Hi Sarah!

Happy New Year! I was wondering if you, your educator contacts or students would be interested in participating in a nationwide Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. We'd really like to get more students involved from California!

You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!

Hi Sarah,

If you're interested in 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.

Here's my deal: Something has to change in my teaching style. I cannot keep up the pace of paperwork, drill and kill teaching, and a constant feeling that there is a much better way to get students motivated. I spend thousands of hours reworking things, surfing the internet, downloading, creating and it just isn't paying off the way I want it to. Besides, I am drowning in paper. So, listening to the presentation was the first step in my attempt to change.

I am not afraid of technology, but my hesitation is that it will become yet another thing that will add to the overall disfunction of my teaching. What I really want it to do is to simplify and pinpoint very specific teaching goals. At the same time, I want it to eliminate all the busy work and a good intention assignments that never pan out they way I had envisioned. That is my goal. Ultimately, I want the students to walk away feeling like the time they spent in my room has enriched their school experience, not a feeling of, "Well, that was interesting, but it means nothing to me."

Oops! That last message was for Sarah, not for the Wall.

Sorry...