One of the challenges teachers face when teaching kids about content on the Internet is evaluation. It can be difficult for kids (especially the younger ones) to know or be able to see that even if a website looks fancy the information it contains can be misleading or flat out wrong.Most times when kids are giving an assignment the first place they go is Google which can lead them to sites in their quest for information that might not be what we...
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Do you hear netTrekker calling ....
Posted on 12:54 by Unknown

How can netTrekker be used to help teachers and students? How can netTrekker be used to encourage 21st Century Skills? How can netTrekker be used to teach critical thinking skills? How can netTrekker be used to provide search results tailored for student needs? How can netTrekker be used to find images, famous people, time lines, information, lessons, standards and ideas?...
Monday, 27 September 2010
October Online Workshops
Posted on 13:19 by Unknown
Participants who would like to take an online course should first login to the WSFCS Staff Development Registration and Evaluation Database and register for online courses. These courses will be listed as Online in the location field. Once the participant has registered for the course, they will be contacted by the course instructor with directions for setting up a WSFCS Online Learning account and the course's enrollment key.October• Twitter for Teachers• Introduction to Schoolwires• Schoolwires Tips and Tools• Photostory 3• Excel Basics• Google...
Fall Face-to-Face Workshops
Posted on 13:14 by Unknown
All face-to-face workshops will be held at Central Office in the NCWISE Computer Lab. Please register ahead of time if you plan on attending. Due to space and computers, there are only 24 spaces for each class.Quest Atlantis October 4, 2010 3:30-4:30EduGlogster Basics October 11, 2010 3:30-4:30Learning Village Introduction October 18, 2010 4:00-5:00Scratch (Computer Programming for Kids) October 25, 2010 4:00-5:00CPS (Classroom Performance System)- Middle and High Schools November 1, 2010 4:00-5:00Schoolwires Calendar and Assignments...
Smithsonian's History Explorer - a partner site of Thinkfinity
Posted on 10:34 by Unknown
This morning @ShellTerrell posted on Twitter a blog from James Hollis on Invention at Play. This site can be found within Smithsonian's History Explorer, which is a partner site of Thinkfinity. First, be sure to check out James Hollis' blog "Teachers Love SMART Boards". He has some great ideas for using SMART Boards and interactivities.Invention at Play can be used on interactive white boards and on student computers. One of my favorites is Cloud Dreamer. Students can create their own cloud and then "see it in the sky" to see what it looks like....
Looking for a project ....
Posted on 07:42 by Unknown

Love, love, love the resource, Google Templates for Student Projects shared by Steven Anderson (@web20classroom on twitter) this morning. There are so many great graphic organizers and project templates that can be used to promote and practice critical and creative thinking skills.Here are a few of the ones that caught my attention:History Quilt Square (great Social Studies project but could also be used in other areas)Timeline Template (either...
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Lots of Resources for Searching
Posted on 17:02 by Unknown
I recently found this EduGlogster and thought it would be a great resource to share with both teachers and students. Have fun exploring!(Hint: When you mouse over the poster above, each time you see a pink circle, that is a link to that site).Poster from School Library Jour...
Friday, 17 September 2010
Learning Village Updates
Posted on 13:08 by Unknown

I wanted to let you all know that the WSFCS Learning Village will be down for updates the last week in September (end of the day September 24 through the morning of October 4th). The websites which are currently linked through Learning Village will be available from the WSFCS site in the planning section under teacher resources while Learning Village is down.The glog below shows a few of the features of WSFCS Learning Village. The Curriculum Warehouse...
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Lets Rap About The News...
Posted on 08:33 by Unknown
Last week my good friend Richard over at the Free Technology for Teachers blog posted what has to be the coolest video ever. Ok, well maybe not ever. But it is still pretty cool. The folks over at Flocabulary post, each week during the school year, The Week In Rap, a short music video set to rap, that highlights current events from around the world.This week is the Summer Recap. Check it out!Cool right?But think about it.Why not have kids do the same thing? One of the things that some teachers do is require kids to get current events articles....
Didn't go exactly according to plan ....
Posted on 06:46 by Unknown

So last night, I connected with a group of teachers in Nebraska using skype to discuss how skype can be used in the classroom. This conversation took place after I left work, so I was at home sitting on the couch and my little girl was playing in the other room. I had explained that I needed to make a call, so she needed to watch a movie or play quietly for a minute. Normally my 4 year old daughter is very well-behaved, but as soon as she figured...
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Writing and Wordles ....
Posted on 11:35 by Unknown

I wrote on reflection responding to some questions on Teacher Leadership, then I copied and pasting that whole reflection in Wordle to create a word cloud image. From this word cloud, I can clearly tell the terms knowledge, technology, team, teacher, learning, and classroom were prevalent in my reflection. If you wrote a reflection on teacher leadership, what do you think that Wordle would look like? If students created word clouds using something...
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Collaboration Corner
Posted on 12:29 by Unknown
Most of the time when I think of classes collaborating, it involves talking or working on the same project at the exact same time. The many technology tools that we now have available make it even more possible for classes to collaborate even when on opposite sides of the world.I stumbled across the Collaboration Corner Blog one day. This blog is an example of two classes in opposite hemispheres (one in America and the other in Australia) collaborating.From a page on this blog:Since early 2009, Mrs Yollis' third grade class and Miss McGeady's grade...
Discovery Education's Classroom Resources
Posted on 12:00 by Unknown
A little known or little explored area of Discovery Education is the Classroom Resources link. You can see this tab on the Discovery Education site before you log into DE. Once you click on the Classroom Resources tab, there are all sorts of free resources to use in the classroom.Create a word search, maze, hidden message, etc. using Puzzlemaker. Choose the type of puzzle you would like to create, fill in the information required for that puzzle; for example, the title, how big the puzzle should be, the words or numbers, clues, messages, etc....
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