"I feel that dissection is the best way for students to see the progression from simple to more complex in the animal kingdom. The reason I no longer dissect is because I felt the students were getting less and less out of it. They would spend 15 to…"
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Eileen Bendixsen is attending Mary Henton's eventMSP2 Tech Talk: Moodle for Middle School at Online via Elluminate
August 5, 2009 from 2pm to 2:45pm
Are you looking for a way to interact with your students online? Moodle is designed to help educators create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. It's free, open source, and can be adapted to any learning environment. Create calendars, message boards, resource pages, wikis, surveys, tests, and more. Tom has used Moodle with his 5th-8th graders for the past 3 years to teach science and technology and will share his experiences with this e-learning platform.Facilitator:…See More
Eileen Bendixsen is attending Mary Henton's eventMSP2 Tech Talk: Interactive Notebooks at Online via Elluminate
July 29, 2009 from 2pm to 2:45pm
Few things about middle school students drive teachers to the brink of insanity faster than organization (or lack thereof) and homework. Join us for a discussion of one way to help combat both problems while also addressing multiple intelligences, differentiation, and student choice.Interactive Notebooks are a way to help facilitate all of these things by allowing your students to be creative and have a choice in the way they process information. This informal chat will address the beginning…See More
Eileen Bendixsen commented on Kim Lightle's blog post Forensic Science: A Hit in Middle School, Maggots and All"I also began with GEMS Mystery Festival. The seventh grade spends the last two weeks of school solving a crime. It is a great way to end the school year with the entire grade working together. It gets us through those last days when we would spend…"
Eileen Bendixsen commented on Mary Henton's blog post Problem Based Learning Meets Needs?"I teach seventh grade science and my favorite science classes are when I turn the teaching and learning over to the students. This year I had two accelerated classes and two classes that were inclusion classes with a mixture of average students and…"
Eileen Bendixsen is attending Kim Lightle's eventWhere is Math 2.0? Future of Education Series at Elluminate
July 8, 2009 from 8pm to 9pm
Join Steve Hargadon in Elluminate at 8pm EST as he interviews Maria Droujkova, the founder of Natural Math, a network of people interested in making meaningful, useful, beautiful and fun mathematics. The current and recent projects of Natural Math include Math Clubs, an open online resource called Family Multiplication Study, participatory book/multimedia projects on Multiplication Models and Early Algebra, courses connecting mathematics with programming, game design, physics, ecology and art,…See More
Profile Information
- Which best describes your position?
- Classroom Teacher (preK-12)
- What discipline(s) do you teach?
- Science
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 3:36pm on July 7, 2009,
Karolee Smiley said…
- Hi Eileen
Welcome to MSP2.
Glad to see you jump on in. I agree with you about letting the kids find the answer. It is so much more memorable and they learn so much more.
Besides the discussion boards, Ning has other tools to network and share. You can create a blog, join groups, and so much more. I encourage people to introduce themselves, so everyone can get to know them and what they love to do. I look forward to hearing more about your science projects.
If you need help with anything, just let us know.
toodles
- At 2:11pm on July 7, 2009,
Mary Henton said… - Thanks, Eileen. I thought I had recognized your name from MiddleTalk! Please feel free to cross-post, share conversations and discussions back and forth, anything to assist both sides of the fence. By the way, we're having a little discussion on problem-based learning right now. Care to weigh in??
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- At 7:45am on July 7, 2009, Mary Henton said…
- Welcome, Eileen! We're so glad you've joined MSP2, and hope that you will find people and resources to support you in your work. We hope that you'll be willing to share your experience and knowledge with others here, as well.
I'd be curious as to what prompted you to join MSP2, and if there is anything in particular for which you are looking, which you hope to gain, that you are eager to contribute!
Again, welcome!
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