Look what arrived in my office this afternoon! One of the middle schools in our district is providing a summer school class that combines hands-on science, language arts, and technology. Working with the organic farm adjacent to the campus the group of students at this school will be working on a very nifty project called […]
Instantly search for toxic industries in your neighborhood by location (address, zip code, city) or simply zoom in on the map. The application will display all toxic facilities for any requested area presenting them using red (high emission levels) and blue (low emission levels) markers.
As I’ve mentioned in past weeks I’m trying to refocus technology usage in my classroom so that its simple and seamless. I want to move away from the mindset that students can only use technology to produce large projects. At a 1:1 school I feel technology should be used everyday for even the most basic […]
Another year…another wiki. Last year my students constructed a wiki textbook along with a wiki glossary. The year before we used the Moodle wiki as work spaces for a roller coaster project. This year we’re using wikis again and adding a new collaboration – a Wiki Periodic Table. I love using wikis in the classroom […]
Last week I mentioned that one of my goals is to share more information about the technology enhanced projects in my classroom. Well, this week I have something that is amazingly simple. Its so simple I almost didn’t share it, but I think its a good example of how you can take something you already […]
In a great example of the flattening 21st century world I stumbled across a fantastic graphing resource produced by the U.S Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics on Tom Barret’s (a British teacher) blog. Create-a-Graph is a simple to use web-based graphing program. Users can choose from bar, area, line, pie, and XY […]
This past weekend I came up with a couple of new blogging goals. Once of these is to share more of the technology projects my students are doing in class. I know that as I stumble through the blogosphere I appreciate the ideas of others. Sometimes the simplest, most effective uses of technology never cross […]
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srrbvNNUKrA] My students and I have been spending the past few days on projects related to speed, velocity, and acceleration. Tomorrow is what I always refer to as the “inevitable notes day.” I am not a big fan of being a sage-on-the-stage and I’ve yet to meet a class that loves taking notes. However, sometimes […]
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZhZVYYpQYo] As I mentioned in a post a few days ago, Frontline is one of my favorite shows and its investigative journalism can’t be beat. Tonight’s episode, HEAT, discusses the politics of global warming and environmental policy. I am sure I will be both enlightened and angered – even more angered than when I hear […]
A few months ago NOVA aired and episode called Lord of the Ants (there’s a link to buy a copy below). It was fascinating! You might be thinking, “Yeah right…fascinating and ants? Those two words don’t go together.” Well, I agree that program all about ants doesn’t sound that interesting at first, but it really […]