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Archive for July, 2012

New Teacher Tips

July30

I have been researching tips for new teachers, in particular to start out the school year.  This year, our team is blessed to add five teachers to our team, and all five of them have been teaching for less than five years.  For three of them, this is their first year to set up a […]

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Would YOU Get RE-hired

July29

Lately, I have been sitting in on several job interviews.  There are some things your can tell, like personality, pretty easily.  A candidate can share their ability to coach a variety of sports, ask the correct questions about content, and wax poetically, (or not so) about testing and what to do with the results.   […]

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DOT day

July29

Through following Angela Maeirs, I saw a reference to International DOT day (??!!) and decided to explore. Check it out! I love the idea of taking a day and being creative. If I can do this with my teachers/students, I am going to jump on it! If I can’t, and only have a personal impact […]

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Thing 14

July28

Okay, honesty. I haven’t focused on learning or adding anything in particular for this course. BUT, and this is a big but, I have been working on my class wiki, setting up a blog schedule for my classroom, and setting up a classroom blog. I have read hundreds of blogs, added them to my LiveBinder, […]

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Thing 13

July13

There are several places that I viewed on the K12 online conference and there were even more places that I explored due to the links I found there…   It started with Tony Vincent and his lesson on Project Based Learning In Hand.  This led me to learning more about Tony Vincent.  I went on to […]

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Thing 12

July13

While parts of this process were things that I have completed in the past, sitting down and putting it all together at once, was new.  I used PhotoPeach, which was new for me, and as long as it was completed in one step, quite easy.  I originally downloaded only six photos, and when I viewed the video, […]

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Thing 11

July10

There are several images that I added to my wiki, that I am now realizing I could post on Flickr and have access to in possibly an easier format for work or family.   I have developed a weird interest in ceilings and the realization that often they are highly decorated, and largely ignored.  Here […]

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Thing 10

July8

Creative Commons.  Such a simple term for a very powerful idea.  This was certainly an informative lesson that allows me to adress my current task of creating my own text book with a deeper understanding.  While I thought I had a grasp on the basics of copyrighting, this  opened my eyes to things I hadn’t […]

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Thing 8

July4

Wikis have been a part of my classroom for the last year.  We used our wiki in the same manner as Small Stones, a record of our class work and a resource of pages and activities.  As other forms of technology, it has been mainly a teacher produced resourced, and I am very excited to […]

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