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How
can I help you?
Did
you make a new years' resolution to use technology more in your
classroom? Is "get organized" one of your
resolutions? There are lots of ways to get organized on your
computer. Your computer and your email are really just virtual
filing cabinets that allow you to organize, save, and locate important
information. I would be delighted to help you learn how to
organized your computer and email according to your personal
needs. Just email me for an appointment, or touch base with me
the next time I am at your school!. I would be glad to help you with
any of your technology goals.
E-mail: mlewis@amherst.k12.va.us
gmoore@amherst.k12.va.us
Research indicates that....
" Interactive environments (like
student email and student forums), particularly networked technologies,
can have a positive influence on social behaviors and intellectual
development."
Wartella,
E., O’Keefe, B., and Scantlin, R., (2000) . Children and
Interactive Media; Markle Foundation,
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Upcoming Staff
Developments
The following dates are
tentative. Please keep checking the staff development page to
sign-up for these awesome classes.
January
18th- Help! I am
being observed! Finding Technology Based Lesson Plans That Are
Guaranteed To Have A Positive Impact On Learning.
~~ Walk away with a CD full of lesson plans that you can use the very
next day!
January
23- Inspiration:
An Incredible Tool For Incredible Learning
~~Not only learn how to create templates and interactives for yourself
but we will also show you how to access templates that were created by
other teachers in our division. These are great tools for Smart
Board use!
Want
to peak inside our file cabinet?
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Tech Tip
Selecting Your Homepage
Would you prefer to have
your Internet Explorer open to your classroom web page or your school's
home page? Some teachers prefer Internet Explorer to open on a
search engine such as Yahooligans. Whatever your choice, here is
how you do select your home page:
Open Internet Explorer
Navigate to the page you want to use as
your home page
Choose Tools from the menu bar
Then select Internet Options
You will see a box that is labeled Home
page
In that box, click the button that says
Use Current.
That will set the page you are
currently on to be your home page.
Just click OK and you are done.
Downloadables
and Lab Lessons
These
would make great lab lessons that
could be completed in one sitting or you could use these as center
tasks. These have come from Bedford County. Your ITRTs have
networked with others all over the state. It's great to be able
to share resources. One suggestion is to take time to
download these resources to your own computer and then burn them to a
disk. We will also down load and save these on a shared folder.
United Streaming
Some movies you
might use for this month:
(Hint: When
you go to the site, copy the title from here and paste the title into
the search box.)
Boyhood of Martin Luther
King Jr.
Presidents' Day: Washington and Lincoln
Washington, D.C.
Founding of Our Federal Government
The Real Thomas Jefferson
Revolutionary War, The: A Harvest of Victory
Dear America: The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Story of
Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777
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Science Facts and Fun: Making Sense of It
The Importance of Water
Animal Features and their Functions
Animal Lifecycles
Habitats: Homes for Living Things
Elementary Video Adventures: Habitats of the World
Clouds, Weather, and Life
Geography Basics: Climate, Water, and Living Patterns
Basics of Physics: Exploring Sound
Basics of Physics: Exploring Light and Color
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Wonderful Web Sites
TEST PREPARATION
ALL FACULTY & STAFF:
Now is the time to be preparing your students for testing.
Preparing students for testing is everyone's job! Students at all
grade levels need to be developing skills to help them when they are in
3rd, 4th and 5th grades. This site has great suggestions to help
students do a better job on testing. There are many easy
ways to prepare students for testing during normal classroom activities!
JANUARY
LINKS
Pre-K to 5th:
Links for Winter, New Years, and Martin Luther King Day. Links for pre- and emergent
readers use pictures to help guide young students. Many of these
links can be used as a center, a daily computer rotation, or in the lab.
BRAIN CONNECTION
ACTIVITIES:
K - 2 and
ESL: Stimulating activities for memory attention and sound
discrimination. These would make great center or lab
activities. Thank you district technology resource teacher,
Leanna Prater for this great resource.
MATHS FILE
GAME SHOWS:
GRADES 3, 4,
and 5: Exciting math
games to expand the horizons of your
students. Could be used for a whole class lesson, center
activity, or lab activity. Another thanks to Leanna Prater for
this wonderful web site!
Martin Luther King, Jr. LINKS
ALL GRADES & TEACHER RESOURCES:
Links to online activities and teacher resources for the celebration of
Dr. King's birthday.
Printable
Reader Theater Scripts from Reading Lady.com
Three
years ago I went to CVS to print off some photos from my camera.
There was an elderly woman there who wanted to make a copy of a very
old picture. The picture showed two little girls, a woman of
about 30 and a car. I heard the sweetest story of how the mother
in this picture borrowed the car from a family member to drive the two
little girls to Atlanta to see Dr. King. One of the little girls
in the photo was the elderly woman who was trying to duplicate the
picture. Of course I helped her but I got much more out of
helping her than she did with just a copy of the picture.
Invite
older members of your community into your classroom who remember
historical events. Allow them to bring in pictures. If you
schedule it ahead of time I can work with your guest to turn their
photos into a slide show that can be presented to the whole class.
Have a safe and happy holiday:
Monday,
January 15, 2007
Celebration
of Dr. King's Birthday
"Technology makes things possible
People make things happen"
An auto-signature of Diane Culbertson,
Curriculum/Technology Resource Teacher, Jennie Rogers Elementary
School, Danville
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If you have a
website that you think is wonderful, please email it to me. I
will pass it on.
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