Sara

Seattle

United States

Profile Information:

School / Work Affiliation
University of Washington Bothell
Skype Account
muffin-breathe
About Me
I am in my last quarter of my teacher certification program at the UWB before I begin my full-time student teaching.
I am very interested in grounding my classroom in social justice and technology. I believe the two go hand-in-hand.
Besides the classroom, my other favorite places are all outside, except of course my bed. I love hiking, biking, and playing in general.

Comment Wall:

  • Paul Bogush

    Hi Sarah,
    I just came onto the Elementary board to leave a message for everyone and saw your last post on Wikis. While I don't have an answer for that, I might have a great "student-teacher resume builder activity" for you : ) Here is what I was going to post...if you are not interested let me know and I will post to the entire board.

    Anyone looking for a low key distance collaboration project? In March my students are writing a series of “children’s books” for another school and we decided to practice writing one on our current unit the “War of 1812 – Star Spangled Banner.” Most basically tell how our flag became an important symbol because of this War and gives the background on the origins of the Star Spangled Banner. I was wondering if anyone would like to buddy up with us and let us send you the books in exchange for some written or audio constructive criticism by the students who read them. It would be easy to incorporate into your class : ) The books are all about twenty pages. Each page with a picture and 1-3 sentences. I could have each of my kids include a link to their wiki page and your kids could leave comments on it, or create a blog post on each student's blog and they can be left there, or do it live via a skype/ustream/yak pak sort of connection. Because of time constraints, these books would be more like an advanced copy, rather than a final draft totally and completely polished. We are just looking for are they interesting? Can an elementary student make sense of the story? Looking more for help from “editors” rather than “critics.” That sort of thing…I would probably have around 75 books. My guess is that they would be readable for 2nd grade and up.

    Let me know!

    Paul Bogush
    Moran Middle School
    Wallingford, CT


    www.collaborationnation.wikispaces.com
    www.pbogush.edublogs.com
    www.lunchtimeleaders.podomatic.com

    Jan 31, 2008

  • Paul Bogush

    We use wikispaces for the wiki, and edublogs.

    Jan 31, 2008

  • Jason

    Hey, what's shakin'? I haven't visited here as much as I would like to, but yes, I will be using this site a lot. Things are going really well at my new school. While I'm on break, I am building a 6 week social studies unit on the continents, the regions of the U.S., the state of Washington, and finally, Redmond. It will be both a fun and scary process, because the subject matter is wide open; it's up to me to decide what to teach.
    What's up in your neck of the woods? Tell me what you're working on...

    Mar 30, 2008