New Gadget

by Betty Wright

You are invited to check out a Google Gadget I made (I am not certain this link will work, but you can copy and paste it :-)

http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduletitle=%3Ca+href%3D%22http://somersetvalleymiddleschool.blogspot.com/%22%3EMrs.+Wright%27s+Tech+Corner%3C/a%3E&moduleurl=http://www.google.com/ig/shared%3Fuid%3D115131640164966506773%26mid%3D99%26url%3Dgm_freeform.xml&source=igm

The blog link is:
Mrs. Wright's Tech Corner,

I'd love to hear from you.

iSEEK

Have you tried the iSEEK search engine? Targeted search with natural language queries similar to Ask.com (Jeeves has retired).

For a kid-friendly search engine, Kern recommends http://kids.quintura.com . I like it! Thanks, Kern.

Literacy Across the Curriculum: Skimming, Scanning & Summarization

PLC work at MVMS this past Wednesday was on skimming, scanning & summarization in the content areas. Laura Robb's book, Teaching Reading in Social Studies, Science and Math is being used as a source for some practical techniques to develop these skills.

Summarization Resources
Skimming & Scanning Resources