World History
The blogs made the National Education Association's site today. Specifically I was asked about my use of smartphones in the classroom. If you want some ideas (beyond what I have here on the blogs which you can find by using the search tool), please go to the article. My principal is actually doing a great thing this year as all students can use their phones anywhere in the building except in the classroom where they have to get permission (and yes my kids have them out all the time).
- How To Prepare For A Test
My mom asked me the other day where I get all of my ideas and sites for the blogs. I told her that I basically just teach and search for answers to all of my questions. For example the other day a friend asked me for help with her daughter's...
- Search For Ideas On My Blogs
I was on a Facebook page for teachers the other day and one of the educators mentioned using my site to search for lesson plans and ideas. It made me smile as that is exactly one of the uses for this page. Consider that between my four blogs...
- The Blogs Make The News
Here is a nice newspaper story on our three blogs. Frank Franz, George Coe and I are all featured. Thanks to all of you for making them such a big success. Keep the e-mails and the hits coming. The picture is actually from my...
- Focusing While Reading E-books
Because I have been pushing e-books for four years now, I get lots of good and some negative comments (the positives have greatly increased with this article from the WashPost on my classroom). One negative comments is that it is harder to focus...
- Blog Project Using Blogs.mu
I have created a project for my World History class. I am assigning them a event in WWII and they are going to create informational blogs about the event. To make this work well I am using Blogs.mu to host the students' blogs. On my classroom site...
World History
NEA Article on My Class Using Smartphones
- How To Prepare For A Test
My mom asked me the other day where I get all of my ideas and sites for the blogs. I told her that I basically just teach and search for answers to all of my questions. For example the other day a friend asked me for help with her daughter's...
- Search For Ideas On My Blogs
I was on a Facebook page for teachers the other day and one of the educators mentioned using my site to search for lesson plans and ideas. It made me smile as that is exactly one of the uses for this page. Consider that between my four blogs...
- The Blogs Make The News
Here is a nice newspaper story on our three blogs. Frank Franz, George Coe and I are all featured. Thanks to all of you for making them such a big success. Keep the e-mails and the hits coming. The picture is actually from my...
- Focusing While Reading E-books
Because I have been pushing e-books for four years now, I get lots of good and some negative comments (the positives have greatly increased with this article from the WashPost on my classroom). One negative comments is that it is harder to focus...
- Blog Project Using Blogs.mu
I have created a project for my World History class. I am assigning them a event in WWII and they are going to create informational blogs about the event. To make this work well I am using Blogs.mu to host the students' blogs. On my classroom site...