Posted in images, photography on Mar 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Using and archiving primary resources is a large part of many of the projects at our school. Writing autobiographies or biographies and recording the stories of family members and veterans often include taking or scanning images of objects, letters, or photos. When scanning the question that is eventually asked is what format do I save [...]
Posted in 21st century classroom, education, mashup on Mar 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Each spring our 5th graders complete a bridge building exercise. Working in teams, students take on the jobs of accountant, engineer, designer, and builder. Their task is to build a bridge out of toothpick, within a budget, and that can stand on its own. The bridge that can hold to most weight wins. The students [...]
Posted in math on Mar 14th, 2009 No Comments »
March 2009 may well be remembered as one of mathematician’s all time-favorites. First we celebrated Square Root Day March 3rd, and today, March 14, take time we take time to celebrate perhaps one of the universe’s most famous numbers on National Pi Day
Defined as the ratio of circle’s circumference to its diameter, what I like [...]
Posted in Boolean, literacy, search engine on Mar 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Question: How do you find what your looking for when searching on the Internet? Answer: Keywords, Keywords, Keywords.
It wasn’t too many years ago that teaching how to build an Internet search criteria meant explaining Boolean operators, either as words or symbols. I remember having the poster “My plump starfish quickly lowered Lincoln’s tie” to help [...]
Posted in education, literacy, mashup, publishing, technology, writing on Mar 8th, 2009 No Comments »
With the emergence of Web 2.0 tools and a greater presence of computers at all grade levels balancing tactile and digital experiences in the classroom has become a even bigger challenge. Now “cut and paste,” creativity, and visual literacy have dual skill sets, application, and roles in student learning. How, as teachers, do we provide [...]
