Media Info Bits Live!
Join me tomorrow for Media Info Bits Live! This month the focus is on Internet Safety. As always I will present at 7:30 AM and 3:30 PM in the Middle School E-22 computer lab and I will provide a snack and juice.
Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant Program For Public Schools and Public Libraries
Minigrant Award = $500 Have you got a creative idea, but need some funding for it? Click on the link below for more information about the Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant Program. September 15 deadline.
http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrant.html
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
District Wide Information
SMART Training
Please send me an email or send a comment on this blog by Friday, January 29, 2010 if you are interested in Level 2 SMART board training. I need to determine if I will have enough participants to offer two dates for the Level 2 training.
Please send me an email or send a comment on this blog by Friday, January 29, 2010 if you are interested in Level 2 SMART board training. I need to determine if I will have enough participants to offer two dates for the Level 2 training.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
District Wide Information
Below you will find grant and funding opportunities. The first one may be something for the high school agriculture department to consider and the last one for social studies teachers in elementary, middle school and high schools may be an opportunity too.
GRANTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Fiskars: Project Orange Thumb
Fiskars Project Orange Thumb grants Fiskars garden tools and materials such as plants, seeds, mulch, etc. to eligible gardening groups. Maximum award: $1,000 in implements and materials. Eligibility: gardens and/or gardening projects geared toward community involvement, neighborhood beautification, horticultural education, and/or sustainable agriculture. Deadline: February 19, 2010.
http://www.fiskars.com/content/garden_en_us/Garden/ProjectOrangeThu...
National Summer Learning Association: Excellence in Summer Learning
The Excellence in Summer Learning Award recognizes an outstanding summer program that accelerates academic achievement and promotes positive development for young people. Maximum award: national recognition, increased press opportunities, conference presentations, and complimentary registrations, professional development opportunities for staff, and increased publishing opportunities. Eligibility: public or private organizations or agencies (schools, community-based organizations, libraries, universities, faith-based organizations, etc.) serving young people between the ages of kindergarten and 12th grade over the summer months. Deadline: February 24, 2010.
http://www.summerlearning.org/?page=excellence_summer
Sodexo: STOP Hunger Scholarship
The Sodexo STOP Hunger Scholarship program supports the education of young people working to end hunger in communities across the United States, and brings attention to the innovative and effective solutions they are implementing toward ending hunger in their lifetime. Maximum award: a $5,000 scholarship award and a matching $5,000 grant in their name for the hunger-related charity of their choice. Eligibility: students enrolled in an accredited education institution (kindergarten through graduate school) in the United States who can demonstrate an ongoing commitment to hunger-relief activities in their community. Deadline: February 26, 2010.
http://www.sodexofoundation.org/hunger_us/scholarships/scholarships...
Caring Institute: 2010 Caring Awards
The Caring Institute is now accepting nominations for its annual Caring Awards. Nominees should exemplify caring and serve as worthy role models for others. Award criteria include length of service, scope and impact of work, challenges overcome, and imagination and innovation. Maximum award: All winners are honored at a special ceremony, and young adult winners receive funds for college. Eligibility: individuals from nine to 99 years old. Deadline: March 1, 2010.
http://www.caring-institute.org/caringawards.html
National Council for the Social Studies: Teacher of the Year
The NCSS Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the Year Awards recognize exceptional classroom social studies teachers. Maximum award: $2,500. Eligibility: social studies teachers who teach social studies regularly and systematically in elementary school settings or at least half time in middle/junior high and high school settings; NCSS membership required, self-nominations accepted. Deadline: April 1, 2010.
http://www.socialstudies.org/awards/teaching
GRANTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Fiskars: Project Orange Thumb
Fiskars Project Orange Thumb grants Fiskars garden tools and materials such as plants, seeds, mulch, etc. to eligible gardening groups. Maximum award: $1,000 in implements and materials. Eligibility: gardens and/or gardening projects geared toward community involvement, neighborhood beautification, horticultural education, and/or sustainable agriculture. Deadline: February 19, 2010.
http://www.fiskars.com/content/garden_en_us/Garden/ProjectOrangeThu...
National Summer Learning Association: Excellence in Summer Learning
The Excellence in Summer Learning Award recognizes an outstanding summer program that accelerates academic achievement and promotes positive development for young people. Maximum award: national recognition, increased press opportunities, conference presentations, and complimentary registrations, professional development opportunities for staff, and increased publishing opportunities. Eligibility: public or private organizations or agencies (schools, community-based organizations, libraries, universities, faith-based organizations, etc.) serving young people between the ages of kindergarten and 12th grade over the summer months. Deadline: February 24, 2010.
http://www.summerlearning.org/?page=excellence_summer
Sodexo: STOP Hunger Scholarship
The Sodexo STOP Hunger Scholarship program supports the education of young people working to end hunger in communities across the United States, and brings attention to the innovative and effective solutions they are implementing toward ending hunger in their lifetime. Maximum award: a $5,000 scholarship award and a matching $5,000 grant in their name for the hunger-related charity of their choice. Eligibility: students enrolled in an accredited education institution (kindergarten through graduate school) in the United States who can demonstrate an ongoing commitment to hunger-relief activities in their community. Deadline: February 26, 2010.
http://www.sodexofoundation.org/hunger_us/scholarships/scholarships...
