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Are you seeking ways to better serve your students who are not native English speakers? Have you had success working with ESOL/ELL students? If so, this group is for you. Join to learn and share strategies for helping these students succeed.
Ron,
This is exciting! You have discovered the power of collaboration - even across teams. This means that your work will impact your entire grade level - and probably your whole school. Congratulations!!
There are three math teachers at a school…
Thanks for starting this group and for sharing a story from your own experience.
I'm curious about the common vocabulary that the school, you mentioned, developed. Can you give me some examples of what some of those vocabulary words were? Were they…
Terese,
My only comment is that I know I have become a better teacher the more I have studied and learned.
My original degrees were in music. I know I was a better teacher and musician after getting my masters than I would have been straight out o…
Are you seeking ways to better serve your students who are not native English speakers? Have you had success working with ESOL/ELL students? If so, this group is for you. Join to learn and share strategies for helping these students succeed.
Karolee, this is a great question!
When I first read it, I thought I had seen a grants section in one of the technology magazines I receive. However, I can't find it now. Perhaps I can find something.
HP Technology for Education Grants - I first l…
This is a great discussion! This semester I am supervising three student interns from Winthrop University. They tell me that next semester I'll probably have five. Although my interns are not math and science, I hope it will be OK to learn here with…
Members of this group are teacher educators - teaching the next generation of math and science middle school teachers.
What are you finding on the MSP2 site? What are you trying to find? What works for you? What would you like to see or be able to do via MSP2? What feedback do you have to help us all make this THE place for middle grades math and science educators?
Gina,
A friend from school - Jody Steele - is a wonderful science teacher. For several years, she did work at the district level going into the schools helping teachers develop hands-on minds-on science activities.
I have invited her to join us he…
A group for those who work at the district level--curriculum developers, professional development personnel, technolgoy coordinators--to share resources, get advice, and explore creative options!
Leigh,
I haven't used Voicethread, but this sounds really interesting.
How did the students record so that the noise of the classroom was not a problem?
When my students tried to do podcasting last year, any little noise in the classroom
could be…
Profile Information
- Which best describes your position?
- Classroom Teacher (preK-12), College Faculty, Other
- What discipline(s) do you teach?
- Mathematics, Technology, Other
- I need help with
- ESL/ELL, Integrating technology
- I can help with
- Integrating technology, Being a new teacher, Involving parents/caregivers
Comment Wall (11 comments)
- At 9:31pm on October 19, 2009,
Kim Hutmacher said… - Thanks for the welcome! I am actually a senior in elementary education at the University of Illinois.
- At 11:24pm on October 15, 2009,
Chad Gryder said… - I am in the graduate certification program that leads to the MAT. The folks at UNCC made me feel welce and bent over backwards to get me started quickly. It's been a great experience. So far i've had a Dr.s Petty, Luce, Brigman, Hutcison, and Taylor.
- At 10:54pm on October 15, 2009,
Chad Gryder said…
- Actually I'm taking classes online at UNCC. I live across the street from ASU and my wife works there but I found ASU to be...let's just say they were not welcoming as I looke into certification.
- At 6:19am on October 15, 2009,
marilex sion said… - Ms.Rebecca, i am grateful to know that Filipino teachers are appraised by people respected people like you. By next school year, I would be a Math pre service teacher. I believe msp2 and everyone here would help mold me in becoming a good teacher.
Thank you.
-Marilex Sion, Philippines
- At 9:45am on October 5, 2009,
Jessica Fries-Gaither said… - Ah yes, the Mirror Lake jump. It seems even crazier when it happens because it is always cold, wet, and muddy! I've never witnessed it, but my sister jumped her senior year and described the mayhem to me :).
And yes, I would think that one year would be enough - but I'm certainly not a college student anymore!
- At 8:58am on October 5, 2009,
Jessica Fries-Gaither said…
- Glad you enjoyed it! You probably saw one of the craziest football weekends of the season - with possibly the exception of the Michigan game in November!
- At 3:29pm on August 13, 2009,
Kim Lightle said… - Hi Rebecca - Hope your summer is going well! I wanted to update you on our free webinars and hope you can join us for one of them soon and share information about them to your colleagues.
We've had three Tech Talks so far - one on Interactive Notebooks, Moodle, and Digital Storytelling. You can get to the recordings of those by clicking on the Web Archive link.
You can see all our upcoming events by clicking on the Events tab. The next TechTalk topic is Using Wikis. We've got lots more topics to cover in the next few months - technology, pedagogy, content knowledge, all sorts of fun stuff! Any ideas on additional topics or feedback you have would be greatly appreciated! Kim
- At 9:33pm on July 7, 2009,
Todd Williamson said… - Great to have you with us here Rebecca! I know you have a ton of information that you can share regarding teaching science. Feel free to join right in and share away!
- At 3:59pm on June 11, 2009,
Jessica Fries-Gaither said…
- Hi Rebecca,
Sorry to hear of all your transitions recently! It sounds like you have a wealth of experience in many areas and I'm sure you'll find your niche.
I'm in Columbus, OH at Ohio State University. I started out as a middle school science and math teacher in Memphis, TN as part of an alternative teacher program (the Alliance for Catholic Education through Notre Dame). I moved up to Anchorage, AK (my husband was born and raised there) where I taught eighth grade science for one year and then changed schools. I taught sixth grade (self-contained) for 4 years and fourth grade (also self-contained) for 1. I had started another year in 4th when I found out that I was offered a job at Ohio State - so I made the cross country move and here I am! I work on digital projects for elementary and middle school teachers - MSP2 is one and Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears is another. It's been a great learning experience for me!
- At 3:05pm on June 11, 2009,
Jessica Fries-Gaither said…
- Hi, Rebecca! Thanks for joining us. We've got lots of different ways to get involved in the community. I'm curious to know what disciplines you teach - what is your "other"?
Jessica
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