On the Trails

1. Click on the QuickNote icon on your tool bar to open QuickNote

2. Click on the little notepad near the top right corner of QuickNote

3. Click on the word Settings

4. Customize the following under the Main Tab:
I would Send Selected Text to Tab 1 – so click in the circle next to Tab 1
I [...]

As a student in my class, you will need to know what you can find on my site.  This screen shot will help you figure out where to go:

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fbtcactus.edublogs.org%2F2008%2F01%2F30%2Fbtcactus-trail-map%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘bTcacTus+Trail+Map’;
addthis_pub = ”;

Here are the directions for sharing a document with another person.

Open the Google Document you wish to share
Click on the Share tab
In the box, type in my email address and don’t change the button that says as collaborator. Click on the button that says Invite Collaborator.
Type in a message to me that explains what the [...]

Ideas kicking around in my head for a lesson formula – I am sure that someone has already organized this, but …

Decide on (an) objective(s)
Decide on materials

web

web page
video
podcast

print

Decide on instructional delivery method

teacher directed

projector with computer
overhead
worksheet/handout

student directed

cooperative learning

jigsaw
peer teaching
Think-Pair-Share

individual practice

Decide on (an) Assessment Strateg(y)ies

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fbtcactus.edublogs.org%2F2008%2F01%2F25%2Flesson-forumula-ideas%2F’;
addthis_title [...]

Last night it occurred to me to download the Republican debate from ABC and watch it on my iPod.
I liked this better than watching it on TV because I could stop – play – and review what a candidate said. I know, Tivo will do the same thing – but I don’t have Tivo [...]

The good folks at Naturescapes have created a web resource that actually differentiates reading by using Science content.
I have taken 3 screenshots of the first two paragraphs of three different pages about the cactus.
Here is the basic page (real page):

Here is the more details (real page) web page:

And lastly, here is the more in depth [...]

On January 1, the Buffalo Sabres – my hometown hockey team – played a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins outside at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, NY.  This game was tagged the Winter Classic – see photos. I did not go, but watched from my living room and went outside occasionally to hear the [...]