Caring Institute: 2010 Caring Awards
The Caring Institute is now accepting nominations for its annual Caring Awards. Nominees should exemplify caring and serve as worthy role models for others. Award criteria include length of service, scope and impact of work, challenges overcome, and imagination and innovation. Maximum award: All winners are honored at a special ceremony, and young adult winners receive funds for college. Eligibility: individuals from nine to 99 years old. Deadline: March 1, 2010.
http://www.caring-institute.org/caringawards.html
National Council for the Social Studies: Teacher of the Year
The NCSS Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the Year Awards recognize exceptional classroom social studies teachers. Maximum award: $2,500. Eligibility: social studies teachers who teach social studies regularly and systematically in elementary school settings or at least half time in middle/junior high and high school settings; NCSS membership required, self-nominations accepted. Deadline: April 1, 2010.
http://www.socialstudies.org/awards/teaching
Sunday, January 10, 2010
District Wide Information
At my December PLC meeting, I shared some web 2.0 tools that may be great tools for teachers and students to use with reading in a variety of ways. Some of these web 2.0 tools include http://www.prezi.com/, an alternative to powerpoint presentations; http://www.googlelittrips.com/, a way to teach where stories take place by using GoogleEarth; www.voki.com, a way to introduce a character in a favorite book or a way to start a book talk; and www.wordle.com, is a way to make word clouds to illustrate main idea and supporting details or a way to illustrate main characters and minor characters and much more. All of these allow for student creativity and differentiated instruction. If you would like help with these tools, contact me.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
District Wide Professional Resources
Look for the new professional books as listed below that are available in the MHS media center.
Asperger Syndrome, adolescence and identity: Looking Beyond the Label by Harvey Molloy
and Latika Vasil
Differentiated Instructional Management: Work Smarter, Not Harder by Carolyn Chapman &
Rita King
Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas by Carolyn Chapman
& Rita King
Teaching Writing to Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic Learners by Donovan R. Walling
Primary Source Teaching the Web 2.0 Way - K-12 by Mary J. Johnson
Asperger Syndrome, adolescence and identity: Looking Beyond the Label by Harvey Molloy
and Latika Vasil
Differentiated Instructional Management: Work Smarter, Not Harder by Carolyn Chapman &
Rita King
Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas by Carolyn Chapman
& Rita King
Teaching Writing to Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic Learners by Donovan R. Walling
Primary Source Teaching the Web 2.0 Way - K-12 by Mary J. Johnson
Middle School Information
All middle school students now have the ablility to login to MPSFollett both at school and at home. The username is the same as the username to log onto the computers at school. The password is student. This allows students to place holds on books, check what books they have checked out and when the books are due. This also allows students to make their own "lists" of books. This could be books they have read or books they'd like to read.
I will be sharing this information with classes as I meet with them at their Monday lessons.
I will be sharing this information with classes as I meet with them at their Monday lessons.
District Wide Information
Welcome back to school!
Watch for information about the January Media Info Bits Live! sessions being held next Monday, January 11, 2010.
I've added a couple of new websites to Websites to check out! on the left side of the blog. The first site is AdLit.org: Adolescent Literacy Resources for Parents and Educators of kids in grades 4-12. This site illustrates the importance of literacy instruction in grades 4-12 through reading strategies that help students with various types of text they encounter in content area classes.
The other sites that I've added are "sister sites" to AdLit.org. Colorincolorado.org is a bilingual site for families and educators of English Language Learners. Reading Rockets is focused on teaching younger readers to read and helping learners who struggle with reading and learning. LDonline.org is a website on learning disabilities and ADHD. This site works in association with the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities and is an educational service of public television WETA in Washington, D.C.
Watch for information about the January Media Info Bits Live! sessions being held next Monday, January 11, 2010.
I've added a couple of new websites to Websites to check out! on the left side of the blog. The first site is AdLit.org: Adolescent Literacy Resources for Parents and Educators of kids in grades 4-12. This site illustrates the importance of literacy instruction in grades 4-12 through reading strategies that help students with various types of text they encounter in content area classes.
The other sites that I've added are "sister sites" to AdLit.org. Colorincolorado.org is a bilingual site for families and educators of English Language Learners. Reading Rockets is focused on teaching younger readers to read and helping learners who struggle with reading and learning. LDonline.org is a website on learning disabilities and ADHD. This site works in association with the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities and is an educational service of public television WETA in Washington, D.C.
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