Hello Mendy and welcome to classroom2.0 There is a lot to be found on web2.0 tools here. Make friends, watch the discussions and join in when you can.

You are too funny! Here I was just telling you your name kept popping up in online discussion and I find you AGAIN! I love love love your picture by the way. Where did you get that done? I, of course, jumped on the discussion about layered curriculum and hope to feel my way through it. I have looked at the website and now need to hunker down and get the material. Have you checked out my science notebooking blog at www.sciencenotebooking.blogspot.com? I started it over the holiday in response to questions I was having about what I was doing.

I signed up to do an elementary notebooking share fair thing at USCB January 24. That is a test run. I would love to present at SC2 next year. Notebooking is much more difficult at the elementary level (and without you "training" all the kids who come to me...I can't I thank you enough!). I gave them an assignment today that was 100% independant using the text and they did a good job (first time where they just had the instructions to go off of...a couple of kids tried to scam the system but I caught them...they aren't that too together in the elementary school!).

I started a classroom blog this year www.mrsheatonsclass1.blogspot.com. I am starting to video tape the kids presenting instruction and lessons (tomorrow they are being tapped demonstrating the "new" ways to multiply which I plan to upload to teachertube). We are trying out google docs also tomorrow and the kids are going to be working on an animal project with voice over on Powerpoint the next few weeks (the are very excited about that...fourth graders ROCK...or at least the ones I have :)

Hi Mendy,

With your interest in Education Technology integration, 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.

Awesome site (Mr. Cooley's) thanks for passing it on. You might show it to Grace too. It could be used to do a flow chart about photosynthesis or how a generator works. I added it to my teacher resource page on my website.

Hi Mendy. I was wondering if you have students or educator contacts who would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!

Mendy - Jamie Porter at BES passed on the book Differentiating Instruction with Menus. I purchased the science version (she had the social studies one) and I love it and am going to attempt it with my next unit. I bought it on Amazon for approximately $20. It is by Laurie E. Westphal.