INDUSTRY INSIGHTS YOUR PEERS ARE READING
Since 2010, Discovery Education has teamed up with Polar Bears International to bring students a series of webcasts during the annual polar bear migration. Polar bears are an awesome sum of their parts: fur, teeth, claws, and fat. It may seem basic but the details are fascinating. Help your students understand this incredible bear and its habits using the virtual field trip and supporting resources in Discovery Education. Featured Virtual Field Trip. Tundra Connections Virtual Field Trip. MORE
What was interesting was the learning taking place in 6th-8th grade looked similar to the elementary with the students working in small learning groups. I had the privilege of visiting two schools that infused technology in the classroom seamlessly. What I expected from the visit and what I got out of it were two different things. MORE
The game would definitely appeal to upper elementary or middle school students who have grown up with games like The Sims, and would spark discussions about health, wellness and categories of health problems. MORE
and don''t miss the commitment to sharing Karen Janowski is making over at her blog, EdTech Solutions- Teaching Every Student , where she is embarking on a trip "Around the Web in 80 Days." She plans to dedicate the next 80 days to highlighting "free, online resources to help meet the needs of struggling learners in innovative and creative ways." MORE
This site was always a great one when working in a MA Elementary school, where we have specific standards around Wampanoag history, but it would likely be helpful in other locations as well! MORE
I always do some activities with kids as these concepts become important in 2nd grade, but they stay important throughout the elementary, middle and high school years. Often our kids have trouble with left and right, let alone the compass points. MORE
The school was recognized by Ladies Home Journal as one of the Ten Most Amazing Schools in the US, has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School in 2009 and 2010 and has been written about in many publications including Edutopia Magazine, EdWeek and the Philadelphia Inquirer. She began her teaching career in Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia as an elementary and Head Start teacher, continually fascinated with why schools did not work well and what was needed to fix them. MORE
Yummy Math just featured a lesson on the top grossing holiday movies , and in addition to the math components of the lesson, it would also be a great opportunity to work on oral narrative for upper elementary, middle or high school students. MORE
2014 update to 2010 post on paper.li: Educators are using paper.li tag/elemchat (Elementary Ed) paper.li/tag/engchat to share their Twitter content in a daily (twice-daily, or weekly) interactive newspaper. SmallRivers is the Swiss-based company that created paper.li. MORE
At my elementary school, I became known as "the slideshow guy," and that moniker has followed me up to middle school, though in truth I usually use iPhoto to arrange the photos and music in a way that looks much harder than it is. Huh, I just realized this is my 101st post! Cool. MORE
Official Google SketchUp Blog: SketchUp in a high school history class tags : favorite , Googlesketchup , sketchup Apple - Education - Central Elementary School Profile tags : ipodtouch , literacy , favorite Media College - Video, Audio and Multimedia Resources tags : media , multimedia , favorite Posted from Diigo. MORE
Language Lens: The information gleaned through exploring Forest Life''s interactive interface would be great for upper-elementary or higher students learning categorization (plants, animals, activities, habitats) and sequencing strategies. MORE
Cute but not TOO Elementary for my Middle School kids! If you do, the transaction will be refunded Aunt June/ lauren hunt Copyright 2010 All rights reserved. I admit it. I have an Etsy.com addiction. MORE
Our district is involved in the Speak Up 2010 survey. While I was facilitating the Speak Up survey, I was also introducing the students and teachers to some practical procedures to help manage netbooks in the classroom (they are new to the students and teachers this fall, and purchased from Title I funds for our elementary schools). made on Wondersay - Animate text with style The Speak Up survey collects authentic feedback from students, families, and educators across the country. MORE
Date : Thursday, December 9th, 2010 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. Florida Virtual School has received two 2010 CODiE Awards: Best Reading/English Instructional Solution & Best Social Studies Instructional Solution. Join me Thursday, December 9th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Julie Young, President and Chief Executive Officer of Florida Virtual School. MORE
