactive web page can be used to teach this New York State Performance Indicator:
Students provide evidence that green plants make food and explain the significance of this process to other organisms.
and this Major Understanding:
Photosynthesis is carried on by green plants and other organisms [...]

The Logitech Quickcam has four primary functions:

To take digital pictures
To capture video
To enable video conference
To capture audio

1. Starting the Quickcam
Double Click on the Logitech icon
2. Quickcam Interface explained

3. Lesson Ideas

Pictures of student projects
Record students reading
Leave a comment for your ideas

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1:1 Computing is on the rise in this country. That would mean that each child will have a computer in their hands all day long. That does not mean that you, as the teacher can choose to use technology or not. That does not mean that students can use technology when they are done with [...]

This lesson was developed by one of my undergraduate students, Jennifer Shane, and I believe it should be shared with the world!
Activity:Grade/Level:  4    Time Frame:  90 mins. with 18 children    Subject(s):  Technology    Topic(s):  Creating Secure Passwords for Classroom Blogs    Notes:  Materials: -9 boxes full of magazine cut outs of letters [...]

One of my graduate students found this Firefox Add-on for me this past week.  It is called Addictive Typing Lessons. I plan doing a thorough review of it tomorrow – but for now, it looks very promising.

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Day #1 – Students will read each spelling word and finger spell the words tothemselves.

Post the spelling words on your web site (MyTeacherPages.com is a great hosting tool)

Print out this finger spelling worksheet and give to each student

Have your students finger spell the words that they are reading [...]

Video cams on buses

where is it happening?
what are the companies?

School uniforms

Can a public school student be forced to have a uniform?

Surr school —Schools Under Registration Review
SRAP – school requiring academic progress
The Peter Principle
504

IEP

Special Education ABCs
HOTS
Title I – Improving The Academic Achievement Of The Disadvantaged

Good Teaching

Student Centered
Discussions
Why do we power down?  Are teachers not experts [...]

For teachers using My Teacher Pages, a classroom web site tool developed by School World, organizing homework assignments can be a valuable tool for your students. 
But did you know that you can attach documents (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoints, .pdf, etc.) to a homework assignment section?  Here is how:

Login to MyTeacherPages
Click on My Applications
Click on [...]

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the [...]

First, Break all the Rules  – book we need
High School  – place to create the survey
School Law – the book to get
Commissioner Mills – can make decisions that become law
Purpose is to create a student perception survey
Perception – what students perceive to be happening
Selection of 15 students by teachers
Meet with all 15 students
Start on [...]

Here is what happened to them this week at school. Bryce is in 2nd grade and Brooke is in Kindergarten.

Well, Bryce went to music and library and he got a book out on hermit crabs.
Brooke sat with her friend Issac.
Bryce went to art and he made a picture with crayons. The picture was about a [...]

I want to create a 4th and 5th grade unit using Google Maps, called Where have you been? This is just a reminder for me because I don’t want to lose the thought….
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Full Story from NPR
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This weeks PIWiki Web Site of the Week is a Starfall web site called All About Me.  This web site can be used to meet the following New York State Performance Indicators:

Students comprehend and respond to literary texts and performances.
Students gather and interpret information from children’s reference books, magazines, textbooks, electronic bulletin boards, audio and [...]

My philosophy with technology integration is simple: 
If you students can not duplicate what they are learning in school at home, use different software. 
So, open source and web based applications are my first choices.  In order to get students to use web based applications, students must demonstrate the following:
The ability to:

Open and close Firefox
Navigate [...]

While on my trip to Outer Banks, many questions arose that I did not know the answers to, they were:

Why did the ocean turn foamy on Thursday, when it was not that way the prior five days?
Hpw does the dew point affect a person’s comfort level?
How did the Wright Brothers get themselves to the Outer [...]