As you begin to say goodbye to this school year, take just a minute to consider next year. Yes, next year. Time marches on faster than ants to a summer picnic blanket. A couple of proactive steps now will do wonders.
School Counselor Shannon Hutton, warns, “kids often get “antsy” about moving to the next grade.” [...]
It’s Time For A Jazzy WarmUp Week!
1.) Jazz is both a “Team” and a “Music.” Explain
2.) What is scat singing?
3.) Reread yesterday’s article and listat least two things from that you did not know
4.) Click on the timeline. List one year and tell what happened in Jazz History in that year.
5.) What instruments do you [...]
My favorite TV detective is Adrian Monk. (I love how he still wears his wedding ring long after his wife has died.) He has many, many inductive reasoning skills, but technology has not been a priority.
In a recent episode, Monk told his fellow detectives that an email he received made him “LOL out loud.” =))
In [...]
Today, visit Addictomatic Search that searches everywhere, including Twitter, digg, technorati and Wikio for everything include news, blogs, videos, and images. (if it does not display properly, it may be blocked by your school filter)
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The kids need you and the web keeps marching on…not to worry, 4OOPS’ EduTech news Feed has these top stories of interest to educators:
May 12 From Yahoo Tech: XP vs. Vista, Possible Good News
May 15 From ASCD Smartbrief: Collegeville, Minnesota school district will cancel classes on Monday next year and students will spend an [...]
1.) What kind of computer do you like best? Mac/Windows/Other? Why?
2.) What are at least 5 things you like about computers?
3.) What are at least 5 things that you do not like about computers?
4.) What kind of rules do you have when someone uses your computer?
5.) What is your favorite website right now?
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Be the hit of the end-of-the-school year parties when you carry in cookies shaped like popsicles baked in Norpro’s Nonstick Cake-Sicle Pan, available from Amazon which means Amazon Prime shipping! $13.99
Bakers Stow and Go keeps your stacked treats, well, stacked! Three tiny shelves keep everything organized even if your gradebook isn’t $19.95
Both of these [...]
“Teachers have not changed the way they teach. We are using $2,000 pencils.” Alan November
I don’t want this said about you.
As I type this, my computer freezes briefly and then mysteriously opens another MSWord window and types the rest of the word I had begun.
I should stop using the computer, right? Open the window of [...]
What is so important about web-based learning experiences anyway?
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While You Were Teaching…4OOPS EduTech News Feed
The kids need you and the web keeps marching on…not to worry, 4OOPS’ EduTech news Feed has these top stories of interest to educators:
From Tech meme, May 9: Google Confirms Plans To Put Display Ads On Google.com 4OOPS’ Comment: The non-filtered Party is officially over
From Zoho Company Website, May [...]
Summer is close. It is hard to wait. This week’s Warmups are about waiting.
1.) Key at least ten words that are synonyms for the word “waiting.”
2.) Have you ever waited until the last minute to do something? What/When was it?
3.) List at least 5 incidences when it is not good to wait until the last minute.
4.) On [...]
Robert Redford…the popcorn movie heart-throb of my generation. <Sigh> Do you remember the resurgence in all things cowboy after he starred with Paul Newman in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?” Well, he put those movie residuals to great work with the Sundance Film Festival and especially the Sundance Catalog Store! (cue clapping> With every order [...]
Classroom Price List
Create a student store where students spend “digital dollars” earned from a variety of appropriate behaviors such as:
questions answered correctly
first to arrive at class and get started working on WarmUp
most questions answered correctly
first to seek out resources
begin a task without prompting
offer help to another
take a risk to be the first to answer a [...]
Learning coaches must love travel. They must love the subtle nuance of instructions such as “Board only when your Group Number is called.” They must love ways to suss out calm amidst the sturm und drang of airports and passengers
That is where my laptop comes in.
Until recently when right at the end of the beloved classic “Must [...]
Let’s Celebrate Robots this week:
1. If you were a robot, and I knew but you didn’t, would you want me to tell you?
2. Guess in what year the word “robotics” was first used and give a reason for your prediction.
3. Read the the Three Laws of Robotics. Which one is unnecessary and why?
4. Was your [...]
The Blogger Wears Prada: On Mother’s Day
Order Mom a beautiful organic arrangement at Organic Bouquet. The website also has gifts and chocolate!!!
Tell Mom you appreciate her Creativi-TEA, Sinceri-TEA,
Originali-TEA, and her Abili-TEA with the No Other Like Mother Tea Tin ($11.95)
from the great folks at Kim and Jason.
While at Kim and Jason, order a [...]
