Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2008 No Comments »
I’m still adding notes from NECC 2008. Some of these notes may not make much sense, but I can add to them as I learn more. I attended a very popular session called Wonderful World of Wikis, led by wellknown teacher, Vicki Davis.
Wiki Basic
www.wikispaces.com
I have a wikispace at www.dawnthompsonunlimited.wikispaces.com; however, it is undeveloped at this [...]
Posted in NECC 2008 on Jul 20th, 2008 No Comments »
I’d like to include the notes I took at NECC 2008. These notes are from Innovative Project-Based Learning: Strategies from K-College. Presented by Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D. and Heather B. Rampton, M.Ed.
at the National Educational Computing Conference, San Antonio 2008
For sample activities, you may visit Keeler’s blog at http://keelerthoughts.blogspot.com.
What’s PBL
Students learn content while constructing an [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 19th, 2008 2 Comments »
Cyber Gals from the math and English departments synergize.
This summer, rather than lie by the pool or relax in a hammock, I started hosting BYOL (laptops) gatherings, which is quite anachronistic since my house is nearly 100 years old-hardly the site for a cyberden. I found that by working side by side with co-workers, we [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2008 3 Comments »
We’ve become a nation of fear, which reminds me of one of Mark Twain’s quote:
“We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom
that is in it – and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a
hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Fourteen of us from AHS travelled to San Antonio for the National Education Computing Convention. In attendance we had our principal, five members from English/foreign languages; three, science; one, math; three, history; and one, career technology/counselor. All fourteen had an amazing experience. We attended seminars on wikis, podcasts, pen-based technology, grant writing, second life, electronic [...]
Posted in Digital Immersion Project (DIP) on Jul 12th, 2008 No Comments »
How can our school produce graduates who have mastered the basic competencies of language, reading, mathematics, science, and social studies; developed an artistic sensibility, and utilized digital technology? How can we produce independent, lifelong learners who will be responsible, productive members of the global world? How can we make students accountable for their education? How can we [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Welcome to my blog. I teach high school English and French. I look forward to using this blog as a means of communicating with my students, parents, community members, and fellow teachers this year.
If we want to control the future, we must create it! Author unknown
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