What I found on the way...

Cool Widget

Laurie Yingling — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:35:46 +0000

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Rock, Write, and Listen

Laurie Yingling — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:29:26 +0000

Rock, Write, & Listen is a one semester, multi-disciplinary academic elective with connections to music, language arts, and social studies. Over the course of the semester, students examine the history of rock and roll music, as well as its impact on and responses to contemporary American history. In this elective students analyze song lyrics and investigate topics such as U.S. history, economics, the environment, and American government policies and practices. Students participate in critical conversations about gender, race, social class, politics, and injustices. In addition to studying song lyrics, students read magazine articles, newspapers, and watch music documentaries that provide more information about the selected topics. Our conversations, questions and inquiries are posted throughout this wiki space. Go to http://rockwritelisten.wikispaces.com/

Learning Page

Laurie Yingling — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:20:11 +0000

A great site for teachers to learn how to use the wonderful tools and activities available at the Library of Congress. Amazing primary source documents and activities and lessons. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/

Google Docs Blog

Laurie Yingling — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:10:19 +0000

Creative ideas for how to use Google Docs in the classroom. Find out more here: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/05/spotlight-on-developers-educational.html

Alternatives to Book Reports

Laurie Yingling — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:07:34 +0000

The most dreaded word in school reading for students: book reports. Teachers assign them, viewing them as a necessary component of assessing reading comprehension. Book reports can be a contributing factor to ‘readicide’. “Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools.” http://stenhouse.com/html/readicide.htm. So, how can we as teachers continue to monitor our students understanding of reading material without killing the love of reading? Enter technology. Technology can help bring some excitement and creativity to the traditional book report while still displaying students understanding of reading. (Borrowed from ‘The Apple’ Where Teachers meet and Learn.) Find it here.

Life ’round here

Laurie Yingling — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:10:02 +0000

An amazing Global Learning opportunity done by a teacher in the United States. He coordinates stories / videos from over 100 participating students around the world to tell about their version of Life ‘Round Here. Visit at http://liferoundhere.pbworks.com/

Laurie Yingling — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:00:01 +0000

The West Virginia Department of Education has created multiple exemplary videos on many education related topics. Most are project-based learning activities and involve higher-order thinking. Go here to see them.

Elementary SMARTboard files

Laurie Yingling — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:55:37 +0000

This is a great find for already-created notebook files for math, science, social studies and language arts. Just download them and they are ready to use. Save in a folder on the server for future access.Created by a kindergarten teacher in South Carolina. http://teachnic.googlepages.com/home

Krypto

Laurie Yingling — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:16:35 +0000

Great site for Math problem solving – You get a “target” number and you manipulate other digits and operation signs to get to that target number. Great for SMARTboard. Click here to see Krypto.

Math Portal

Laurie Yingling — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:21:36 +0000

Wow – it would take you years to try all these math related sites – organized by grade level. Go to http://guest.portaportal.com/redskins