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From the ISTE conference - what's new? what was great? how will your teaching be changed?
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The ISTE unplugged site has some great info.
I noticed a project on the e-pals teacher ambassadors project. This might give people some more ideas on collaborative projects. Each project has a description, video and samples of student work. Pretty…
The recordings from ISTE Unplugged are now available on the ISTE Unplugged site. To access the recordings simply find the session in which you're interested and the recording link should be present at the end of the session description. ISTE Unplugg…
Thanks, David. I agree! It amazes me when my most "techie teacher friend" threatens to never use his. I cannot imagine!
Thanks for posting the link to the "6 Tips!" Excellent ideas!!
Mary, I'd like to address effective professional development for teachers by sharing a couple of experiences.
Last week I was fortunate to be able to participate in two days of Promethean training. (Please forgive me for mentioning this particular…
David, I notice that you are interested in project-based learning incorporating technology. When I read your posts, I thought of a number of places on MSP2 where this information might encourage more conversation. We have tried to get conversations…
Today I received the following email from ISTE. For those of you not able to go to Denver, perhaps you will be able to attend some of the events virtually.
Dear Educator,
Not going to make it to ISTE 2010 in Denver?
Try one of the following remedie…
Yes...we'd love to hear what is going on at ISTE. Feel free to cross-post blogs, links, and other info.
This week a migration of educators has begun to Denver and the ISTE Conference (formerly NECC). Attending the conference is much anticipated. It is a meeting of old friends, the chance to make new friends, and an amazing opportunity to challenge on…
Mary and Tom, I agree with both of you. Just as with any other tool, it is not the tool - rather the user - that determines the outcome. The same is true for an artist, an architect, or a musician.
Since the first computers have been placed in scho…
Does anyone know the system requirements on a Mac needed to participate? My Mac is stuck at the last version of 10.3 I will be updating it really soon.
Also, when I click on the tinyurl link, the HTTP 404 error comes up.
Thanks!
I don't have any to add. However, these look interesting. I checked them out on Amazon.
To me the first and 3rd one seem more interesting as an educator. However, once can't view enough pages to make a good decision.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Thanks for posting this! It is a great resources.
I especially liked the information for administrators and teachers about how to organize and participate in virtual field trips. As technology improves and school budgets shrink, virtual field trips…
One more tip so I don't forget. This tip would work for any subject, but these teachers teach 8th grade math at Castle Heights Middle School in Rock Hill.
Let's title this one "Many hands make light work"
These three teachers always plan together.…
To Davilla's list - I'd like to add, be organized! Here is a tip from a math teacher in my previous school.
* She color coded her classes and purchased folders to match the colors.
* She had a plastic folder with several pockets to hold materials s…
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- At 10:05am on June 9, 2010,
Currie Renwick said… - Thanks, Rebecca for your warm South Carolina welcome! Sorry that it has taken me so long to answer! You mention Tom's blog. Do you have an address---or did I miss it? Many thanks. Currie
- At 4:57pm on April 26, 2010,
Patricia B Dodge said… - Thanks for your warm welcome. Vermont is truly a beautiful state and the cool nights of March and April will hopefully make this a good season for Maple Sugaring. I would also imagine that North Carolina is a very green state as well. Have been working on the Pringles Challenge with several colleagues. Been teaching 7th and 8th grade for many wonderful years. There is always something new to learn and technology has revolutionized everyone's information. Let me know if I can help you with any math and science ideas.
Patricia
- At 9:49am on April 7, 2010,
Kevin Dykema said…
- Great question on how to get more to comment- I wish I had an easy solution. I think encouraging those who are commenting to continue is a good start- hopefully this will prompt others to join in.
I'm looking forward to participating in discussions!
Kevin
- At 1:19pm on April 6, 2010,
- Rebecca-
Thanks for the comments. I saw this website in the latest issue from NMSA and thought it sounded interesting. The free webinars are what brought me to the site and I've only had time to do a bit of browsing, but am looking forward to growing professionally through this site.
Thanks-
Kevin
- At 8:52pm on March 19, 2010,
Richard Varner said… - Rebecca,
I'll post in the forum as soon as the dust settles a bit from NSELA & NSTA. Each evening, I'm trying to catch up on the day's business :)
Rick
- At 8:06pm on March 19, 2010,
Davilla Riddle said… - Hi Rebecca,
Yes, I want to start several forums for members to add tips and comments regarding "technology integration", "being a new teacher", and "content knowledge". I am hoping that the forums will be the starting point for building up the wikis (webinar archives or NSDL) .
So, here is the plan. When I welcome new members, I will ask them several questions about the areas that they have selected as "I can help with". If they respond, I will take their tips, ideas, resources (websites or wikis) or comments and post them into the designated forums. If members contribute websites or wikis, I can add those to the wikis.
What are your thoughts? Thank you for the welcome comment!!
Davilla
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- At 3:00pm on March 19, 2010,
Tom Jenkins said… - Not sure.......
- At 10:45pm on March 18, 2010,
Tom Jenkins said…
- Hope that you're doing well.
- At 9:34pm on March 18, 2010,
Richard Varner said…
- Hi Rebecca,
My father's family has traced their history through the western most portion of the country, particularly CA and UT. While I am not a Mormon, it seems that there was a Varner as one of early leaders in that religion. Awarded great reverence within their history and early development. My paternal grandfather & grandmother left the fold and moved to Coronado, CA.
I do work at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as an education specialist assigned as a liaison to RI, MA and CT. Prior to moving to MD for this amazing position, I spent most of my professional life in north central Florida as a science educator. I agree with you that the launches are a unique experience! I have recently had a couple of opportunities to support the families attending the launches with educational materials for the youngsters.
I have personal ideas regarding the incorporating of technology into science classes and would be interested in sharing these thoughts, although I cannot say they represent NASA education.
Online learning communities and the discussions are something I am just becoming acquainted with and the NSELA program was one of my efforts to learn more. I very much enjoyed the presentation and have taken away much from the short time together.
Rick
- At 12:47am on March 17, 2010,
Timothy Rupp said…
- Dear Rebecca,
I am in a program that because I have a degree in math, they run me through a professional development course of about 140 hours. Then the district puts me in a class teaching kids. That is not enough time to teach you how to manage a class and write good lesson plans and all the other thing a teacher has to know. So I really don't know where to begin. Every teacher I talk to has their own take on how to do things. I guess I will just have to try different things until I find what works for me.
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