January came and now I have 15 students in three of my classes and not enough computers. Trouble. I tried splitting the class up but they need too much help. It is hard to just try to work 1 to 9. Help. I need to write a grant.
I am so glad that the Silicon Valley grant told me I needed to write another lesson plan. I wrote it that last week in December and sent it in. Then I went to Tahoe and found out my wireless was down all week. I hope I have a chance for the grant. I wrote it for memory. I want to scan my student files but found I can't connect my mac to the district network system. I also asked for a memory stick for each student. They can keep their files whether they are on a mac or a pc.
My Language Arts classes had a great time reading to the other classes the last week before break. Of couse we filmed it. It is fun to see both ages activily involved in learning.
I just found this fun site - teachergate.com. It is an up and coming site to keep teachers organized. I have my four classes signed in on the student port. I can send an email in a blink and attach files. I use my google forms, etc. My math class is doing the facebook page for mathematicians. I did not figure out how to transfer it to a google doc so I just sent out the .doc file.
I have decided after doing a lot of grading - the students who can't write neat enought for me to read will enter their answers in the computer. They can type. If there is a misspelling I will send it back for a redo.
I plan to write a grant from the Merit program for at least 2 netbooks but possibly up to five. It is hard for my aid and I to leave our computers so a student can use them. Then I have to log them off and log myself back on to fix things sometimes.
I made two movies from the readers theater my 7/8 students read. The ones not reading our my camera men/women. We had a fire drill and went right back to filming. Now I need a film editor.
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