My Final Post on this Blog
This school year is a year of transition for me. With this final blog post, I want to say thank you for five years of blogging comments, support and readership. I have enjoyed this journey with Marshall Public School staff.
Nancy will take over with blogging in January. I look forward to following her and will continue to share "copyright morsels" with her to post on her blog as this is part of my personal goals.
As this is my final blog post on this blog, I encourage you to consider blogging with your students. The following article: 19 Ways to Use Blogs with Students offers ideas that are only a start. As mentioned in the referenced article, blogging can start now with students as young as kindergarten. In addition to the blogging tool available to students through their Office 365 Microsoft (email) accounts, some other blogging sites to consider for students older than thirteen are: Blogger and WordPress. For younger students, their Office 365 Microsoft (email) accounts or Kidblog are great to keep student safe and secure in the blogging environment. To get started, begin with a simple concept that will be manageable for you and your students. Make it a daily or weekly way to reflect, converse, or share what students are learning in your class.
Copyright Morsel
As I mentioned above, I will continue to share ideas about copyright through Nancy's blog. This week I am sharing an article that is one to read and share with staff and students. Students search for pictures to enhance and illustrate projects, but do they or teachers consider copyright? Check out the following article to learn more about copyright and pictures: 12 Most Picture Perfect Ways to Ensure You're Legally Using Online Photos,
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Sunday, December 14, 2014
District Wide Information
11 Alternatives to "Round Robin" (and "Popcorn") Reading
I am not sure how many teachers still incorporate Round Robin Reading, Popcorn Reading or others listed in this article. The alternatives not only improve comprehension and fluency, but also improve the self-esteem and confidence of students of struggling and English Language Learners as they grow as readers. Some of my favorites as an elementary teacher were choral reading, partner reading, and teacher read aloud. Teacher read aloud is a great way to model reading to students at all ages. Next time you are planning to have students read aloud in class, consider some of these alternate ideas.
Copyright Morsel
Copyright for Librarians and Teachers, in a Nutshell, by Carrie Russell, is an article that helps to clarify the concept of "work for hire." "Work for hire" is where you have created a lesson or teaching unit to be used as a part of your job as a teacher. The ownership of this work is owned by the school district that employs you. For more information, read the article.
I am not sure how many teachers still incorporate Round Robin Reading, Popcorn Reading or others listed in this article. The alternatives not only improve comprehension and fluency, but also improve the self-esteem and confidence of students of struggling and English Language Learners as they grow as readers. Some of my favorites as an elementary teacher were choral reading, partner reading, and teacher read aloud. Teacher read aloud is a great way to model reading to students at all ages. Next time you are planning to have students read aloud in class, consider some of these alternate ideas.
Copyright Morsel
Copyright for Librarians and Teachers, in a Nutshell, by Carrie Russell, is an article that helps to clarify the concept of "work for hire." "Work for hire" is where you have created a lesson or teaching unit to be used as a part of your job as a teacher. The ownership of this work is owned by the school district that employs you. For more information, read the article.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
District Wide Information
A Love of Reading?
Seven ways schools kill the love of reading in kids - and 4 principles to help restore it continues the concern we as educators should change. As much as we focus on trying to teach students to read by 3rd grade, how do we counteract students as readers by killing the love of reading in students? I continue to read articles such as this one and others that I have posted this fall. I continue to share these articles to help change the focus of reading most prevalent in our schools. Let's try to help students maintain or regain a love of reading through supporting their autonomy in choosing books they want to read. Let students realize when book isn't what they thought it was going to be and allow them to choose again. The part where reading for enjoyment improves student achievement will occur after the culture and climate of the love of reading is developed.
Copyright Morsel
The attached video is another resource to provide clarity for copyright. This video is approximately six minutes long, but provides a excellent explanation of what copyright is and how it can be used. Check it out to review copyright.
Seven ways schools kill the love of reading in kids - and 4 principles to help restore it continues the concern we as educators should change. As much as we focus on trying to teach students to read by 3rd grade, how do we counteract students as readers by killing the love of reading in students? I continue to read articles such as this one and others that I have posted this fall. I continue to share these articles to help change the focus of reading most prevalent in our schools. Let's try to help students maintain or regain a love of reading through supporting their autonomy in choosing books they want to read. Let students realize when book isn't what they thought it was going to be and allow them to choose again. The part where reading for enjoyment improves student achievement will occur after the culture and climate of the love of reading is developed.
Copyright Morsel
The attached video is another resource to provide clarity for copyright. This video is approximately six minutes long, but provides a excellent explanation of what copyright is and how it can be used. Check it out to review copyright.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
District Wide Information
Marshall High School Community Book Sale
Please come support the annual Community Book Sale starts Tuesday, Dec. 2nd and runs through Monday, Dec. 8th. The sale is open until 6 PM on Tuesday, Dec. 2nd and Thursday, Dec. 4th. All merchandise is 50% off. The profits from this sale along with collaboration with the public library will bring an author to Marshall High School and the Marshall-Lyon County Library.
Copyright Morsel
Know Your Copyrights is an article to use as a reference for teachers to know what they can do when using works in their teaching. This article is written with higher education teachers in mind, but the essence of all that is presented is applicable to all teachers. As I continue to provide tidbits about copyright each week, hopefully you will find some of the resources helpful in your teaching.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
District Wide Information
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media is an outstanding resource for educators, parents, kids, families and schools. It offers reviews and ratings for movies, tv shows, games, apps and much more. It also provides excellent resources for educators in terms of digital citizenship (this is the resource I used for our district wide digital citizenship course resources), 1:1 essentials, professional development to name a few. New is Parent Concerns/Common Sense Media where screen time, cyberbullying, privacy and internet safety, Facebook, Instagram, social media, learning with technology, and special needs and learning difficulties are the topics of focus for parents. Each topic includes FAQ's, articles and video resources. Check this out and share this fantastic resource with parents in your classroom.
