Category Archives: Examples
It is Official
I made a huge decision in December that I have kept relatively quiet until today. My supervisor let my department know that I am retiring after 34 wonderful years in education. I considered several things before I made my decision; including the fact that my district has a post-retirement option that will allow me to […] Continue reading
Telescopic Text
Ozge Karoglu’s Blog is always a good read for me. I have her feed in my Google Reader. Yesterday she had a post about the website Telescopictext.org so I created a free account and started working on how I could use this with elementary students. In a nutshell, this site lets you create a very basic sentence, […] Continue reading
NASA Wavelength
Another great resource for science is the NASA Wavelength site. I love the resources NASA provides to educators, and have some older posts on the NASA digital learning network. The Wavelength site has hundreds of free resources and lessons at all levels (626 at the Elementary level alone!) by providing links to external sights. Two […] Continue reading
Polar Bears
Are you interested in having your students learn more about Polar Bears, and their habitat? Here is a great opportunity to connect with Karen Ogen who will be attending Polar Bear Leadership Camp in Canada in early October. This is a chance for your students to connect, follow, ask questions, and even post projects about […] Continue reading
Blogging Ideas
Another great post from What Ed Said (Edna Sackson). Her eloquent description of what Blogs could be for is worth the read. Always examine the purpose for your assignments. In her words: “I think that a class blog is not (just)… A place to post questions, worksheet style, with an expectation that all students will respond. A […] Continue reading
Collaboration Projects
I brag constantly that my Google Reader (and the blogs that I follow) are my constant source of ideas. Today was no different. While reading Kathy Adkins’ blog, Friday Flash. I felt compelled to share some of the fabulous collaborative resources from her blog. Her post (found here) gives some really great collaborative projects for teachers to […] Continue reading
We used to……
As my teachers continue to work on 21st century skills, I will try to help them but at the same time keep it very simple. I was in an upper elementary class today and the students were working in pairs to give definitions and examples of some review vocabulary. They were collaborating and were clever […] Continue reading
Cute website to generate text
I like to spotlight blogs I read from time to time. Today, I was trying to catch up on my reading, AND I was working on a QR code scavenger hunt at the same time. While reading Michael Zimmer’s blog he introduced me to gzaas.com. Now I am going to use this resource for my […] Continue reading
Mystery Skype
I had my first experience with a Mystery Skype today. Thanks to Debra Finger (@teacherdebra) who invited us to participate with her students. The premise is that 2 classes Skype with each other, and using yes/no questions, they have to figure out where the other class is. I am not sure how Debra had her […] Continue reading
Mystery Skype
I had my first experience with a Mystery Skype today. Thanks to Debra Finger (@teacherdebra) who invited us to participate with her students. The premise is that 2 classes Skype with each other, and using yes/no questions, they have to figure out where the other class is.?I am not sure how Debra had her kids […] Continue reading
