Winter Holidays

With many teachers looking for new ways to talk about the winter holidays in their classrooms I thought about some resources from Scholastic that I enjoy.  These are not "new" but they are fun to use and are good conversation starters. The links below take you to interactive scrapbook pages that work well on interactive white boards or on computers for students to explore. 

Christmas Scrapbook

Hanukkah Scrapbook

Kwanzaa Scrapbook

 

I'll Be Back

I just saw that the last time I made a post was September 9th.  I have had so many balls in the air and I guess the blog ball was the one I let drop.

Now that I have completed my Masters of Education and some of my other obligations are not as time consuming it is time to get back to the blog!!  With the holiday season at our doorstep I may be touch and go on post but they will be there!   I feels good to be back.

I regress

Well I have decided that I am going to go back to my pen a paper to do list. I have a to do list on my Google Home page that works well if I am at school.  I got a Black Berry this summer but can not find a to do app I like (that is free).  The other problem is I can't have my phone out at school and I don't have my computer with me all the time.  My old method was I had a small note book that went everyplace with me so when I did I could check it off. Unless I can find something better I am going to go "un" tech on this (not that "un" tech is all bad).  Any ideas to help me out so I don't revert to the dark ages of paper?

How Productive are you?

This story was on the Market Place report on NPR the other night.  The story looks at making professors more productive --- how would you stack up?

One week down!

This is the end of my first week of school (Ok it was 4 days).  As normal there was lots to do and I am tired.  On my drive to school there was a story on NPR about a family that teaches together.  The husband and wife are in one room and the son is across the hall.  Made me think about how the words we use effect our students.

A Family That Teaches Together Talks Shop

The first day!

The first day of class is upon us.  How are you going to be using technology on the first day of class?  Do you have a good interactive white board lesson that you are going to use? A fun sight that has back to school games?  Did you make a slid show about your self to share with your kids?  Leave a comment and let us all know!

New MORENet location!

I am at the new MORENet location in Columbia MO and it is wonderful! I am going to learn more about SMART Response.  Hope to have lots of good info to share with you soon.