Category Archives: News
Shaking Things Up at New Teacher Academy!
The room was literally shaking as we endured the wrath of a 5.8 earthquake in the middle of Henrico’s New Teacher Academy. Yet, the shaking, rattling, and rolling of the earth beneath us didn’t stop the third grade teachers from gaining the benefits of all that my partner, David Clough, and I had to share […] Continue reading
Google Calendars
This post is a response to people expressing issues with booking equipment on days in which a lot of equipment is already booked. If you want to book a peice of equipment at the same time that another piece is already booked you will need to click and drag beginning with your start time. There […] Continue reading
Tagxedo
Tagxedo is a great tool for creating images from words that you collect. Using Tagxedo is easy and completely free! The toughest part for you is collecting the information that you want to include in your image. I personally choose to use Google Forms. They are quick to make and they can be embedded or […] Continue reading
HCPS Blogs
Henrico County recently announced that each teacher will have access to webspace through blogs.henrico.k12.va.us. Just visit the site, watch the videos, and use your email username and password to get started. The site that you create does not need to be run like a blog, you can create full feature and easy to use websites […] Continue reading
Have you done your school shopping yet?
It is almost time to come back, set up your classrooms, and welcome a new batch of students. With the (eventual) arrival of the new laptops, we are going to have LOTS of training this year- so get ready!! I’m looking forward to working with you this year to help our students reach their fullest […] Continue reading
Spotlight on the Gulf Webinar
Philippe Cousteau presented information on the oil spill in the Gulf through the Discovery Educator Network. Here is a link to the archived video from his presentation:
Spotlight on the Gulf
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Longan Book Celebration
The Longan library hosted fourth graders from three schools as they celebrated reading over twenty books by participating in various activities. They played Bingo, used the Promethean board to answer trivia, and Wheel of Fortune, among other things. As the students visited the station I was running, they completed a Comic Life page dealing with […] Continue reading
Child Lure Videos at Varina
Rebekah Goehler, Varina’s social worker, has been presenting information on child lures that predators use to entice children. To help with classroom lessons, we used students from several classes at Varina to act out scenarios dealing with six of the lures. We created videos for classes to use to see “first hand” how these lures […] Continue reading
A Trek Through the Dismal Swamp
The Virginia Trekkers visited the Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond last week. I have uploaded a folder of pictures that you can use when you talk about the swamp and the lake. Look for the video to be on the Trekkers site very soon. Click here to download the pictures!
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Proscoping!
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My team has enough proscopes to do whole class lessons. Ask me how to get them into your classroom.
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