I’m working on a nutrition unit with my fifth graders. My pre-testing showed that with a few exceptions, my students do not already know the information I plan to teach. The students who did score 15/20 points on the pretest had been playing around on my SchoolNotes page over the weekend and had already tried […]
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I last wrote that we were trying to use the assignment module as a tool for the ongoing journaling between each student and myself. I liked the privacy and that the text fields didn’t become increasing narrow as the replies nested. Unfortunately, even when I selected the options for my comments to be in-line, it […] Friday found my science classes in the good computer lab to take the pretest for our nutrition unit. With the remaining time, I had them play the My Pyramid BlastOff! game as a lead in to learning about the new food pyramid. It is one of the many resources available at the Mypyramid.gov website. […] Okay, maybe someone out there can explain this to me. It seems that almost any time I mention an online app or service in this blog, I receive a helpful comment from someone associated with the company. I love their responsiveness. I’ve often learned timely, helpful information from these commenters. My only question is, how […] Arranging for my move to Singapore and keeping afloat at work are consuming every waking moment, which is why I’ve been posting so rarely. Here’s an update. For the past two weeks, when we weren’t taking state tests, our time in the computer lab was spent writing DARE essays. For my communications class, I once […] One of the things I most appreciate about edubloggers as a whole is their kindness. This kindness translates into a willingness to share of their knowledge and time. This was demonstrated to me again this week as our student blogs took off. I posted a short notice in the ClassBlogmeister discussion group announcing our […] |
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