A mouse scratching the floor as he searches for food. An owl “ho ho” in the middle of the night. These are sounds we have heard in nature, which spark the imagination of what we envision may be occurring. Sound effects are a great way for students to think about and narrate what they hear. [...]
Patti Harju teaches 2nd grade at St. Stephen School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She’s been teaching for over 20 years, all of it at St. Stephen School. She loves to use technology to engage and excite her students. They use a class wiki, blog, Kidblogs, and more. Check out her class wiki – http://harju.wikispaces.com/ Here’s [...]
If You Are Interested In Organizational Change, You’ll Be Interested In Richard Beckhard’s Famous Equation C = D x V x F > R Change = Dissatisfaction X Vision X First Steps > Resistance C = Change What change do you want for your organization or for yourself? D = Dissatisfaction with Current Situation On [...]
Did you know that many DE videos come with Teacher’s Guides and Blackline Masters? These are print resources (provided in PDF format) often provided by the publisher of a given video title. There are 2 ways of seeing if a video has them. The first way is through your search results. If you mouse over [...]
We have exciting news – the 2011 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge winner AND the Siemens We Can Change the World middle school team winners will be exhibiting at the White House Science Fair tomorrow, February 7. The President’s remarks will be live streamed on whitehouse.gov/live (tune in between 11-12 ET). You can also [...]
The characteristics of a motivating and engaging classroom promotes student independent thinking. Teachers are facilitators that assist learners in creating meaning when they make connections. Students must become scientists and learn to use resources for constructing new experiences with transform their understanding of content. Students should evolve in science by learning and finding appropriate ways [...]
Top 3 This week I’ve had two colleagues and three or 4 students ask me what technology apps and services I use the most or can’t live without. The reason was that they were looking to get started using some new things and wanted to pick a couple that they could learn and [...]
Edudemic has a great article entitled “The Must-Have Guide To Helping Technophobic Teachers”. It explores ways to help non-tech savvy teachers get started using educational technology to improve teaching and learning. It has some great tips and points. Over 2 years ago, I wrote an article entitled “Getting Started with Educational Technology” that also offered tips and [...]
Pearltrees is a FREE online collaboration and organizational tool that provides a structure for teachers or students to gather, share, and organize resources. Your links, or “pearls”, are connected into “trees” and can be easily embedded onto a website, blog, or Facebook/Twitter account. I quickly searched and found fantastic pearltrees for DISCOVERY EDUCATION, TEACHER TECHNOLOGY, [...]
I know, I know, it’s been a while since I’ve posted a blog entry on Geekybird. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been sharing the good word it’s just been on a smaller micro blog scale through my @monjan tweets. You know…like all Tweetybirds do? Sorry I couldn’t resist. But a good friend of mine, THE [...]
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