November 2009 Blog Posts (118)

Shambles Newsletter November 2009 ... online

http://www.shambles.net/newsletter/november2009

Added by Shamblesguru (Chris Smith) on November 10, 2009 at 8:25pm — No Comments

All alone!

It seems like I am the only welding instructor in Classroom 2.0. Is there anyone out there? I guess maybe I should try to go to Shop Class 2.0.

Added by Jeremy Todd Dawson on November 10, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Opportunity to Connect With Public Television

I am on the curriculum advisory council for ITVS. ITVS funds, presents and promotes award-winning documentaries and dramas on public television and cable, innovative new media projects on the Web and the Emmy Award-winning weekly series Independent Lens.

The organization is in the process of doing a re-design of their website. The goal is to create a space for dialogue about using our documentary film clips and learning activities in the classroom. We also want to use this fan page… Continue

Added by Joe Fatheree on November 10, 2009 at 5:07pm — No Comments

The Conundrum of Student Farts

So what is to be done when a student farts in class?

Hey, don't laugh, this is a serious academic issue.

The way I see it, there are a coupla options.

1) Try to pretend it didn't happen. Of course, if it's stinky one, the boys sitting in and around the -- let's pretend I teach in a church -- the boys sitting in and around the "pew" are gonna keep disrupting whatever progress you want to make in your lesson with commentary and insights… Continue

Added by Alan Sitomer on November 10, 2009 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Web Development India

A mission to be a globally preferred provider of web, software and business support solutions inspired our mentors towards the making of Nomi Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Hard toil mixed with intensive research work focusing on effective solutions for your business is the simple philosophy leading to evolution of NOMI. Internet/Client Server applications, Software Solutions, Hardware Maintenance and IT enabled Services (ITES) in a proportionate blend if present in your business's day to day operations,… Continue

Added by Ram Sagar on November 10, 2009 at 5:35am — 1 Comment

edustange on WordPress

I think I am too fragmented to try and maintain a second blog so I will simply encourage you to visit me at edustange.

Edustange
A PrairieSouth Staff Sites weblog; here you will find random thoughts on public education in Southern Saskatchewan, particularly the impact of technology on fostering learning.

Added by Alan Stange on November 9, 2009 at 5:49pm — No Comments

Remembrance Day "Two Wolves"

Last year I wrote a post for Remembrance Day and shared it on my blog.

I thought I'd share it here too.

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Two Wolves

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.

“A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.

One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow,… Continue

Added by David Truss on November 9, 2009 at 1:37pm — No Comments

K12Online2009 LAN Party

Please join us on November 18, 2009 at 22:30GMT/3:30pmPST/ 4:30pmMST/5:30pmCST/6:30pmEST for a live event of the 2009 K12Online Conference

On November 18, the K12Online Conference is hosting a LAN party from 6:30PM to 8:30PM EST. We invite everyone to gather at the LAN party site with colleagues in order to view two past conference presentations and then engage in lively discussions in the EdTechTalk chatroom. The following presenters will be in… Continue

Added by Durff on November 9, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

What do you think about Blogging with students?

Hi Please tell me some advantages and disadvantages to Blogging with your students.

Added by Stacie Costello on November 9, 2009 at 12:37pm — No Comments

The "However" category of 21rst century skills

There's a part of me that feels as if the discussion I raised the other day about how using technology in way that simply adds up to "digitalizing worksheets" devolved to a place where I feel I wasn't quite paying heed to the idea that I really do recognize the potential -- if not obvious -- merits of technology. I have seen Smartboards, airliners, wikis, webquests, nings and the such used in a manner that absolutely legitimizes the credibility of the argument for 21rst century… Continue

Added by Alan Sitomer on November 9, 2009 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

8th Grade Science....What a joy to teach!!!

Hello... Is there anyone that mainly teaches Earth Science that can send me some hands-on ideas to teach Plate Tectonics.....I have some hands-on lessons, but want to add new things and fresh ideas to my curriculum....Thanks for you help.

Added by Nancy Ray on November 9, 2009 at 6:16am — 2 Comments

9 insightful videos about using SMART Boards in the Classroom

The 2nd post in a series focused on learning about Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom.

Last week we kicked off this series by learning the basics about what an interactive whiteboard is, and researched which brands are the most popular today. After discovering that the SMART Board brand from Smart Technologies controls more of the marketplace than… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on November 9, 2009 at 5:37am — No Comments

Technology and Relationships as a Teacher

I embrace technology. It is one of the best friends we have in education today. However, the benefits of technology will not begin to reach their greatest potential until we get to know the personalities of every student and build trusting relationships with them. There is no substitute for RELATIONSHIPS. The financial cost is low; the emotional cost is high but being successful, as a teacher demands it!

Added by Rich Cantrell on November 8, 2009 at 2:28pm — No Comments

Skeptical of drinking the 21rst Century Digital Future Kool-Aid

There was something exceptionally cool going on in Indianapolis this week during the NMSA annual conference where I just presented. Yet, it was also exceptionally troubling.

In the back of the exhibit hall somebody had set up a “Classroom of the 21rst Century”. Essentially, what they had done was bring in a class of real middle school students from a local Indy school and had them spend the day in an exhibit hall area that had been fashioned into a “21rst century… Continue

Added by Alan Sitomer on November 8, 2009 at 1:34pm — 2 Comments

Writing Contiuums

> Right now, our K-12 English department is working on our writing continuum and

> writing portfolios. Does your school currently use these? If so, how long

> have you used them (or one of them)? What successes/failures/problems have

> you encountered?

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> Do you have a department chair for the entire English department or is there

> also a chair for the lower grades? If there are two or three chairs, how do

> they work together to… Continue

Added by Pamela Tomassetti on November 7, 2009 at 11:15am — No Comments

Technology Integration as an instructional support.

What are your thoughts about using technology to support instruction? Give some examples of how you have used or plan to use technology to support a lesson. Thanks!
-Rafika

Added by Rafika Soaries on November 7, 2009 at 8:58am — No Comments

Are You a 21st Century Learner?

Every day I walk down the hallway to my office and see a black and white poster that reads,

“The illiterate of the 21st century

will not be those who cannot read

and write, but those who cannot

learn, unlearn, and relearn."

Alvin Toffler

To me, this statement gets to the core of what needs to change in education today. We cannot teach if we ourselves are not 21st century learners. Teacher’s first need to learn with today’s technology. They need to… Continue

Added by Patty Cantrell on November 7, 2009 at 8:30am — 4 Comments