This is my Avatar that I made at Photobucket! I was uploading images when I discovered that I could make an Avatar. This was free. Of course, there are many other choices but I was extremely happy with all the choices that were available for free.

Tools for the Classroom!

As teachers, are your students familiar with Web 2.0 tools such as Evoca, Elluminate, IM, Skype, Twitter, Wikis, Blogs, Meebo, Flickr, TeacherTube, Podcasts, Odeo, Slideshare, Bubbleshare, Photostory, MovieMaker, or Clustrmap?
Here is one way to get started with learning about these tools. View this slideshow by Vicki Davis and start updating yourself now on these tools.

Twitter

What an interesting week reading Tweets on Twitter! I have been learning about some wonderful things that I will be sharing in the upcoming weeks. For example, add Gadgets to your homepage with Google Gadgets at http://tinyurl.com/2qrfz3
In addition, here is an excellent article on Google Docs http://www.google.com/google-d-s/whatsnew.html

Twitter

I attended the National Educational Computing Conference in Georgia during the summer of 2007. One of the Web 2.0 tools that I was introduced to was Twitter. Twitter is social networking and micro-blogging put together around the question “What are you doing?”
In 140 characters or less, you post answers to that question. It is instant [...]

Blogging to encourage writing!

For years, it has been the teacher’s responsibility to motivate and encourage ALL students to write. Every year students must practice and learn to write persuasive, narrative, and expository essays. Not only do they have to learn the different types of writing, but they have to take a state test that only provides 45 minutes [...]

World War II Research

After reading Twenty and Ten by William Pene du Bois and Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, my students are working on World War II research projects.
Each student has chosen a topic of their choice to research regarding WWII. The variety of topics include concentration camps, Hitler, resistance fighters, police dogs, etc., and the [...]

February 1

My students are really motivated to blog, especially, due to the fact we have been invited to Tech 2008. We will be taking an all day field trip (3 hours one-way) to Springfield, Illinois. The students will present what they have been working on this year while explaining wikis and blogs to representatives, senators, superintendents, [...]