Robert Barker

Male

Los Angeles, CA

United States

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School / Work Affiliation
John Liechty Middle School
Website
http://jlmsbloggers.com
About Me
I'm an English/History teacher for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. My passion is getting students to develop a love for reading. My other passion is integrating technology into the classroom - especially finding ways to use it to explore student-initiated topics.

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  • Jack

    Hey Robert,

    Our Brainyflix video contest just ended, and I wanted to thank you for helping us get the word out. We got 800 submissions from across the country!

    That said, MIT was really happy with the results and will let us run another contest, so we're going for it! But this time, we're gonna have kids create Brainypics flashcards - which are images and sentences paired up with a one of our SAT/ACT words. The contest ends May 22nd, and there'll be iTunes and a cash prize like last time. To boot, we'll double the payout if the kids can hit a certain goal. More details at brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules.

    Do you mind passing my message along to students and your colleagues again?

    Thanks,
    Jack

    Apr 24, 2009

  • Mark Cruthers

    Hi Robert,

    With your passion for 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 a public class recording conducted by Nellie Deutsch on Technology Integration.

    Jul 13, 2009

  • Keren Taylor

    Hi Robert, I bought the book, now I have to read it! We've had some challenges in these past months with staffing, fundraising, resources...but a few grants came through and we are hiring, so I hope to have my head out of water in the next few weeks. I'll let you know how it goes!

    Sep 22, 2009