There is still no word as to who won the MERIT grants. We are wondering when they will be announced.
Yea for Price Middle School my SMART board is being installed during our break along with all the other teachers who do not have one yet. I already went to a training on how they work. I feel I should probably use my Mac for this instead of my PC. Does anyone have advice?
Today my students did a project for real life. Perhaps I should send it to Lessonopoly. I had the pick a menu from a place they like to eat. Write down three items to order along with a friend. Calculate the cost, add sales tax, and tip if needed. Then estimate the amount of money they need to withdraw from an ATM to cover the costs. Too bad so many students did not finish within the 45 minute class period. Now they have homework to do over the break. This was suppose to be an easy assignment. When they get to the computer they have trouble finding prices, choosing the place, etc. I see this all as a waste of time. But perhaps they are learning something. I am trying to make my lessons be all about real life. I guess the final product should be a link the the menu, and then a spreadsheet with their data. They can put in all in a google spreadsheet. Check back in March and see if this happens. Their project can be displayed on their electronic portfolio website.
I guess it was a big week because I have all of my core students set up their own website. They love going to it and working on their page labeled, "All About Me". My students wrote about the person who made the most difference to them in their life. I just need to grade them and have them post their google doc's on their language arts web page. It is all coming together. Now I need to grade notebooks and include the google forms via spreedsheet on the chapter summaries of Hatchet. Next year, I can perhaps go all digital. I just need more computers, or netbooks. It is hard to have enough computers except for 2 or 3 students.
I am still working on how to figure out how to use the scanner and have it put the students work in a file. When is Bryan going to answer me? I just need more time. I have movies to make, and more picture albums to post on my website. I want to write another grant for the Silicon Valley group but it must be a STEM request. I am glad I still teach math. I also want to write a grant for the Silicon Valley Cue group.
Now to head out to Tahoe and do some skiing before I need to finish those IEP's, grade and lesson plan.
Yea for Price Middle School my SMART board is being installed during our break along with all the other teachers who do not have one yet. I already went to a training on how they work. I feel I should probably use my Mac for this instead of my PC. Does anyone have advice?
Today my students did a project for real life. Perhaps I should send it to Lessonopoly. I had the pick a menu from a place they like to eat. Write down three items to order along with a friend. Calculate the cost, add sales tax, and tip if needed. Then estimate the amount of money they need to withdraw from an ATM to cover the costs. Too bad so many students did not finish within the 45 minute class period. Now they have homework to do over the break. This was suppose to be an easy assignment. When they get to the computer they have trouble finding prices, choosing the place, etc. I see this all as a waste of time. But perhaps they are learning something. I am trying to make my lessons be all about real life. I guess the final product should be a link the the menu, and then a spreadsheet with their data. They can put in all in a google spreadsheet. Check back in March and see if this happens. Their project can be displayed on their electronic portfolio website.
I guess it was a big week because I have all of my core students set up their own website. They love going to it and working on their page labeled, "All About Me". My students wrote about the person who made the most difference to them in their life. I just need to grade them and have them post their google doc's on their language arts web page. It is all coming together. Now I need to grade notebooks and include the google forms via spreedsheet on the chapter summaries of Hatchet. Next year, I can perhaps go all digital. I just need more computers, or netbooks. It is hard to have enough computers except for 2 or 3 students.
I am still working on how to figure out how to use the scanner and have it put the students work in a file. When is Bryan going to answer me? I just need more time. I have movies to make, and more picture albums to post on my website. I want to write another grant for the Silicon Valley group but it must be a STEM request. I am glad I still teach math. I also want to write a grant for the Silicon Valley Cue group.
Now to head out to Tahoe and do some skiing before I need to finish those IEP's, grade and lesson plan.
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