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Blog: http://2ndgradeexplorers.blogspot.com

Website: http://fisher2ndgrade.blogspot.com/

Twitter / Plurk / Other Account: commoniowan

About Me: 2nd grade teacher that is interested in using technology in the classroom to enrich instruction.

Cool Links

Using Techonology in the Classroom
Online Social Networking for Educators
Article from NEA about social networking (includes links)

Angela Maiers
Great resources on how to use technology and what technology is out there and how to use it in the classroom.

Free Technology for Teachers
Another great resource that recommends technology and explains how it can be used in the classroom.

Learning Differently Wiki
Wonderful Wiki on Using Technology to Differentiate

Web 2.0 What it is and useful tools for educators!
Video that explains what Web 2.0

Advice for Teachers New to Twittter

Reading Resources
Starfall
Great website with reading skills and stories.

Speakaboos
Listen to Fables, Nursery Rhymes, and other stories

Free Reading resources
Reading activities, graphic orgranizers, and mini-lessons.

Digital Storytelling resources

Cue Prompter A free teleprompter services that would be great to use for Digital Storytelling

Other Cool Ideas
Lapbooking
A way for students to organize information for a unit.

Team Building Activities Wiki with a bunch of team building activities.

Free Flash Jeopardy Review Game

Patrick Stansberry's Blog

The Future of Education

Posted on February 12, 2009 at 10:05pm 2 Comments 0 Likes

Here's a great article about the future of education in the 21st century that mentions two of my favorite authors: Ken Robinson and Malcolm Gladwell.

The article begins with one simple premise... …

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Teaching Creativity

Posted on January 21, 2009 at 3:30pm 4 Comments 0 Likes

I have tried to put more focus on creativity in my 2nd grade classroom.

We brainstormed what it means to be creative and the students did very well describing what it means to be creative. They said creativity means putting things together, building things, if you mess up you can make something new out of it, doing things you haven't done before, using different things, and making something new.

I've tried to have a Creative center for the students to participate in…

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At 6:50am on March 10, 2009, Vickie Tigges McCarthy said…: Hello Patrick....Great Photo!!

At 7:51am on February 18, 2009, Courtney Humphreys said…: Thanks for checking out our blog. It sounds like the thinking caps would be perfect for what you're doing with your students with reading comprehension. Good luck! I have the hat templates that we used if you're interested.