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 [...]
For a short while, Powells Books will offer Betrayal, the first volume in the Star Wars Legacy of the Force series free eBook!
Just in time for Mother’s Day (jk)!
Betrayal follows the heroes of the new Jedi order and the second generation children of Anakin Skywalker. It is . Click here for more details: Special Powells.com [...]
“Inquisitive minds are the safeguards of our democracy, now and forever.” John Barell
And they also may scare us to quivering mush!
Why? Because our perception is that questions may lead us away:
From the “right” answer-
From the prescribed time allotment-
From our plan and our pacing-
Toward a realm where the teacher is not the all-seeing, all-knowing Carnac of [...]
April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate with these Warm-ups!
Week of April 28:
1. Read and solve each of these math poems. Can you write your own math poem?
2. In your opinion, can a sentence be a poem? Why or why not?
3. Read these samples “The Red Wheelbarrow” “When You Are Old” “The New Dog” What do [...]
The (Eco) Blogger Wears Prada
This Eco-friendly post goes beyond itchy hemp clothing. The focus is on the great Eco-Friendly accessories.
Be Eco-Friendly with a dash of style in these great Dots Gloves from Kim and Jason’s wonderful Lemonade Stand. Stay and click awhile at this site for sweet cartoons, insightful articles, and reaffirming stories from two [...]
My thoughts on cleaning are the polar opposite of my mother’s. At my mom’s house, the floor is so clean you can off it. At my house we do, but usually it is usually because the table tops are cluttered and the couch is covered.
Having resigned myself to the futility of Home Spring [...]
Michelle Kaufmann’s blog will inspire you to hug more than just trees. (NOTE: See next week’s Warmups for ideas inspired by my morning with her blog!)
In her April 21 post she shares a video describing ideas for observing Earth Day and invites video submissions of great ideas for celebrating the planet, recycling, not just for a once-a-year event such [...]
My “Top Ten” recommendations center on creating learning for teachers with free websites allowed by school filters.
1. Page Flakes: PageFlakes is an interactive webpage authorship portal. Students love the interactivity and message board options for immediate feedback with teachers. See samples on Plate tectonics and Searching
2. Squidoo: What is Squidoo? an interactive web-editor portal interface with lots [...]
