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Tonya Gay Briggs is now a member of Middle School Portal

May 12, 2010

Welcome Them!

I need help with: Classroom management, Content knowledge, Instructional strategies, Integrating technology, Involving parents/caregivers, Science fairs/competitions, Special needs students, Standards, Student misconceptions

I can help with: ESL/ELL, Instructional strategies, Integrating technology, Being a new teacher, Involving parents/caregivers, Science fairs/competitions, Special needs students

At 2:30pm on June 9, 2010, Karolee Smiley said…: Its funny how we think of the "school year". It seems like we are all on the same schedule. You were on your last day with students, and I was still doing dissections. My students are finally on break, while I finish shutting down my classroom. And there are other teachers who are still in the classroom!
Hope your break is starting out well. I am taking a short trip and then I am looking forward to a summer of sharing ideas to start the next year off with a rejuvenated tool belt of lessons and strategies.

At 12:29am on May 25, 2010, Karolee Smiley said…: Hi Tonya
Welcome to MSP2!

There are a variety of resources available here, so I recommend you explore the site. If you have any questions or comments, you can add those to the discussion boards or send a note to one of us.

Be sure to look at the resources on the home page. The NSDL site will take you to several sites that can help you in lesson planning, educational strategies, or opportunities to access other resources.

You might also want to join groups, like our science group. Joining groups, adding to discussions, and introducing yourself are great ways to connect with people with similar interests, to find more information and share your own experiences and expertise.

There are also events you might be interested in. Events are recorded, so if you miss a one, you can check out the recorded session and add to the discussion boards.

Let us know if there is something in particular you want us to address or topics and technologies you might want to learn about. I love sharing science ideas with other teachers!

Glad you joined us!
toodles

At 1:53pm on May 12, 2010, Sarita Pillai said…: Hi Tonya,

Welcome to the MSP2 community! So glad you've joined us.

Have you had a chance to explore the site, yet? You'll find lesson ideas, digital resources for classroom use, and connections to current news items. Look at the left side of the Main page and you'll find the MSP2 Resources box with Math and Science Resource Guides as well as information on Getting Grants and Teacher Opportunities. We hope that members of the network (like you) will help us add content to these pages. On the right side of the Main page we have our two project blogs - Resources for Math and Science and Connecting News. We also RSS feed the Teach Engineering blog and two New York Times blog feeds.

We have several webinars every month on a variety of topics - curricular topics, teaching strategies and technology tools for use in the classroom to name just a few. You can get to the archived recordings of those by clicking on the Webinar Archive link. You can also see all our upcoming events by clicking on the Events tab. We also have a book club that meets periodically, check out the Book Club Group for more information on that.

We're also soon to be adding resources for youth - a series of virtual learning experiences for students. So plenty more to come!

Please send any ideas or feedback you have our way, your thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

Sarita

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