Useful Sites, How-Tos, Student Samples
I had a pretty full week last week, so I’m a little behind on some blog posts (and everything else). My week ended with a presentation to a group fellow teachers on Saturday. I partnered with Barb, an outstanding and innovative 3rd grade teacher, for a presentation on wikis. Instead of giving the ins and [...]
I’ve used Audacity, a free and open-source audio editing program, the past couple years during a wave energy unit with my 8th grade. Unfortunately, most of the computers in my room (and all the computers in the lab) don’t have microphones, and I haven’t been able to do some of the things I’d like with [...]
It’s snow day number two of the new semester and I’m almost stir crazy enough to go outside and film a re-enactment of To Build a Fire by Jack London. Rather than freeze my camera as I fake freeze to death, I’ve been fine-tuning the course plan for a 1 credit class I’ll begin teaching [...]
For the past 4 years, my homeroom classes have built a website about recycling and clean energy use. Every year, we’ve used a different platform to build the site. I’m always looking for a way to make it easier for the students (and myself). The first year we used iWeb, but were restricted [...]