One of the things on the list is to create a VoiceThread to be used as an educational resource. I worked with the Spanish teacher, Mrs. LaPiana and a small group of students to create this Vociethread. She wanted to use the voicethread to introduce the topic “Seasons” to her class. I think the kids [...]
On February 10th the secondary TRTs and I held a work session for the Foreign Language teachers. I was very happy about the work we were able to do assisting most teachers individually or on small groups. I was able to work with April McKee from Churchland High School who was a really hard sell. [...]
I am forever getting great stuff from folks in my PLN. Two websites that I was introduced to recently are interesting: This first one – Kidblog looks promising and will need to be sanctioned by OITMS before anyone uses it. The premise is the same as classblogmeister – simple safe blogging for students. Instructional blogging [...]
I’ve never tried Animoto before. Heard lots of good things, but just couldn’t get around to it. I just suggested a teacher try it, so I thought it might be a good idea to follow my own advice…tell me what you think.
This is a VETC09 session. Live Blogging…
Sharon McGlone, TRT at Booker T in Norfolk, is presenting.
Things that help:
TRT gives overview to students
TRT creates samples when planning with the teacher
TRT co-teaches
students practiced in diads
Rubrics given to students before they were assessed
Teacher training is key
refer to podcasts as “audio files” to increase teacher comfort
Students in groups worked best
be careful about [...]
Got an email about a great new find from fellow TRT, Brian McKee. Sheppard Software is a great site with tons of interactive activities. I’d love to help some of you try it out in the classroom…
I know many of you think about Orchard for remediation – and it’s a great tool for that. But Orchard is also a wonderful tool to use for whole group direct instruction. It talks to the kids and has games as well as “powerpoint” type of presentations to use for both language arts and math.
But [...]
What a title right? I’ve seen about 3 references to this recently…I was slightly intrigued each time. Today, trying to “get into” doing my homework for a PD class I am taking, I ran across Al Rowell aka locotech – a fellow learner in the class. I decided that as a technology director who seemed [...]
This post is primarily for those who will attend the DE Streaming Teacher Tools session today. If you’ve read my blog at all, you know that from time to time I get fabulous information to share through my Personal Learning Network (PLN). I found an absolute gem while preparing for the inservice and wanted to [...]
Here’s another gem I got from Al Beamon. This Animal Habitat TechQuest was created by a a teacher in Fairfax County so it is aligned with the SOL. If you use the activity, be sure to make alternate arrangements for the quiz. the online version of the quiz emails results directly to Mr. Rossen.
