District Wide Information

Kevin Honeycutt http://kevinhoneycutt.org/
Kevin Honeycutt was the keynote speaker at the SW/WC Technology Conference earlier in March. Check out his website! He offers many things including 1) Project Based Learning where he has lessons available such as Digest This! - a board game about the digestive system and Launch a successful podcast; 2) Tradigital Learning is his blog that offers a balance between the past, present and future in education 3) Art Snacks provides 10 minute tutorial lessons for teaching art...even if you know nothing about teaching art! All you need to do is sign up for an account 4) Cyber Bullying and Online Safety with many resources and 5) Plethora of Cool Tools including Google Sketchup. Watch out there is a lot on his site and it is easy to get lost on an adventure of exploring what he has available!

Another website that Kevin talked about that I did not find in his Cool Tools is Lulu http://www.lulu.com/ a self-publishing website that offers the opportunity to publish student writing. Check it out!

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Grant Opportunity

ING: Unsung Heroes
The ING Unsung Heroes awards program recognizes innovative and progressive thinking in education through monetary awards. Maximum award: $25,000. Eligibility: full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff members with effective projects that improve student learning at an accredited K-12 public or private school. Deadline: April 30, 2010.
http://www.ing.com/us/unsungheroes

Middle School Information

Orca Books Teacher Guides http://us.orcabook.com/client/client_pages/teachers/guides.cfm

Do your students love to read the Orca books from our library? Are you interested in teacher guides to accompany the books? Check out the link above to access teacher guides for the Orca book series.

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Resources for 21st Century Skills - http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&Itemid=28
Browse this part of the www.21stcenturyskills.org website to search and locate resources related to 21st Century Skills. You can browse by standards, skills and core subject. Check it out!

Park Side - First Grade Teachers

First Grade Teachers check out Follett Resource Lists. There are Resource Lists available for you so you know what books we have in the Park Side Library to support the Tried and True Texts for Teaching Comprehension Strategies. If you have questions about accessing the Resource Lists contact Mickie or me.

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Lock your computer
Just a friendly reminder to lock your computer when you step away from it. Just by simply pressing Ctrl Alt Delete you can lock or unlock your computer and keep school related and confidential information secure from students.


Celestia http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
Celestia is an interactive version of our solar system and nearest planets. This is a free downloadable resource much like GoogleEarth. Be sure to email Shawn and Todd before downloading this resource, but it is amazing to see and share with students when studying our planets and solar system.


NASA Learning Technologies http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/ltp/classroom/index.html
Nasa offers lessons for teacher use in the classroom. These lessons/activities offer opportunities for students to learn and discover about the solar systems and how it affects our planet earth. These lessons also make connections between science and math.

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Congratulations to Leanna Ginocchio! She is the February winner for Media Info Bits blog comments. Please keep reading this blog and commenting either on the blog or by sending an email to me.

Big Huge Labs www.bighugelabs.com
This is a wonderful web 2.0 tool that allows for a lot of creativity! Check it out on the left side of this blog under Websites to Check Out! If you'd like you can contact me to share what I know about BigHugeLabs to get you started.