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Thank you to Joe Dale from Integrating ICT into the MFL Classroom for making me laugh today by posting the following video:

Recently, I was reminded by several bloggers in my reader about the site “Blabberize“. Thank you Teaching Sagittarian, Teach42,
Technology in our classroom.
I thought it might be a great opportunity for Jose, the travel bear to introduce his newest upcoming adventure to Costa Rica and Peru.

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Just a few days after the first day of school, we held our Open House. Parents are invited to hear an overview of the school year by the grade level teachers. First everyone assembled in our Activity Building, where the Principal and Board of Trustees welcomed the parents and go over some housekeeping items, then [...]

It was the first day for our Kindergarten students to come to TechConnect. Their teacher wanted them to become familiar with the the equipment that we have available in the room and the vocabulary. Since it is the first year we have also a SmartBoard, it was a great opportunity to let the little ones [...]

It is in my blood… I have moved over 20 times in my life. After about 2 years coming in the same door, driving along the same street, parking in the same drive way, going to the same grocery store… I feel it is time to literally move on!
It is odd going back to the [...]

Now, REALLY, let’s leave the debate whether it is necessary to teach keyboarding/typing skill as a separate skill (see previous post)  in Elementary school or not aside.
Since it was asked of our tech team to incorporate typing instruction into our precious time (about 30 minutes a week with each class) , I am working on [...]

Directly skipping over the debate, if it is really necessary to dedicate specific (precious) time to teach AND practice keyboarding skills during school hours… our tech team was asked to “teach” keyboarding at our Elementary School.  Parents “demand” it, since it is something “visual” for them to understand that they child is “getting” technology instruction. [...]

Check out this site from Make Sweet Animation, that lets you create your own animated or still flag. You can add an image or text to your banner. Students could use their own avatars to display their flags on a classroom or personal blog.

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My Wonderful World Blog: Tolisano Guestblog Part III: Maps to Show the Big Picture
“Making [...]

by Lori Menger, Reading Teacher
Charting a New Course for the Upcoming Year
With the desire being to build on the successes, repair any damage from the storms, and set a course to assure arrival at the destination, the design team considered the successes and failures and set a new course for the 2008 school year.
First addressed [...]