Archive for May, 2008

Moon, Mars and Beyond!

Posted on May 29, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized |

by Tim Van Heule
5… 4… 3… 2… 1… Blast off!
The third grade students in Mrs. Presnell’s class at Berea Elementary School were successful on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 in their e-Mission: Moon, Mars and Beyond!
The Moon, Mars and Beyond! mission engages students in a live simulation. Students are a group of scientists/astronauts working to find [...]

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Videoconferencing in the Classroom

Posted on May 9, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized |

by Tim Van Heule
Coordinator of Distance Learning
This post is also available on GCSDL, the blog for Distance Learning in Greenville County.
Collaboration isn’t always easy.
Collaboration between two classes with the same content isn’t always easy either.
Collaboration between two classes with the same content from different schools really isn’t easy at all… or is it?
Recently the Greenville [...]

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GCast – An easy to use podcasting site

Posted on May 9, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized |

by Cathy Arnold
Podcasting is a great idea…but let’s face it…for the average teacher (and me!), it can be a little intimidating! RSS feeds, MP3…sounds hard! However, as I was reading my November Learning News today, I read the short clip on GCast and I thought “what the heck…I’ll try it.” Wow was [...]

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Musopen! Copyright Free Music

Posted on May 2, 2008. Filed under: Elementary School, English/Language Arts, General, High School, Instructional Coaches, Middle School, Teachers | Tags: |

by Tim Cushman

MusOpen! (www.musopen.com) is a growing collection of online music, completely free of all copyright restrictions. MusOpen! is maintained by a non-profit organization with the express goal of “setting music free” by making recordings of sheet music in the public domain. In short, MusOpen! works with artists that are interested in making [...]

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