Patty Blome

Female

San Diego, CA

United States

Profile Information:

School / Work Affiliation
Sweetwater Union High School District
Blog
http://blogs.scholastic.com/9_12/
Website
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3747415
About Me
I teach English 9/ Read180 in South San Diego where I also serve as an English Resource Teacher. Currently, I am a teacher advisor for high schools on scholastic.com and was recently selected as a San Diego County Teacher of the Year for 2009.

Comment Wall:

  • Johnathan Chase

    Hi Patty, congratulations on your award!

    Enjoyed reading your Blog, and have another educational use for iPods. My students use songs to amplify a central theme/concept of their class projects and will often plug their iPod into my PC to play music through my computer's speakers during their class presentations.

    Jan 19, 2009

  • Patty Blome

    Jonathan, may I have your permission to share this idea in an article I am writing for Scholastic.com?

    Jan 19, 2009

  • Mark Cruthers

    Hi Patty,

    With your interest in Education Technology, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service.

    Jan 19, 2009

  • Johnathan Chase

    Thank you Patty, not exactly background music, rather it is intentional and deliberate.

    The song is an integral part of each students memorial project and serves as a dedication song during the class presentation. The song must pay tribute to the ideals and values of the person or event being memorialized. The student must introduce their song and explain why it would be a good anthem or theme song for the person/event being memorialized.

    Here is a link to a Gallery with pictures of many projects and be sure to note the song selection.....

    Student Memorial Projects

    Jan 19, 2009