Or:  Mr.  Byrne strikes again – I LOVE his blog.  Go to this posting on free technology for teachers and challenge yourself to do some of these things with your students this school year: Blog Wiki Google website Animoto Google maps Backchanneling Twitter Diigo or Delicious Advanced internet searches Podcasts Google docs or Zoho writer [...]

Well, this line in the first paragraph of Mary Beth Hertz’s edutopia blog really resonated with me – I just got back from my first visit to my new classroom.  It is a BEAUTIFUL space – huge, airy, lots of windows, really kid friendly – but only one dinosaur computer in the corner of the [...]

I have found so many wonderful things in my RSS feed.  I just commented to my husband that I will be busy for the next ten years just exploring the things that I have discovered in this summer course.  It is not overwhelming – but it is a little mind boggling. I would first like [...]

I have seen many of the videos gathered here at inservice and conferences.  It was great to see them again and to be able to retrieve and reference them for future use.

Google Reader has opened up a whole new world for me so that I now feel so much more connected and informed.  However, I have learned two really basic things that have helped me avoid information overload: *  Don’t click on every link.  I go by the premise that this is information that I had [...]

This article argues that learning is formative and that the summative nature of summer projects does not support student learning.

Great article on Blended Learning found on the Instructify website.  In the article Bobby Hobgood describes blended learning as the following: Blended learning is a student-centered approach to creating a learning experience whereby the learner interacts with other students, with the instructor, with content (both chosen and content accessed by the learner based on individual [...]

Any of your students need to practice their basic Math facts?  The carrot sticks website is free for the month of June.  Students can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division – and they can compete with students all over the world!  Go to Carrot Sticks to find out more.