Classroom III

While reading the show notes over on Podcast for Teachers,
ran across this teacher tool resource which may be really good for face to face pd.  In an email this morning, a member of my staff as responding to a link highlighting our students participating in Red Ribbon week.  The staff member was working today, which is a optional teacher work day.  When the school calendar puts a teacher work day on Monday, there is no way I am working.  Three-day weekends are equivalent to bonus pay– well almost. 

This is all the time I am going to spend on school stuff today!  Check out the cool edu-junk treasures over at Google For Educators.

“Google recognizes the central role that teachers play in breaking down the barriers between people and information, and we support educators who work each day to empower their students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. This website is one of the ways we’re working to bolster that support and explore how Google and educators can work together.  As a start, we’re inviting you to share your best ideas for using technology to innovate in the classroom. To your left, you’ll find a teacher’s guide to Google products, including basic information about each tool, examples of how educators are using them, and lesson ideas. You’ll also find lesson plans and videos from our partners at Discovery Education focusing on two of our most popular teaching tools: Google Earth and Google SketchUp.”

Google For Educators

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Originally uploaded by The Blake Slate.

This was parked at the NC State Fair. Had to have my photo made with it since we have a gecko at school.

This week’s Friday Learning Institute here at North Whiteville Academy we continued working on claymation projects.  Students in half the groups actually captured most of their images.  One group will begin editing their presentation this coming Friday.  During next week, students will be able to take their images of their clay figures.

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