One of projects I have been enjoying this school year has been the creation of podcasts in my classroom. Think of a podcast as a radio show. Each show consists of a series of individual episodes that you can listen to how you want — on your PC, using your MP3 player, or with [...]
Our NWA students proposed the creation of a newsletter for our students. We captured their request and posted it as a podcast. If you have iTunes, click on this link to subcribe. I do not have .mp3 files available at the present. Subscribe to Mr. Blake’s Classroom Podcast
EarthSLOT is a collection of 3D GIS and terrain visualization applications designed to allow scientists, resource managers, educators, and the public better understand our planet and the earth science that goes on here.
To begin exploring the Earth immediately, click here. The links at left will lead you to a wide variety of other options for [...]
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NWA Student of the Month- October 2005, originally uploaded by The Blake Slate.
Each month, our school awards two students with our student of the month recognition. Students created the criteria for selection of [...]
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After my students got on the bus this afternoon, I started thinking about the weekend. However, this idea came to me while reading the recent article in Edutopia:Synching Up With iKids, Oct. issue of Edutopia Josh McHugh read a post by one of my students on our old TikiWiki webpage last spring. [...]
I have a question- how can I use podcasts to help my students improve their test scores? I read this article:
“At any point in the instructional cycle, teachers can gather valuable evidence of student learning through formal and informal observations, one-on-one interviews, and class discussions. These observations and conversations are most often used to [...]
As a podcast listener, wilcohol.com thinks that,
1. one should avoid pronouncing ;ermmm; or urrr; as much as possible. I believe that this is the most popular tip of them all. A lot of people knew this, but just can’t seem to avoid it. It’s just irritating especially when I listen to it closely on an [...]
Minerals podcast for this week is online. Check out the the new episode. I have included a direct link for those of you not subscribed to our weekly classroom podcast over at the iTunes Podcast directory or not using a podcast client yet. My middle schoolers did not produce a podcast last [...]
