A good friend sent this to me today and it was just what I needed for a good laugh. Having grown up in a Jewish home, I can honestly say there is money to be made if anyone were to start up a real Twitteleh. Watch and enjoy; even if you aren't Jewish.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
The Google Salad Bar
I know I should stop being amazed but I can't help it. I'm always surprised when I speak to teachers who only know Google as a search engine. It's almost like they've been at a salad bar and have only been eating the lettuce. Google has really done a lot to provide teachers with resources to make using their online tools specific for the classroom.
Here I am giving an overview of Google for Educators. Keep watching as Lee Keller explains PuzzleMaker.
Here I am giving an overview of Google for Educators. Keep watching as Lee Keller explains PuzzleMaker.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Hurricanes at PalmBreezeCAFE TV
Crossposted @ Mrs. Kolbert's Class Blog
As we prepare to make our Public Service Announcements, our students are in the process of organizing their thoughts and creating Hurricane Preparedness brochures. Last week, I shared some interesting hurricane tracking sites with them and one of them has since become my latest favorite. The day I shared it with my class was also the day we taped our first show of the season for PalmBreezeCAFE (our web and tech local cable TV show). I decided to ditch what I had previously planned and show this site instead. Here I am with co-host, Lee Keller, showing the site from National Geographic.
In addition to the National Geographic site, some other useful sites are:
As we prepare to make our Public Service Announcements, our students are in the process of organizing their thoughts and creating Hurricane Preparedness brochures. Last week, I shared some interesting hurricane tracking sites with them and one of them has since become my latest favorite. The day I shared it with my class was also the day we taped our first show of the season for PalmBreezeCAFE (our web and tech local cable TV show). I decided to ditch what I had previously planned and show this site instead. Here I am with co-host, Lee Keller, showing the site from National Geographic.
In addition to the National Geographic site, some other useful sites are:
- Ready Classroom from Discovery Education
- Hurricane Maker (Sun Sentinel)
- FEMA for Kids
- StormPulse
Sunday, September 13, 2009
We Interrupt This Blog for This Public Service Announcement
crossposted @ Mrs. Kolbert’s Class Blog
In class we are studying hurricanes and my students will begin to create preparedness brochures and Public Service Announcements. I think it will be a great learning opportunity for them to condense all they've learned and prepare a few points to share and help others. I'm not sure how familiar they are with PSAs but they most likely will have seen a Safety on the Internet PSA while watching TV. When I was really young, I can remember watching Smokey The Bear tell me that --only "I" could prevent forest fires.-- That PSA actually had the unintended consequences of making me feel guilty because I wasn't in the forest and I wondered who would prevent them if I wasn't there.
After we spend a few minutes discussing what a PSA is, the students will be divided into small groups, storyboard their ideas, write a brief script and shoot their videos. I own two Flipcams and have asked my students' parents if they have any they'd be willing to loan us for the project. At some point, I hope to raise some money to buy 5 or 6 for the classroom to do projects such as this.
Below is a PSA some of us might remember. Do you know of any PSAs and if so, what did you learn from them?
In class we are studying hurricanes and my students will begin to create preparedness brochures and Public Service Announcements. I think it will be a great learning opportunity for them to condense all they've learned and prepare a few points to share and help others. I'm not sure how familiar they are with PSAs but they most likely will have seen a Safety on the Internet PSA while watching TV. When I was really young, I can remember watching Smokey The Bear tell me that --only "I" could prevent forest fires.-- That PSA actually had the unintended consequences of making me feel guilty because I wasn't in the forest and I wondered who would prevent them if I wasn't there.
After we spend a few minutes discussing what a PSA is, the students will be divided into small groups, storyboard their ideas, write a brief script and shoot their videos. I own two Flipcams and have asked my students' parents if they have any they'd be willing to loan us for the project. At some point, I hope to raise some money to buy 5 or 6 for the classroom to do projects such as this.
Below is a PSA some of us might remember. Do you know of any PSAs and if so, what did you learn from them?
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
The Winner Is...
In a recent post, I offered an opportunity for anyone who was interested to win a free VoiceThread classroom account to blog about how they would use it in their classroom. Those who submitted all showed much interest, and very specific ideas, in how they would VoiceThread with their students. David Cosand submitted the clearest and most thoughtful post and so is the winner of the free classroom account. Congratulations, David!
In addition to David, there were blogposts by:
- Jen Wagner, who is now incorporating VoiceThread into her O.R.E.O projects.
- Mr. Glyn, who wants to start using VT with his 2nd graders.
- Signorina Clerico would use it with her 3rd year Italian students.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
We'd Like to But...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
What's Your Guilty Pleasures?
I love being back in the classroom. I love being able to talk with and get to know my students and planning lessons and enjoying watching them learn. It's no surprise though that this is my first blogpost since school started. I've not posted here for a few reasons. First, I've concentrated my blogging energy over at my classroom blog lately. I'm very happy with the way it's developing. I've received wonderfully positive feedback from my students and their parents and I invite you to follow my class blog as well as this one. Secondly, I'm just exhausted!
So as I tiredly sit here, there's nothing better than giving in to some Guilty Pleasures. Right now, I'm enjoying some Oreo's Double Stuff (eating them from the inside out, of course). I thought it would be good to share our Guilty Pleasures, after all you can never have too many, right? Here's a few of my mine:
- Watching General Hospital (Tivo'd - a week's worth at a time)
- Eating pickled mushrooms and greek olives
- Reading magazines like People, Fitness and Soap Opera Digest
- Twittering until 2:00am
- Watching Dancing With the Stars
- Eating caramel sauce (are you supposed to put it on something?)
- Taking a nap only 2 hours after I wake up
- Going to bed at 7pm
- Buying a new purse when my old one is perfectly fine
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