100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner tags : tools , resources , favorite A 21st Century Professional Development Proposal - LeaderTalk - Education Week A 21st Century Professional Development Proposal tags : professionaldevelopment , favorite Tech-Fueled Differentiated Instruction Engages Elementary School Students | Edutopia Tech-Fueled Differentiated Instruction Engages Elementary School Students tags : differentiation , favorite Posted from Diigo. MORE
Geocaching.com on Vimeo tags : Geocaching , favorite 100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom tags : socialmedia , favorite Education Week: Embracing Wikipedia tags : wikipedia , favorite Working with Photopeach : Creative Blogs tags : photopeach , favorite Langwitches Blog » Blogging with Elementary School Students tags : blogging , favorite Posted from Diigo. MORE
I arrived at Jackson Elementary with a smile on the morning of March 22. Twenty years later, I was spending my day with him in his first year as principal at Jackson Elementary. It was apparent that the Jackson Elementary community strongly values academics. MORE
In a report by Al Roker on Elementary Schools, the school that was highlighted had the average class increase from 20 students per class a decade ago to 32 students per class today. Recently, there has been a national discussion of education in the US within our media. NBC and the Oprah Winfrey Show both had programs about education in the last two weeks. MORE
Colonial Williamsburg has a surprisingly generous range of interactive games and activities that are well worth exploring for elementary or students who are studing colonial history. Many museums, parks, etc have great interactives that approximate the experience of going to the place itself! MORE
So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. My reflections on 2010, and my thoughts on 2011. MORE
Having been a teacher at Hau''ula Elementary, I was given an opportunity to put in a story idea for our Hawaiian Language Immersion Program (HLIP). Hawaiian stories are only a click away! MORE
2, 2014 photo, teacher Joy Burke surprises her students with homemade cookies as they leave their fifth grade class at John Hay Elementary school in Seattle. Cookies and math tend to go together in an elementary school classroom. In this Thursday, Oct. MORE
This school year, teachers at Bluff Gunn Elementary , a school located in Iowa, decided to use Facebook in the hopes that they could create an interactive learning environment for their students—showing them the positive ways of using the site and the importance of a social networking— while squeezing a few spelling and grammar lessons in between. First graders at Gunn Elementary also learn Facebook, however the grammar portion is geared more towards the fourth grade students. MORE
I found it particularly fascinating that in one elementary school they found that the students’ enhanced presentation skills acquired from class gave them the confidence to speak in front of large adult groups. MORE
Sam Walker ( @swalker2 ) is an Instructional Technologist at Kimmel Farm Elementary , just down the road from me. She spoke about how to Go Global With Elementary students. Now, I don''t work with elementary students, however, the ideas she promoted work at any grade level. MORE
Recently one of the K-5 campus technology facilitators in my district contacted me to see if I had any resources regarding cell phone etiquette for elementary students. It seems that some students from her campus were passing along spam text messages along the lines of "forward this or something bad will happen to you". I looked through my digital citizenship and cell phone bookmarks and didn''t see anything specific to "spam texting". MORE
Winners will be announced at the School Library Journal Leadership Summit on the Future of Reading on October 22, 2010 in Chicago. Only videos produced between January 1, 2006 to July 1, 2010 are eligible for consideration. (So, MORE
Date : Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. She was the founder and teacher-director of a network of highly successful public elementary schools in East Harlem. MORE
Matthew Winner is an amazingly talented elementary teacher-librarian friend of mine in my district.and the only one who would take the presidency of our HCASL (our local media association) from me after 8 long years (heh heh!) MORE
link] MINI-GEEK FEST MONTHLY ONLINE CONVERSATION-NOVEMBER, 2010 (AZTEA) Mon 8 Nov 10:00PM New York / Tue 8 Nov 03:00AM GMT / Tue 8 Nov 01:00PM Sydney Peggy George and Kim Thomas. link] 2010 K12 ONLINE CONFERENCE POST-CONFERENCE SESSION WITH DAVID WARLICK (HOST YOUR OWN WEBINAR) Wed 10 Nov 07:00PM New York / Thu 10 Nov 12:00AM GMT / Thu 10 Nov 10:00AM Sydney Kim Caise. This event will close out the live events of the 2010 K12 Online Conference. MORE
