Sunday, December 19, 2010

Information for Teachers grades 3-12

Music Rules - http://www.music-rules.com/
Music Rules is a free educational program for grades 3-8, but I believe the information in Music Rules is appropriate for high school students as well. I am currently using this information at the middle school level to teach students about respecting intellectual property for music.  This site has PDF documents with lessons and activities about ethical use of music in the digital age. 

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Guys Read - http://www.guysread.com/
Jon Sciezka is probably best known for his collaborations with Lane Smith with the story The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.  Jon has a website titled Guys Read to help boys become life-long readers.  His website has a wonderful list of suggested reading not just for guys in a variety of interests such as, Great Series; War; Sports; Boxers, Wrestlers, Ultimate Fighters; and many more.  He also has a tab where students can add their favorites and a tab where there are suggested ideas to start your own Guys Read program. 

If you are looking for some great suggestions to parents or students check this website out! 

Sunday, December 5, 2010

District Wide Information

Parental Controls at home - The following link provides a video as to how you can set parental controls on your Windows based computer.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/video/parentalwin.aspx?WT.rss_f=At%20Home%20RSS&WT.rss_a=Safe%20computing%20for%20kids&WT.rss_ev=a

Kid Blog - This blog site is designed for elementary and middle school teachers that would like to use blogging in their classroom with a simple format for students at this age level.  http://kidblog.org/home.php