Copyright - A Fair(y) Use Tale
This week's copyright resource is the video below addressing fair use.
Common Sense Media is an outstanding resource for educators, parents, kids, families and schools. It offers reviews and ratings for movies, tv shows, games, apps and much more. It also provides excellent resources for educators in terms of digital citizenship (this is the resource I used for our district wide digital citizenship course resources), 1:1 essentials, professional development to name a few. New is Parent Concerns/Common Sense Media where screen time, cyberbullying, privacy and internet safety, Facebook, Instagram, social media, learning with technology, and special needs and learning difficulties are the topics of focus for parents. Each topic includes FAQ's, articles and video resources. Check this out and share this fantastic resource with parents in your classroom.
Copyright - A Fair(y) Use Tale
This week's copyright resource is the video below addressing fair use.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
District Wide Information
Getting Kids to Love Reading
I continue to search, find and read about ideas to get kids to love reading. I love reading and know much about why reading is beneficial to you no matter your age, but getting kids to love reading is something that doesn't happen with taking an AR quiz or writing a book report. As in this article, Jon Scieszka on How to Get Kids to Love Reading, the focus isn't on how important or good it is to love reading, but allowing kids to read what they love is the beginning of developing that love for reading. Gretchen Rubin's post Now I Stop Reading a Book If I Don't Enjoy It. Do You? reminds us that we have the permission to stop reading a book if we are not enjoying it. My son loved reading the Artemis Fowl series when he was young. I wanted to read them too to share what he enjoyed and to be able to tell other students, "Hey read this book, it is great!" I tried several times to read the first book in the Artemis Fowl series. I never finished it. It still sits in my "books to read" pile on my night stand, but I continue to choose other books over this one. It is important for kids to learn that it is just as important to abandon a book they aren't enjoying as it is to read books because we can't put them down. This is that love of reading.
Copyright
Copyright with Cyberbee offers information about copyright for teachers and students. It also has an interactive Q & A resource to incorporate with lessons as appropriate for what you are teaching. Check it out and help raise student awareness about copyright.
I continue to search, find and read about ideas to get kids to love reading. I love reading and know much about why reading is beneficial to you no matter your age, but getting kids to love reading is something that doesn't happen with taking an AR quiz or writing a book report. As in this article, Jon Scieszka on How to Get Kids to Love Reading, the focus isn't on how important or good it is to love reading, but allowing kids to read what they love is the beginning of developing that love for reading. Gretchen Rubin's post Now I Stop Reading a Book If I Don't Enjoy It. Do You? reminds us that we have the permission to stop reading a book if we are not enjoying it. My son loved reading the Artemis Fowl series when he was young. I wanted to read them too to share what he enjoyed and to be able to tell other students, "Hey read this book, it is great!" I tried several times to read the first book in the Artemis Fowl series. I never finished it. It still sits in my "books to read" pile on my night stand, but I continue to choose other books over this one. It is important for kids to learn that it is just as important to abandon a book they aren't enjoying as it is to read books because we can't put them down. This is that love of reading.
Copyright
Copyright with Cyberbee offers information about copyright for teachers and students. It also has an interactive Q & A resource to incorporate with lessons as appropriate for what you are teaching. Check it out and help raise student awareness about copyright.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
District Wide Information
Happy 50th Birthday Flat Stanley!
I still have the Flat Stanley book I ordered from Scholastic book orders when I was in elementary school. He has been modified, but after 50 years many students love to read Flat Stanley books as well as participate in activities where they travel or take Flat Stanley on family vacations or around town. What a great way to excite students with reading! Author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney on Twitter celebrates Flat Stanley's 50th Birthday while on his book promotion tour for his newest book, The Long Haul.
Copyright
As a part of Auburn University's Digital Citizenship website, I am focusing on two areas:
Copyright for Teachers and Copyright & Plagiarism for Students. Both of these website pages have excellent information to help clarify and better understand copyright. Both pages include excellent videos. The first video found in Copyright & Plagiarism for Students provides some parameters as to how much of a source can be used and how without violating copyright. The second video illustrates what plagiarism is, how it can be avoided and more. I encourage teachers to review these pages and consider incorporating the student information in lessons or projects that involve research or making multi-media presentations.
I still have the Flat Stanley book I ordered from Scholastic book orders when I was in elementary school. He has been modified, but after 50 years many students love to read Flat Stanley books as well as participate in activities where they travel or take Flat Stanley on family vacations or around town. What a great way to excite students with reading! Author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney on Twitter celebrates Flat Stanley's 50th Birthday while on his book promotion tour for his newest book, The Long Haul.
Copyright
As a part of Auburn University's Digital Citizenship website, I am focusing on two areas:
Copyright for Teachers and Copyright & Plagiarism for Students. Both of these website pages have excellent information to help clarify and better understand copyright. Both pages include excellent videos. The first video found in Copyright & Plagiarism for Students provides some parameters as to how much of a source can be used and how without violating copyright. The second video illustrates what plagiarism is, how it can be avoided and more. I encourage teachers to review these pages and consider incorporating the student information in lessons or projects that involve research or making multi-media presentations.
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