Whether you are teaching science at the elementary level or college, there is something for everyone. #Edchat is a year old. A year. Sometimes it is hard for me to believe how successful it has been. While there are those that believe it is a waste of time, more and more educators are taking time on Tuesday nights (and some on Tuesday afternoons) to participate. MORE
Principals can even create a Prezi for their faculty meetings (one of our elementary principals does this). Cross-posted at The Educator''s Royal Treatment. As I mentioned in a previous post I have been working on a educational technology presentation for principals in a NJ school district. MORE
A present from dear new Geek Tribe buddy & fellow Teacher Librarian Mr. John Schumacher of Brook Forest Elementary School in Naperville, Illinois! Or.Craft Time with the Daring Librarian! Addmitedly, the Daring Librarian is a geeky gadget grrl! MORE
Sweet Search 4 Me is a search engine for early elementary students. One of the challenges teachers face when teaching kids about content on the Internet is evaluation. MORE
In this file photo, a student reads in a Mississippi elementary school. In 2010, a year after Andrea Pastchal-Smith became principal of West Elementary School, formerly named West Oktibbeha County Elementary, the struggling school earned an “Academic Watch” rating from the state. MORE
Work Experience: I was an elementary library media specialist for 15 years before moving into a district level position of instructional specialist for the School Library Media programs unit in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. MORE
Sample Lessons - iPad in Education tags : ipad favorite The Google Classroom tags : googleapps favorite Education Week: The Misuse of Professional Development tags : professionaldevelopment PD favorite Podcasting at an Elementary School | School Technology Solutions tags : podcasting favorite 21st Century Teaching / Digital Storytelling tags : digitalstorytelling favorite Cybraryman Internet Catalogue-iPad tags : Ipad favorite 10 Ideas For Class Blog Posts | edte.ch MORE
A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Principals can even create a Prezi for their faculty meetings (one of our elementary principals does this). Cross-posted at The Educator''s Royal Treatment. As I mentioned in a previous post I have been working on a educational technology presentation for principals in a NJ school district.
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 10, 2010
I found it particularly fascinating that in one elementary school they found that the students’ enhanced presentation skills acquired from class gave them the confidence to speak in front of large adult groups.
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 9, 2010
This school year, teachers at Bluff Gunn Elementary , a school located in Iowa, decided to use Facebook in the hopes that they could create an interactive learning environment for their students—showing them the positive ways of using the site and the importance of a social networking— while squeezing a few spelling and grammar lessons in between. First graders at Gunn Elementary also learn Facebook, however the grammar portion is geared more towards the fourth grade students.
wwwatanabe
DECEMBER 2, 2010
Our district is involved in the Speak Up 2010 survey. While I was facilitating the Speak Up survey, I was also introducing the students and teachers to some practical procedures to help manage netbooks in the classroom (they are new to the students and teachers this fall, and purchased from Title I funds for our elementary schools). made on Wondersay - Animate text with style The Speak Up survey collects authentic feedback from students, families, and educators across the country.
The Web20Classroom
MARCH 9, 2010
Sam Walker ( @swalker2 ) is an Instructional Technologist at Kimmel Farm Elementary , just down the road from me. She spoke about how to Go Global With Elementary students. Now, I don''t work with elementary students, however, the ideas she promoted work at any grade level.
The Web20Classroom
AUGUST 29, 2010
Sweet Search 4 Me is a search engine for early elementary students. One of the challenges teachers face when teaching kids about content on the Internet is evaluation.
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The Web20Classroom
JUNE 4, 2010
100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner tags : tools , resources , favorite A 21st Century Professional Development Proposal - LeaderTalk - Education Week A 21st Century Professional Development Proposal tags : professionaldevelopment , favorite Tech-Fueled Differentiated Instruction Engages Elementary School Students | Edutopia Tech-Fueled Differentiated Instruction Engages Elementary School Students tags : differentiation , favorite Posted from Diigo.
