My Friend Dan...

This was created on the "speechable" site. Interesting...

It saves as a .png and you can email and link to family and friends...

My Voki

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DEN Midwest Conference

iVelvet, iShelly, and iPam went to Glen Ellyn, IL for the DEN Midwest Conference this weekend! We learned a lot, ate a lot, and had a GREAT time!!! Bonus - Velvet won a prize!!

R U a Google Educator?

Google is holding their teacher academy in Chicago on September 24th!! So close to us! Applications must be in by August 24th!
Click here for more info...

Games

I envision that gaming could be a way to engage our students and keep them learning. It would be great if the MAPS test could just be a game. I believe the data would be more accurate.
GLS - Right here in Madison!

Involve the teachers...

The key to building our learning community...take the time to involve the teachers and teach them. I look forward to the time I will have to do that next year.


Learning to Change

Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

Would you like to win a new computer lab for your school?

Each week on the show, they have a "club question" that was submitted by a student. If your question is selected, you win a new computer lab for your school.
The questions need to be geared towards 1st-5th curriculum.
Go to Are you Smarter than a 5th grader? and click on "Classroom Club Challenge" to download the entry form.
Good luck!

A vision of K-12 students today

This video really makes you think about how we need to change the way we deliver content to students. We need to engage them more. Our learners have changed, we need to change also...

I am a bridge maker!

My official title is a Computer Resource Teacher. I like "technologist" though...
Click here for the explanation...

Are you paying attention??

Click here to watch - Pay Attention

We showed this to our TIP class, but I think it's a powerful video worth watching. It really makes you look at the way you teach and how we need to adapt to meet the needs of our digital students. :)

Why Blog?

I had two 3rd grade teachers start classroom blogs today! YIPEE!! Shannon said her kids were so excited they stayed in at recess just to finish their entry! Their links are at the bottom of my page.
Click Here for some articles and even a video that Shannon found about blogging with kids!