April is National Poetry Month
Bring poetry into your classroom this month no matter what the subject with a wonderful new presentation tool called Haiku Deck. The following link demonstrates how Haiku Deck is a refreshing and easy way for educators and learners to share what they know.
http://www.haikudeck.com/p/luUq5Hinew?utm_source=Haiku+Deck+Account+Holders&utm_campaign=7d28701e34-March_Madness3_26_2013&utm_medium=email
This is a Haiku poem titled "April" that I wrote using Haiku Deck on the iPad.
Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad
Great Books for Poetry Month: Haiku for Young Readers
http://www.slj.com/2013/03/books-media/great-books-for-poetry-month-haiku-for-young-readers/
This article provides some great Haiku poetry books suggestions to celebrate poetry in your classroom. Although the books are recommended for grades K-6, Haiku poetry is a wonderful way for students to celebrate National Poetry Month.
Read Write Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/april-national-poetry-month-20478.html
Read Write Think offers many lessons appropriate for K-12 lessons in addition to poetry websites.
National Poetry Month - Poets.org
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41
Poets.org has a plethora of ideas, including 30 Ways to Celebrate and more!
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
District Wide Information
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - Bloomin' Apps
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
Kathy Schrock is a fantastic wealth of technology integration ideas. I've used ideas from her over the years to teach about website evaluations and Boolean Searching, but the link above offers the use of Bloom's Taxonomy in connection with apps. Check out her newly revised Bloom's Taxonomy where each image has clickable hotspots that includes suggestions for iPad, Google, Android and Web 2.0 applications. You really should check this out!
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
Kathy Schrock is a fantastic wealth of technology integration ideas. I've used ideas from her over the years to teach about website evaluations and Boolean Searching, but the link above offers the use of Bloom's Taxonomy in connection with apps. Check out her newly revised Bloom's Taxonomy where each image has clickable hotspots that includes suggestions for iPad, Google, Android and Web 2.0 applications. You really should check this out!
Sunday, March 17, 2013
District Wide Information
Videos in Education
I attended the SW/WC Tech Conference last Friday. One session presented by Doug Johnson titled Developing the Creativity in Every Learner resonated with me. He said, "Show a kid a movie, you have entertained her for an hour. Give a kid a camera, you’ll engage her for a lifetime."He posed the question, "How do we define, encourage, use, and assess creativity in our lessons and projects? Should the question be if a student is creative or how a student is creative?" He reminded us that creativity isn't just associated with fine arts. I believe student made videos are fantastic way for students to show what they have learned in your classes through Bloom's Taxonomy of Higher Order Thinking particularily with creating. I have posted in the past how to create explainer videos like Lee LeFever's Common Craft videos, but have now come across more explainer videos by Planet Nutshell. As in the following article:
5 Reasons to Make an Explainer Video http://planetnutshell.com/nutshell-news/5-reasons-to-make-an-explainer-video Planet Nutshell has many explainer videos including internet safety videos for grades K-12 http://planetnutshell.com/videos/?c=utah-education-network, FAFSA in a Nutshell http://planetnutshell.com/videos/fafsa-in-a-nutshell, and Climate Change videos http://planetnutshell.com/videos/?c=corporation-for-public-broadcasting among many others! Another source that I like is a previous post of John and Hank Green's Crash Course videos http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse. These videos are great to add to your curriculum, but they also model/present a great way students could make videos to explain what they have learned in class. A great example of student made videos is for following video made by three Marshall High School students explaining Copyright Law http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXF0Tnkfrm0 I've used this video to teach about copyright and plagiarism at the Middle School level. The possibility of student made videos is endless and powerful!
I attended the SW/WC Tech Conference last Friday. One session presented by Doug Johnson titled Developing the Creativity in Every Learner resonated with me. He said, "Show a kid a movie, you have entertained her for an hour. Give a kid a camera, you’ll engage her for a lifetime."He posed the question, "How do we define, encourage, use, and assess creativity in our lessons and projects? Should the question be if a student is creative or how a student is creative?" He reminded us that creativity isn't just associated with fine arts. I believe student made videos are fantastic way for students to show what they have learned in your classes through Bloom's Taxonomy of Higher Order Thinking particularily with creating. I have posted in the past how to create explainer videos like Lee LeFever's Common Craft videos, but have now come across more explainer videos by Planet Nutshell. As in the following article:
5 Reasons to Make an Explainer Video http://planetnutshell.com/nutshell-news/5-reasons-to-make-an-explainer-video Planet Nutshell has many explainer videos including internet safety videos for grades K-12 http://planetnutshell.com/videos/?c=utah-education-network, FAFSA in a Nutshell http://planetnutshell.com/videos/fafsa-in-a-nutshell, and Climate Change videos http://planetnutshell.com/videos/?c=corporation-for-public-broadcasting among many others! Another source that I like is a previous post of John and Hank Green's Crash Course videos http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse. These videos are great to add to your curriculum, but they also model/present a great way students could make videos to explain what they have learned in class. A great example of student made videos is for following video made by three Marshall High School students explaining Copyright Law http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXF0Tnkfrm0 I've used this video to teach about copyright and plagiarism at the Middle School level. The possibility of student made videos is endless and powerful!
Sunday, March 10, 2013
District Wide Information
SMARTink
I will be presenting Notebook 11 tomorrow, but felt it would be easiest to provide the videos to help explain the changes with the digital ink layer and ink aware. The following four videos help explain how to use SMARTink. Collectively the videos last less than 20 minutes. The last video helps explain how to use SMARTink with Microsoft applications (Word, PPT, Excel) and PDF documents.
I will be presenting Notebook 11 tomorrow, but felt it would be easiest to provide the videos to help explain the changes with the digital ink layer and ink aware. The following four videos help explain how to use SMARTink. Collectively the videos last less than 20 minutes. The last video helps explain how to use SMARTink with Microsoft applications (Word, PPT, Excel) and PDF documents.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
District Wide Information
Facebook/Social Networks
I found the following two articles about social networking sites and Facebook last week. I felt both were worth sharing.
Facebook and other social networking sites are on the forefront of educators as a way to communicate more effectively with students, but educators also need to maintain privacy with personal Facebook accounts. The following article provides assistance with this.
How To: Lock Down Educator Facebook Profiles for Maximum Privacy
http://www.fractuslearning.com/2013/02/18/educator-facebook-privacy/
Another concerning perspective about social networking sites in terms of how students use Facebook is illustrated in the following article. It underscores the importance of internet safety for students.
Pimps hit social networks to recruit underage sex workers http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/27/technology/social/pimps-social-networks/
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