The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 21, 2010
Sample Lessons - iPad in Education tags : ipad favorite The Google Classroom tags : googleapps favorite Education Week: The Misuse of Professional Development tags : professionaldevelopment PD favorite Podcasting at an Elementary School | School Technology Solutions tags : podcasting favorite 21st Century Teaching / Digital Storytelling tags : digitalstorytelling favorite Cybraryman Internet Catalogue-iPad tags : Ipad favorite 10 Ideas For Class Blog Posts | edte.ch
The Web20Classroom
MAY 12, 2010
Official Google SketchUp Blog: SketchUp in a high school history class tags : favorite , Googlesketchup , sketchup Apple - Education - Central Elementary School Profile tags : ipodtouch , literacy , favorite Media College - Video, Audio and Multimedia Resources tags : media , multimedia , favorite Posted from Diigo.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 11, 2010
Geocaching.com on Vimeo tags : Geocaching , favorite 100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom tags : socialmedia , favorite Education Week: Embracing Wikipedia tags : wikipedia , favorite Working with Photopeach : Creative Blogs tags : photopeach , favorite Langwitches Blog » Blogging with Elementary School Students tags : blogging , favorite Posted from Diigo.
The Web20Classroom
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
Whether you are teaching science at the elementary level or college, there is something for everyone. #Edchat is a year old. A year. Sometimes it is hard for me to believe how successful it has been. While there are those that believe it is a waste of time, more and more educators are taking time on Tuesday nights (and some on Tuesday afternoons) to participate.
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The Learning Revolution Has Begun
NOVEMBER 7, 2010
link] MINI-GEEK FEST MONTHLY ONLINE CONVERSATION-NOVEMBER, 2010 (AZTEA) Mon 8 Nov 10:00PM New York / Tue 8 Nov 03:00AM GMT / Tue 8 Nov 01:00PM Sydney Peggy George and Kim Thomas. link] 2010 K12 ONLINE CONFERENCE POST-CONFERENCE SESSION WITH DAVID WARLICK (HOST YOUR OWN WEBINAR) Wed 10 Nov 07:00PM New York / Thu 10 Nov 12:00AM GMT / Thu 10 Nov 10:00AM Sydney Kim Caise. This event will close out the live events of the 2010 K12 Online Conference.
The Web20Classroom
JANUARY 3, 2011
So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. My reflections on 2010, and my thoughts on 2011.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
The school was recognized by Ladies Home Journal as one of the Ten Most Amazing Schools in the US, has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School in 2009 and 2010 and has been written about in many publications including Edutopia Magazine, EdWeek and the Philadelphia Inquirer. She began her teaching career in Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia as an elementary and Head Start teacher, continually fascinated with why schools did not work well and what was needed to fix them.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
DECEMBER 13, 2010
Date : Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. She was the founder and teacher-director of a network of highly successful public elementary schools in East Harlem.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
DECEMBER 17, 2010
2014 update to 2010 post on paper.li: Educators are using paper.li tag/elemchat (Elementary Ed) paper.li/tag/engchat to share their Twitter content in a daily (twice-daily, or weekly) interactive newspaper. SmallRivers is the Swiss-based company that created paper.li.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 4, 2017
In this file photo, a student reads in a Mississippi elementary school. In 2010, a year after Andrea Pastchal-Smith became principal of West Elementary School, formerly named West Oktibbeha County Elementary, the struggling school earned an “Academic Watch” rating from the state.
The Daring Librarian
DECEMBER 2, 2010
A present from dear new Geek Tribe buddy & fellow Teacher Librarian Mr. John Schumacher of Brook Forest Elementary School in Naperville, Illinois! Or.Craft Time with the Daring Librarian! Addmitedly, the Daring Librarian is a geeky gadget grrl!
Discovery Education
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Since 2010, Discovery Education has teamed up with Polar Bears International to bring students a series of webcasts during the annual polar bear migration. Polar bears are an awesome sum of their parts: fur, teeth, claws, and fat. It may seem basic but the details are fascinating. Help your students understand this incredible bear and its habits using the virtual field trip and supporting resources in Discovery Education. Featured Virtual Field Trip. Tundra Connections Virtual Field Trip.
SpeechTechie
NOVEMBER 15, 2010
This site was always a great one when working in a MA Elementary school, where we have specific standards around Wampanoag history, but it would likely be helpful in other locations as well!
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
APRIL 1, 2010
Having been a teacher at Hau''ula Elementary, I was given an opportunity to put in a story idea for our Hawaiian Language Immersion Program (HLIP). Hawaiian stories are only a click away!
