Posts Tagged ‘technology’
ISA on December 12th, 2008
In the information age, it is becoming increasingly important that our students have the literacy skills to: access analyze evaluate store retrieve record communicate remix produce distribute information. As an elementary school teacher, I believe that we need to START teaching these skills early. We need to integrate these to introduce and develop media literacy skills from the beginning

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Research Skills in Elementary School
Blog for iplittle on December 12th, 2008
[Vox Gathering] This Sunday, join as at 11am as we continue our series on Advent (5619 Airport Blvd). [Second Saturday] Second Saturdays at 7pm tomorrow.

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[Vox News] Second Saturday Edition
Blog for iplittle on December 11th, 2008
“He did?” (Also -ism #9: Am I exempt?) Posted on December 11, 2008 Filed Under CPS, Seventh Grade Behavior, mechanics, stories | Leave a Comment “Sometimes, I wonder why I even show up in the morning.” “It’s because you love us.” “Right now, not so much.” Among other things (The Midwife’s Apprentice, vocabulary therefrom, spelling, reading for information, and Latin/Greek roots), we’re working on possessive nouns this week. Or at least I am.

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“He did?” (Also -ism #9: Am I exempt?)
Blog for iplittle on December 11th, 2008
How An Online Marketing Course Can Help You Quit Your Day Job By Saleem Rana on Dec 11, 2008 in E-Commerce | comments(0) If you’re asking yourself if an online marketing course can help you break free from the boredom and low pay of your day job, then the answer is an emphatic “yes.” If you’re like 90 percent of most adults, you probably have a day job, or worse still a night job, where you are paid much less than you are worth and you spend most of your time doing tedious routines. You als

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How An Online Marketing Course Can Help You Quit Your Day Job
ISA on December 11th, 2008
Rachel Allen: Bake! Image via Wikipedia “Oh no, that programme’s terrible,” uttered one of the twins as we settled down in front of the fire for an evening of family telly. On screen, Rachel Allen, doyenne of Irish culinary television, was strutting her Nigela-esque stuff, showing the nation how to blind bake the quintessentially perfect pastry case

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Is it really about the baking Rachel?
Blog for iplittle on December 11th, 2008
Today we present readers an in-depth interview with Ira David Socol, author of “The Drool Room” and the web site “SpeEdChange.” Our interest in talking with Ira centered upon three critical factors. First, there is little doubt that Ira is passionate about education and the process of learning.

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Ira David Socol on Teach for America, KIPP Schools, and Reforming Education
ISA on December 11th, 2008
What should it be like to learn in a 21st century environment? Our task tonight is to show this possibility to the Board of Education Commissioners

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Collaboration, Teaching, and Technology
ISA on December 11th, 2008
The following grants have been hand selected from a list of over 100 Grants available for schools. To see the entire list of grants, click here. ============================= 1

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8 Hand-Selected Education Grants from a list of over 100 Grants,
Blog for iplittle on December 10th, 2008
During this annual season of teacher mugs and homemade fudge, I got and gave my possibly best Christmas teacher present ever. A couple of Sunday evenings ago I was busy multi-tasking (cooking supper and grading papers) when the phone rang. Mine was probably a less than completely gracious “Hello?” “Is this my little Susie?” said the voice on the other end of the line

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What Every Teacher Wants for Christmas
Blog for iplittle on December 10th, 2008
I’m currently in day 2 of TIE training for co-op coordinators. We’ve received a Wii for each co-op, for demonstration and teacher training. Harry Dickens, Lisa Huff, and Jim Yaeger have been presenting how TIE concepts to a combined group of co-op technology coordinators and distance learning coordinators. Yesterday, we discussed the basic concepts of integrated technology in the classroom. Today, we experimented with the Wii (it’s tougher than it looks). Harry has a wiki for the Wii (http:

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Technology Infused Education cadre training