How many states use a specific test for the standards that are used in your curriculum? How many are still using them? Are you doing those tests online or paper-pencil? In FL, we have a state testing called the FCAT… Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test. Testing is completed in Math, Reading, and Science. Starting this year, [...]
As the summer draws to an end, teachers have mixed emotions about the upcoming school year. Some may feel dread that the summer is over and they did not accomplish all they hoped for, while others are excited about the possibilities of another set of minds to inspire. Either way, the same questions run through [...]
DEN Book Club Part 2…. We are several weeks into the Book Club, reading the book ‘Wikinomics – How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything’ by Don Tapscott & Anthony Williams. The reading of each chapter has brought a bigger understanding of how business entities need to change with the tide, or in a sense, change with [...]
This week the DEN Book Club began with the reading of the first four chapters in the book ‘Wikinomics – How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything‘ by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams. Who came up with the idea of a book club for DEN members? Who decided to pick this particular book? Why did I decide [...]
Hello Everyone… Happy Teacher Appreciation Week… Have you visited the DEN National blog to see what they are offering for the days teacher appreciation gift? Yesterday was a Prezi Presentation (which can be viewed at http://community-beta.discoveryeducation.com/teacherappreciation/) while today they are giving away some special DE Streaming, Science, and other items…. Most school principals, PTA/PTO, or [...]
How many of you have used music in your classroom to stimulate learning, introduce new concepts, or to even bring certain times and thoughts back into your life? Music is a way to create an ambiance in your classroom that is conducive to learning. If you were to open your classrooms and listen to the [...]
Is it any wonder that the main talk on educator’s minds is the ‘Pay for Performance’ raises or the stop of the ‘FCAT’ by using year-end exams? With both of these topics come much angst and worry, as well as, a hip hip hooray. Depending on which issue we are talking about directly, will skew [...]
I am not sure if you have noticed the theme lately, but “Go Green” is the new buzzword for the year 2010. Some of you may have noticed it a few years ago, when the world was reminding you to turn your water off while you are brushing your teeth or to recycle your cans [...]
Please watch the video of our Palm Beach School Districts for the MILLIONTH stream….
Hello World! The November 7th Sea World event was a great eye-opener! Our group’s quest was to find out as much as we could about sharks for the day. We spent several minutes hunting and finding the ‘Shark Den’ and once we arrived, we watched the sharks swim and took many pictures! From there, we [...]
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