SpeechTechie
JUNE 28, 2010
I always do some activities with kids as these concepts become important in 2nd grade, but they stay important throughout the elementary, middle and high school years. Often our kids have trouble with left and right, let alone the compass points.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
DECEMBER 3, 2010
Date : Thursday, December 9th, 2010 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. Florida Virtual School has received two 2010 CODiE Awards: Best Reading/English Instructional Solution & Best Social Studies Instructional Solution. Join me Thursday, December 9th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Julie Young, President and Chief Executive Officer of Florida Virtual School.
SpeechTechie
AUGUST 11, 2010
The game would definitely appeal to upper elementary or middle school students who have grown up with games like The Sims, and would spark discussions about health, wellness and categories of health problems.
SpeechTechie
NOVEMBER 2, 2010
Language Lens: The information gleaned through exploring Forest Life''s interactive interface would be great for upper-elementary or higher students learning categorization (plants, animals, activities, habitats) and sequencing strategies.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 14, 2016
2, 2014 photo, teacher Joy Burke surprises her students with homemade cookies as they leave their fifth grade class at John Hay Elementary school in Seattle. Cookies and math tend to go together in an elementary school classroom. In this Thursday, Oct.
SpeechTechie
JUNE 1, 2010
Colonial Williamsburg has a surprisingly generous range of interactive games and activities that are well worth exploring for elementary or students who are studing colonial history. Many museums, parks, etc have great interactives that approximate the experience of going to the place itself!
The Daring Librarian
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
Matthew Winner is an amazingly talented elementary teacher-librarian friend of mine in my district.and the only one who would take the presidency of our HCASL (our local media association) from me after 8 long years (heh heh!)
SpeechTechie
DECEMBER 13, 2010
and don''t miss the commitment to sharing Karen Janowski is making over at her blog, EdTech Solutions- Teaching Every Student , where she is embarking on a trip "Around the Web in 80 Days." She plans to dedicate the next 80 days to highlighting "free, online resources to help meet the needs of struggling learners in innovative and creative ways."
Connecting 2 the World
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
In a report by Al Roker on Elementary Schools, the school that was highlighted had the average class increase from 20 students per class a decade ago to 32 students per class today. Recently, there has been a national discussion of education in the US within our media. NBC and the Oprah Winfrey Show both had programs about education in the last two weeks.
SpeechTechie
DECEMBER 9, 2010
Yummy Math just featured a lesson on the top grossing holiday movies , and in addition to the math components of the lesson, it would also be a great opportunity to work on oral narrative for upper elementary, middle or high school students.
The Daring Librarian
SEPTEMBER 5, 2010
Winners will be announced at the School Library Journal Leadership Summit on the Future of Reading on October 22, 2010 in Chicago. Only videos produced between January 1, 2006 to July 1, 2010 are eligible for consideration. (So,
SpeechTechie
JUNE 25, 2010
At my elementary school, I became known as "the slideshow guy," and that moniker has followed me up to middle school, though in truth I usually use iPhoto to arrange the photos and music in a way that looks much harder than it is. Huh, I just realized this is my 101st post! Cool.
wwwatanabe
OCTOBER 27, 2010
What was interesting was the learning taking place in 6th-8th grade looked similar to the elementary with the students working in small learning groups. I had the privilege of visiting two schools that infused technology in the classroom seamlessly. What I expected from the visit and what I got out of it were two different things.
EdTechSandyK
MARCH 16, 2010
Recently one of the K-5 campus technology facilitators in my district contacted me to see if I had any resources regarding cell phone etiquette for elementary students. It seems that some students from her campus were passing along spam text messages along the lines of "forward this or something bad will happen to you". I looked through my digital citizenship and cell phone bookmarks and didn''t see anything specific to "spam texting".
The Daring Librarian
AUGUST 15, 2010
Cute but not TOO Elementary for my Middle School kids! If you do, the transaction will be refunded Aunt June/ lauren hunt Copyright 2010 All rights reserved. I admit it. I have an Etsy.com addiction.
The Daring Librarian
MARCH 21, 2010
Work Experience: I was an elementary library media specialist for 15 years before moving into a district level position of instructional specialist for the School Library Media programs unit in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.
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