Tagxedo--Julius Caesar text

This is my second attempt at this particular Tagxedo.  What's really interesting about this image is that Brutus' name is the largest word, and that will lend itself to a class discussion about Brutus' role in the play.  If the play is called Julius Caesar, why is Brutus' name the most prominent word?

Technology in the 21st Century Classroom

One of the most important things I have learned in this class is that you can never rest on your technology "laurels" because technology is always changing.  Instead of clinging to the overhead projector, one should welcome the Smartboard...and whatever will replace it.

...But what if I can't make it work?!?!

http://9gag.com/gag/101671/

A Vision of 21st Century Learning

This brief video makes a great point:  we are educating children using a 19th century approach, and that needs to change.

Using Technology in the Classroom--Web Quest

http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/shursey/separatepeace/webquest.htm

Web Quests look like the kind of interactive technology that my students would like.  My students are quite adept at searching the internet for information, but nearly all of them have difficulty evaluating the materials that they find.  With a Web Quest, I could determine the sites that they visit and vouch for the quality of the materials presented.  This would be a great activity to do in a computer lab.   Getting access to a computer lab for an entire class can be a challenge at PA, though.  Hopefully the construction of the Freshman Academy--which will have four computer labs--will make activities like this easier.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. ~Robert Maynard Hutchins

SchoolTube - Narrative Reading Strategies - The Hand Modeled

SchoolTube - Narrative Reading Strategies - The Hand Modeled

I like how this video shows a teacher composing the first page of the reading journal.  She decides to draw an image from a dream in the journal, and admits that she is no artist, which I'm sure students would find amusing.  I also like her graphic organizer for reading strategies.