Archive for April, 2009
HAGS! (Have A Geocaching Summer)
by Kevin Merritt, Instructional Technology Facilitator
I don’t know about you, but I think we went from Winter straight into Summer! State testing is right around the corner, and SUMMER BREAK is within reach! Don’t forget to sign your students’ yearbooks with HAGS! It has a new meaning, though. Have a great summer can become have [...]
You Ought to Be in Pictures!
By Fran Mauney
Have you ever heard a parent ask his or her child, “What did you do in school today?” and the student say, “Uh, nothing.”? As a teacher, it was shocking when my students would forget about all the exciting science projects they had done that day or the fun they had at centers [...]
Twitterific!
by Tim Van Heule
Coordinator of Distance Learning
Image from Twitter.com
Do you Twitter? Better yet, do you know what Twitter is? Twitter has been a seemingly hot topic as of late – everyone seems to be “twittering,” even Miley Cyrus for those of you who are Hannah Montana fans.
Twitter is a social networking site that allows users [...]
Special Needs Students Need Technology
By Fran Mauney
If only educators could use brain imagery to analyze the architecture of students’ brains, we could actually see the areas in which students learn best. This would allow us to build activities that correspond to students’ abilities and cause their brains to morph and grow. Recent brain research shows that the parts of [...]
