The following are videos produced by Mrs. Foster and her 4th grade students to show how they learned by using technology this school year! Enjoy!
SMART Board
Computer Lab and Media Center
Clickers and Webcam
Chalkboard and Spelling Aces
Archive for May, 2008
Mrs. Foster and Her Awesome 4th Graders!!!
Posted: May 30, 2008 in Clickers, Computer, Education, Educational Technology, Elementary School, Instructional Technology, Learning, Library, Networking, School, School 2.0, SMART Board, Students, teachers, Tech Tools, Technology, Technology Integration1
Charlie turns 12!!!
Posted: May 22, 2008 in Family, Hero, Inspirational, Learning, Parenting, Respect
My oldest son Charlie turns twelve today. He is finishing his 6th grade year in school and is excited about the opportunity to do sports next school year. Charlie is a very intelligent, funny, amazing, polite, and wonderful young man. I know he gets frustrated at times when he sees injustice in life, but I know that he works to see that what he can control is fair and honest. I admire that trait in Charlie. Charlie has reached an important age in our family’s beliefs and will receive a great honor this coming Sunday. Charlie is a great servant of his maker and will bless many people throughout his lifetime. Thanks for being such a wonderful soul Charlie. You are a great example to me. Peace!
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)…
Posted: May 21, 2008 in Acceptable Use, Digital Citizenship, Education, Educational Technology, Ethics, Instructional Technology, Internet Safety, School, School 2.0, Technology, Technology Integration, Web 2.0Tags: acceptable use policy
I have gone through the process of writing a new AUP for my school district. I wanted to share some of the resources that I used along the way. The challenge has been to include Web 2.0 technologies into the mix of things while leaving some flexibility to mature and grow with these ever changing tools. What have you done in your districts to meet your AUP challenges?
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html
Institute of Educational Sciences United States Department of Education http://165.224.221.98/pubs2005/tech_suite/app_A.asp
United States Copyright Office http://www.copyright.gov/
United States Department of Education Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html
United States Department of Justice (ECPA) http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/wiretap2510_2522.htm
Learning to Change…
Posted: May 15, 2008 in Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Technology, Learning, School, School 2.0, Technology, Technology Integration, Web 2.0Update: The video is no longer available. Click this link to read Chris Lehmann’s views on the video.
“School of Everything”
Posted: May 14, 2008 in Collaboration, Creativity, Education, Educational Technology, Innovation, Instructional Technology, Learning, Learning Communities, Networking, News, School, School 2.0, Social Networking, Students, teachers, Tech Tools, Technology, Technology Integration, Web 2.0
This is an interesting idea and site: School of Everything. “The Big Idea” for the site is as follows:
THE BIG IDEA
“Our current education system was designed in the industrial revolution to prepare people for factory work. The world has changed a lot since then – and the time has come to rethink education from the bottom to the top.
At School of Everything, we believe that learning is personal, and starts not with what you ‘should’ learn but with what you’re interested in. So we’re building a tool to help anyone in the world learn what they want, when, where and in a way which suits them. Putting people in touch with each other, not with institutions.
This isn’t about e-learning. There are lots of great online tools, but not much beats being in a room with someone who wants to teach you the thing you want to learn.
Millions of people already make a living as self-employed teachers. But that’s just the start: think of all the underused skills that exist in any neighbourhood. From active retired people, to teenage whizz-kids, to hobbyists in their garden sheds, there are people everywhere who could gain satisfaction, confidence – and maybe even a new career – from passing on what they know.
We don’t mind whether you teach for money or simply for the love of a subject – we think the world should be full of people sharing what they’re passionate about.
Our goal is to do for education what YouTube has done for television, or what eBay did for retail: to open up a huge and fertile space between the professional and the amateur. A space where people teach what they know and learn what they don’t.
It’s this vision of a bottom-up learning system that gets us excited. We’re very new, but we’re growing – and we’ve got big plans.”
iCue from NBC…
Posted: May 6, 2008 in Education, Educational Technology, Election, Instructional Technology, Interdisciplinary, Learning, Multimedia, NBC, News, School, School 2.0, Students, teachers, Tech Tools, Technology, Technology Integration, Web 2.0
Space and Science
Posted: May 3, 2008 in Education, Exploration, Innovation, Interdisciplinary, Learning, Nature, School, Science, Space, Technology, Technology IntegrationTwo interesting articles I have come across:
“One of my favorite orbit tracks starts over the equator southwest of Hawaii. At this point, looking down you will just see water and clouds. The Pacific Ocean is a deep bright blue color…” (Earth Observatory – NASA)
Eight New Human Genome Projects Offer Large-scale Picture Of Genetic Difference
“A nationwide consortium led by the University of Washington in Seattle has completed the first sequence-based map of structural variations in the human genome, giving scientists an overall picture of the large-scale differences in DNA between individuals. The project gives researchers a guide for further research into these structural differences, which are believed to play an important role in human health and disease. The results appear in the May 1 issue of the journal Nature.” (Science Daily)
