The Outsiders Novel Study questions and vocabulary are finally posted!!!! As a Student in my Language Arts group, you task is to set up a blog with responses to ALL of the questions and assignments. Instructions to set up your school e-mail and the blog are posted here for your use!
How to set up your school e-mail. (See Mr. Mc. for your password!)
In an attempt to get my class blogging, podcasting, viewing, representing and generally using the digital tools that are available to them, I have been doing a lot of reading, and have come to one simple conclusion. I cannot expect students to learn in digital ways unless I am teaching in digital ways. Therefore, I need to be more digital in my everyday life. If I expect students to be using web 2.0, then I need to be using web 2.0.
I have blogged before. I have a few good posts on my other blog which I will try to “bring over” to this blog. I haven’t decided if I will try to keep both of them up.
I will also use this blog as a teaching tool. I will try to bring my other classroom blog over to this site.
Students will notice The Outsiders Novel Study Guide will be in place and I will be posting links to their own blogs very shortly! I am looking forward to seeing everyone in the blogosphere!
Wow, what a project it was…. for full details visit the “official” blog of the project.
This link takes us to an interesting article on how students communicate….
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryRSS.cfm?ArticleID=6297
I will eventually add this as a link. This is a great little application for kids to explore some of the concepts involved in force and motion. Users must manipulate the variables to keep the roller coaster on the track! Enjoy
Students in grade 7 and 8 began to explore the high tech treasure hunt game called Geo-caching on Friday March 31st. The grade 7 and 8 girls began during their outdoor phys ed. period, and the boys will do the same during theirs. The students used a hand held GPS unit to look for a hidden “cache”. Inside each cache is a small notepad for the student to record the time they visited, plus some various small “prizes” the students could trade for. There were a few “minor” glitches but overall the kids (and adults) enjoyed the beautiful spring morning and a good walk through the neighborhood.
These two science sites are part of my Teaching for Understanding course I am taking. Interesting and perhaps even useful in the classroom.
These two show how things can look either excellent or out of whack, depending on your perspective. Drawn in chalk by artist Julian Beever, the pictures are drawn in a “special distortion in order to create an impression of 3 dimensions.”
More of the artists work can be found at the artists homepage.
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm
These links are part of a “Virtual Field Trips” presented to my Teaching for Understanding class. I found the pathways to be a very interesting and informative site.
With Ipods and mp3 players everywhere it is easy for students to take their music and podcasts with them. They can also carry books, short stories and poetry. This website has “free” books that can be downloaded to computer or mp3 player. For a fee, more modern titles can be downloaded from the iTunes store. It might be worth it to convince your administrator to buy a few liscences to try with your students!
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