Visit: http://www.nps.gov/features/nama/feat0001/index2.html

Although this is a great site to show your students , it doesn’t compare to seeing the Memorial in person. Thanks to the DEN, I had the opportunity to visit The Mall in DC for a chance to see and experience all the memorials. What a treat is was. Thanks Discovery!

The Weather Channel is hosting a chance for students to attend the Forecast Earth Summit in December. Students need to write an essay and complete the information at https://www.forecastearthsummit.org/index.php as part of the selection process.  Why not get started on the first day of school?

 

Leadership Failure

“The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.” ~ Napoleon Hill

“Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.” ~ William S. Gilbert

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everybody.” ~ Herbert B. Swope

“A failure is a man who has blundered but is not capable of cashing in on the experience.” ~ Elbert Hubbard

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Science - Sept 5 -1977: Voyager 1 launched

Math -Aug 31-1994: Pentium computer beats Garry Kasparov

Social Studies  - Sept 2 - 1945: Japan surrenders; World War II ends

Art & Humanities - Sept 1 -1957: Gloria Estefan, singer and songwriter

Image above is of Gloria Estefan smiling as she recuperates after a terrible bus accident while on tour. Find this image, article and writing prompt in DEstreaming.
Gloria Estefan Smiling. Corbis. 2006.unitedstreaming. 24 August 2008<http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/>

Language Arts -Sept 4 -1893: Beatrix Potter tells first Peter Rabbit story

Health & Guidance - Sept 6 - 1992: Baboon liver transplant patient dies

Famous People - Sept 5-1847: Jesse James, outlaw

Mark’s new book The Encore Effect will be coming out the first week of September. For those of you who are familiar with Mark’s previous work, The Fred Factor and You Don’t Need a Title to Be A Leader, you will not be disappointed with his new read.  Both of these books can be easily applied to any role in education whether you are a teacher, administrator, para-professional or on the custodial staff. If you are not familiar with his books, it’s a good time to become familiar with his work.  

Look for a review of The Encore Effect sometime next week.

Check out the book for more online deals. You’ll find everything from grant opportunities to free and inexpensive finds

Get the Facts!
Political advertising can be very informative and also very misleading. Candidates use ads to create a positive image and to publicize their positions on issues. They want voters to recognize them and vote for them. Encourage your students to analyze a radio or TV ad by answering the questions on this site.

 * Web Wednesday is a feature of The Big Deal Book - Amazing Resources for 21st Century Educators

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From Vicki Davis’ Blog at  http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/

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Science - Aug 20 -1911- U.S. sends telegram around the world

Math -Aug 19-1939- Alan Baker, mathematician

Social Studies  - Aug 21 - 1959- Hawaii becomes 50th State

Photo above is along the Hawaii coast and can be found in the Image section of DEstreaming.
Lighthouse along Pacific Ocean coast in Hawaii. Paul Fuqua. 2003.unitedstreaming. 9 August 2008<http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/>

Art & Humanities - Aug 17 -1939: The Wizard of Oz premiers

Language Arts -Aug 23 - 1912: Gene Kelly, dancer/actor

Health & Guidance - Aug 20-1922: First athletic competition for women opens

Famous People - Aug 21-1936- Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player

Once again, Steve Dembo made our heads spin with his expertise of Web 2.0 tools in last night’s webinar 50 Ways to Spin a Digital Story.

Before we began the formal webinar, Steve provided us the opportunity for us to see him facilitate this webinar by streaming a video of him through his cell phone through Qik.com. This added another dimension to the webinar for us visual learners. The space invaders on his “studio” ceiling added a special touch.

Steve provided an explanation of the difference between Web 1.0 and 2.0. It was great he reminded those of us who use Web 2.0 we may take for granted that others will know what it is all about. Not true; there are still many educators who don’t know what Web 2.0 is, let alone the power of some of those sites.  In a nutshell, the difference between the 2 is, Web 1.0  are those web sties that just provide information. You go to it, read it and take away what you want. On the other hand  the Web 2.0  sites are those sites on the internet that provide a level of interactivity, are free and allow some sort of participatory environment such as blogs, wikis, photo sharing and networking sties. Thanks for the clarification Steve.

On to the 50 ways……….

First , Steve took us to a site called CogDogRoo  developed by Alan Levine. It is a wiki which focuses on 50 of the best Web 2.0 sites. People can go in and add examples of how they use some of the sites. It’s a great resource.  Steve’s idea of 5O Ways to Spin a Digital Story came from this site.

Although an hour is just not enough time to get through all fifty ways, Steve did show us a few very cool tools you can use to enhance your digital stories or create them. Are you ready? Here are a few he mentioned:

1. Create biographies using DEstreaming images and Blabberize
2. Develop a family history using Toon Doo
3. Make a timeline using Our Story
4. Share PowerPoint presentations at MY Plick
5. Students can use VoiceThread to expand on a book read in class

Hopefully the webinar will be archived or posted soon so you can view the presentation at your leisure.

And speaking of webinars…… what a line up Discovery has for the upcoming school year! Check out my next post for an overview of what webinars are on their way.