On the Trails

When teaching content with a web resource, it is very important to link DIRECTLY to the web resource.  If you take your students to a page where they have to scroll, find words, click on words etc. you not only waste time, but you encourage mistakes.
How many of you remember those kids who could not [...]

Teachers who use del.icio.us linkrolls on their classroom web pages provide a wonderful service for themselves and their students.  Once a linkroll is created and posted on a web page, the list of web resources can increase dynamically when resources are bookmarked.
Example
In the example above, I have many linkrolls on my science page.  The first [...]

The purpose of an iframe is to embed a web page inside of a web page. You would want to do this so that your viewers don’t leave your web site. It helps young students stay organized while viewing your web site.
Example
Steps to creating a MTP subpage using an iframe.

you will need to create [...]

There are two advantages to “writing” on the computer.

Editing is much easier
Sharing to a wide audience is increased

The problem with “writing” on a computer is keyboarding.  Students do not practice keyboarding frequently enough to improve their skills.  I have been thinking a lot about this dilemma and have begun work on this dilemma.
I decided to [...]

Home and Careers:
Career Chat – 7th and 8th grade students – parents come in and share their ideas about their careers- record careers
Cooking Club – Share recipes via blog or myteacherpages
Music:4th grade lessons for instrument
Business:Enrollment increasedImplementing an internship program
Technology:PLTW trainingMiddle school classes – special needs kids – aides walk awayRoom availability issues
Library:MLA styleWhat web resource [...]

Wednesday, October 10, 2007, Day 13
 
We woke up early and were at the Ford Garage in Ogden, Utah by 7:30.  They confirmed it was the fuel pump but said they did not have the part.  Luckily,
they were able to locate one but wouldn’t get it until 12:00. They
offered to drop us off at a nearby [...]

Please provide a lesson plan for using one of the web resources in your center.  Include:

objective(s)
the URL (web address) of the web resource you are going to use
an assessment strategy (e.g. – posting to your blog or message board, observation – walk around – Student screen showcase using Synchroneyes)

Use the comment section of this blog [...]

Tuesday, October 9, 2007, Day 11
First we need to start with a correction. Paula and Carol were not “just sleeping” in the RV instead of writing the log. We did a daily entry until we arrived at Ed’s and chose to visit instead of writing a log. In fact, we have [...]

One of my graduate students, Crystal Elias, wrote the lesson below. It falls into the pattern of using the web to teach “everyday or traditional content.” Here is the original blog post.
Objective: The students will learn how to use the dictionary tooltip add-on for the Firefox browser. The students will experience how [...]

Oct 4, 2007 Day 7
We left the campsite at Custer early ( due to the shutting off the water for the winter)and traveled to the Crazy Horse monument and museum. When this project is completed it will be the largest mountain carving in the world. It will also contain the largest collection of North American [...]

This lesson was developed by one of my graduate students, Heather Nace. She has written a lesson that takes advantage of a Firefox add-on, the dictionary tool-tip. Here is a link to Heather’s Blog, where the lesson first appeared.
Lesson Plan
Topic: Dictionary-tooltip add-on
Objective: Six graders will utilize
dictionary-tooltip add-on, for spelling list. The students will [...]

There will be times that you will want to make a subpage link right to another web page. Visit my this web page to learn how.
 

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fbtcactus.edublogs.org%2F2007%2F10%2F07%2Fmtp-teaching-tip-2-create-a-go-to-subpage%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘MTP+Teaching+Tip+%232+%26%238211%3B+Create+a+Go-To+Subpage’;
addthis_pub = ”;

We hadn’t heard back from theSunCoast dealer so we called again in the morning.  They said they had not heard back from Fleetwood but we could go and see if the batteries were dead and if so, they would pay for new ones.  Bob and Denny took the RV to a mechanic at the recommendation [...]

Today it seemed like all we did is drive, drive, drive and bounce through the wind and rain.  There were 40 mile per hour winds hitting us sideways.  The guys really had to fight the wind.  For some reason, we didn’t have any DC power.  The RV has two auxillary batteries that should run the [...]

One of my graduate students, Lia Navone, has shown me another way to share learning. Lia posted examples, on her web site, of how to calculate area and perimeter for her students.
She did not have to do anything difficult or that could not be learned in 10 minutes.
She did have to have to think [...]

Day 4, October 1, 2007
 
We slept in the parking lot last night. We had a pretty good rain – only one leak!  We got up and started loading the totes and anything we could find to pack.  At noon they told us we could transfer our “stuff” to the new RV and they would be [...]

Day 3, September 30th
After we finished the log last night, we went inside the camper for the night. Paula and Denny were on the phone checking in with family, one call after another. Keep in mind that Bob does not particularly like the phone to begin with. I think at sometime in [...]

Note: These are the directions I am giving to a third grade teacher and class today.
Hi Kids,
Today you are going to:

build 3 different monsters using the Monster Exchange Monster Building page
use Colored Tabs – to help you keep track of open web pages
use Quicknote – to help you follow my directions

Here is how:

Login to our [...]