The teachers return on Monday and then the kids the following Monday. I’m so excited! I can’t believe that another summer has come and gone, but we get kids in a week! I’ve truly missed them. I know if I had some of my own I may not feel the same, [...]
I had an aha moment this afternoon. I was speaking to one of the teachers at East Lee about East becoming a STEM school next year, when she offered one of the best analogies I have ever heard. As we were discussing how to get the teachers involved, Misty offered this:
“You have given [...]
Are you a networked teacher? I had never thought of that term until I saw the Edublogs Magazine.
I loved the visual. So, how many of the connections do you make??
From the Edublogs Magazine:
Visualizing the Networked Teacher
Published by Lorelle VanFossen on 2 Feb 2008
This popular flickr image by courosa, called “The Networked Teacher”, is a [...]
My good friend, Vincent Pienaar, a 6th grade Math teacher at West Lee Middle School, won a very prestigious award. He was awarded the VIF (visiting international faculty) of the year award. This is a well deserved honor. Vincent has gone above and beyond to introduce diverse cutlures to our students.
Vincent has not only taught [...]
Delivering Technology Training in a Manner that Works! by Marty Bowe
hold professional developments on Saturday
how do you get people there on a Saturday?
offer prizes and pay
started with giving away computers for home use - then running out of money so now giving away 1Gb flash drive
any employee can come to the pd - [...]
Many congrats go out to my friend, Kim Collazo for winning a NCAECT grant for 12 digital cameras and 2 video cameras for her classroom! I am very excited for her and her students. I can’t wait to see what the kids do with these tools. Kim is a leader in technology [...]
Wow! It’s been over a month since I’ve blogged (thanks to Kim C for reminding me ). I have 100’s of excuses, but I’ll share the 2 most relevant - NC Wise training and Wii.
Yep, hubby got a Wii for Christmas and we haven’t stopped playing since he opened the box. [...]
That’s exactly how I’ve been feeling for a couple of weeks now. I can’t seem to shake this bug I’ve caught. Wonder if I just might be allergic to the new kitten that Jeff brought home. Hmmmmmm……
We had an interesting workshop on Thursday with the teachers at West. We started with Powerpoint [...]
Don’t forget the K12 Online Conference begins today! Click on over and learn something
Until next time ~ Danita
What a wonderful week I had! It began Monday with my friend Kim and I presenting at the North Carolina Elementary Education Conference. We did our Web Wizards Web 2.0 presentation. How fun it is to have someone you can work with so well. She’s great and really does know her [...]
This has been a great week. I’m having more and more teachers approach me and ask how they can make a wiki. I knew the fire would catch on, but I had no idea how quickly it would spread! The wikis range in ability, like our kids, and some teachers have put [...]
I had a fabulous week! It began Tuesday with a 6th grade math class. I taught 3 classes of Scientific Notation using the SmartBoard, except our SmartBoard was on the flitz. So, I used the SmartBoard notebook to teach. What fun! The kids were great and I enjoyed ‘riding the bicycle’ again. The teacher wanted [...]
Many of you probably do not know that I publish a monthly newsletter for my teachers. You can view my previous months newsletters on this page of my blog.
I have struggled with publisher (urggg) and yes, publisher won. This time I went out on a limb and tried PowerPoint. Much, much easier! Only problem, I [...]
Whew! We survived the first day of school. Actually, it was my first year in 15 years not being in the classroom. It was kinda sad - but I sure didn’t miss all the butterflies! From what I saw, both East Lee and West Lee opened very smoothly. At the end of the day, the [...]
Whew! Finally have time to catch my breathe. This was my first summer to work in 15 years of education. I thought - sure, I’ll work the summer, how hard can it be? No teachers, no kids, no pressure - ha! I worked more this summer than I have in a [...]
I am so excited! All the paperwork has been completed and the teachers have all signed their contracts for our workshop this summer. Dr. Len Annetta from NC State University is coming to Lee County to work with our middle school teachers on making educational virtual video games. Have I said [...]
Bet that got your attention, didn’t it? Wouldn’t we all like to earn a bit extra. Well, the blogger from LEARN Me Good has designed the perfect pay plan. I vote we toss out testing bonuses and go with this salary schedule:
Sign us on at some base salary — let’s say [...]
Recently, I have been working with my former teaching partner’s students on making wikis. These students are extremely bright and only needed a starting point and off they went. While we were working one day, Cynthia wrote a poem concerning her dilemmas with wikis. She agreed to allow me to share:
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Excellent. I love it when teachers are so hungry for ideas that they are almost foaming at the mouth. Kim and I did a presentation this afternoon on PowerPoint and how you can use it for more than presentations. Great ideas spawned from the discussions amongst the teachers.
We did presentations on how [...]
This video is part 2 to Karl Fisch’s mega popular “Did You Know” video. I like how the additional information makes you think a bit more about what you know. Great video to present to administrators. See what you think ….
YouTube: Did You Know II
Until next time ~
Danita
I’m not a huge fan of Star Wars. I saw it when I was a kid, but never jumped on the obsessive bandwagon. I do enjoy Yoda though. He The writers have an ability to make you think inside yourself; especially, Luke Skywalker.
I’m going to unmercifully copy from the wonderful blogger at [...]
We don’t have enough of these super Saturdays do we? All is right in the world. The weather here in North Carolina is absolutely beautiful! In the low 80’s an no humidity.
Hubby is off to Greensboro to coach his AWANA team, so I have the house all to myself, except for the [...]
