Update: Please feel free to use and adapt our Blogging Permission Slip After seven years working with middle school students, it has taken me a few months to adjust to the pace of learning at the elementary level. But, I think I’m finally getting the hang of things – and now I get a chance…
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A few weeks ago I wrote that I was looking for a project for our third grade students – the only grade level I haven’t worked with so far this year. About two minutes after I posted that tiny little statement at the very end of a long post, the always amazing Susan Sedro was…
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Given some time to reflect over the holiday break, I’ve been thinking about the essential structures that must be put into place for a successful technology integration program (or, as I would prefer to call it, a 21st century school). I started really thinking about this last year, when my then-tech director, David Sinclair (now…
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After a very relaxing trip around Thailand (Krabi, Ayutthaya, Bangkok and Chiang Mai) with some friends from Munich, I’m gearing up for a few new projects in the second semester: 1001 Flat World Tales Project (grade 4) I had a blast participating in this collaborative writing project begun by Clay Burell last year. This time…
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Wow! How could it possibly almost be the end of 2006 2007? Each year goes faster and faster, and this year, of course, is no exception… Looking back, I can not believe that I started this blog only a year and a half ago, in August 2006. It has become such a natural part of…
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