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Character Poster

Creating the character poster was an interesting experience. I liked making the poster because I wsa unfamiliar with Excel and this helped me use it in a way I had not experienced before. Also having children in your classroom make a character poster can make things more interesting and personal for your classroom.

Added by kelsey faith sutherland on March 16, 2010 at 4:02pm — 1 Comment

Character Poster

I found that using Excel instead of Word to create the character poster was much easier. With word, if everything isn't in a straight line, it's hard to manipulate the pictures, text boxes, word art, etc. With Excel, there's no worry about trying to change the formatting of the picture so that you can get it just how you want it. It was very easy to insert the picture, and move it to whenever you want and then insert text boxes over the picture. I…

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Added by Chelsea Havens on March 16, 2010 at 3:58pm — 1 Comment

I used excel to make a poster. This poster has a word that describes me and its definition. This poster has a picture of me on it too. This was a super fun fun project. You could have your student do…

I used excel to make a poster. This poster has a word that describes me and…

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Added by Joshua Evan May on March 16, 2010 at 3:39pm — No Comments

Spring Break Safety

Spring Break is right around the corner (some have already began their mid-season vacations) and Kiwi put together a list of tips and faux pas for both students and parents to consider during their holiday. A simple Google search on 'Spring Break' will provide a myriad of pictures displaying both young guys and girls, half naked and doing things that I am sure most teachers and parents would not approve of. Of course not all kids and teens will engage in the typical MTV type Spring Break, but… Continue

Added by Kiwi Commons on March 16, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Character Poster

Describing yourself with one positive adjective isn't as easy as you would think, especially when it has to be presented nicely on a poster. For my night class, we had to use Microsoft Excel to create a poster with an image, adjective describing ourselves, a definition of the adjective, and our names. This poster was to be laminated and 4 pages in size.

Now when I first sat down to create this four page poster, I… Continue

Added by Kylee Michelle Gephart on March 16, 2010 at 12:25pm — No Comments

character poster

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The character poster is something neat that can be used in the classroom. Not only can character posters be made, but other things can be made as well that can be posted in a classroom. I enjoyed making the poster and although I had trouble figuring it out, I had fun. I think this would be fun to do with students, but only if they're old enough. But even if the students…

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Added by Kelsey Watson on March 15, 2010 at 9:09pm — No Comments

What I did today at school

Today ,I had alot of fun with my students at Gaffney school,where I was assigned to take care of some students with special needs.As always,I was patient with administering task and ensuring that they understood the content.

Added by Solomon Boateng on March 15, 2010 at 5:10pm — No Comments

kindergarten plant science

I'm currently an education student and I am going to be doing a class where the students are going to be moving around to different plant stations, each an activity teaching them about plants. Does anyone have any suggestions for fun activitties? Each activity needs to be about five minutes in length and simple enough for a five year old to do.

Added by Nicole Higinbotham on March 15, 2010 at 12:36pm — No Comments

Thoughts on Student Motivation

Dan Pink delivered an interesting talk on motivation and the problems associated with extrinsic motivation. According to Pink, research has shown that certain sorts of extrinsic incentives or what Pink refers to as “contingent motivators” actually dull thinking and stifle creativity.MORE...

Added by Shawn Roner on March 15, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Lecture Capture – selecting a trial approach

Picking a Lecture Capture product to test, with a focus on affordable entry and scalable tech and licensing.

Last week, in the 3rd post in…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on March 15, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

Change and Trust

These days, trust is not optional. Trust is a prerequisite.

This week, Dartmouth's Greg Wadlinger draws from personal experience, current events, and organizational theory to illustrate how Trust is a prerequisite for Change.…

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Added by Joe Schuch on March 14, 2010 at 8:09pm — No Comments

A Second Grade Project - What programs are newest and best for grades one and two?

Thank goodness for the techie in our school who helped me design a really nice project to do with my second graders after I had seen an NCSS webinar which promoted all the wonderful 2.0 web tools teachers can use. Unfortunately, most of the wonderful technology tools want you to upload pictures from the web. KidPix is an old program, but at least the students can draw what they really want to and add texture to the ocean, or to a cloud, etc. for a background.

My second…

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Added by Marcy Prager on March 14, 2010 at 7:27am — No Comments

Microsoft Courier "digital journal" and iPad pre-order links- will these tools be useful in education?

More multi-touch news: Microsoft's Courier "digital journal"; pre-order iPad & download SDK http://bit.ly/c0deKh

I'll be posting my thoughts on future posts on my Interactive Multimedia Technology blog.

Added by Lynn Marentette on March 13, 2010 at 7:43am — No Comments

Needed: New Expectations

If you were to make a graph of the appropriate closeness of a teacher to a student, it would be inversely proportionate to the academic abilities of the student. Therefore, the more academically capable the student, the more relational distance to their teacher. This could be partially due to the number of students in general education classes, versus a resource room versus a student in a one-on-one situation.

Consider how much a teacher knows about a student's family of home life. The… Continue

Added by Joe B. on March 12, 2010 at 1:15pm — 4 Comments

Few Tips to Crack MAY MAT 2010 Exam for MBA Admissions

Every year thousands of students sit for the MAY MAT exam and thousands give their heart and soul to the preparations they do for these MBA entrance exams. It is quite disheartening then to see that some students are unable to achieve expected MAT Results. Is it that some students work more than others for the MAT exam or is it just good luck? The answer lies in the fact that just… Continue

Added by Saumil Shrivastava on March 12, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments

4 Steps for Starting a Freshman Transition Program

This was originally posted on The Freshman Transition Network.…

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Added by Scott Habeeb on March 11, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

A few quick links: Apple iPad ad, National Educational Technology Plan Draft, Social Thinking Blog (about students on the spectrum)

Here are a few links that might be of interest.

Apple iPad ad: http://bit.ly/9XgALK

US National Educational Tech. Plan http://bit.ly/9U1vhL

Social Thinking Blog: http://bit.ly/bx17X1

Added by Lynn Marentette on March 11, 2010 at 3:49pm — No Comments

What Makes a Good Teacher?

I just finished reading "Building a Better Teacher" and I have to say, I feel worried.

I’m worried that people in the business of teaching teachers claim that successful teaching depends partially on an innate ability. The un-teachable teacher…is that not the ultimate oxymoron?

I’ll agree that some people seem to possess natural talent for teaching, but I think that’s true of most professions. What…

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Added by Karren Colbert on March 11, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Individual learning plans...Is it the answer.

More then half of students in urban schools are below the level of proficiency in Math and Sciences. Students are part of a system : school (a Teacher) -student- Home ( parents). In that student centered system non proficient students do not read, do not listen, and do not do the home work. Is it an example of a social desease and is an individual learning plan a remedy in a class of 35 kids ?

Added by Nellie Makarova-Cross on March 11, 2010 at 11:39am — 4 Comments