Art teachers in Maine are making wonderful use of online tools. Tera Ingraham uses WordPress to enhance her program in Western Maine. Check her wonderful site out here.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Featuring the Work of Tera Ingraham
Art teachers in Maine are making wonderful use of online tools. Tera Ingraham uses WordPress to enhance her program in Western Maine. Check her wonderful site out here.
Featuring the Work of Karen Wilson
How can a 5th grade teacher make use of WordPress to develop a superb online presence in her community and beyond? Check out Karen Wilson's work here.
Karen shared her project last night at our learning and technology finale.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Featuring the Work of Mark Arnold
I just happened upon some of the outstanding work of Mark Arnold this morning which I hadn't seen before. He is at Mount Desert High School . . . which is, it so happens, yet another Maine school that is making wonderful use of Google Apps.First of all, you really need to check out this site called Teaching & Learning Guides. What a straight-forward template for organizing content and resources!
Next, check out Mark's Trojan TechNotes for very helpful advice and resources.
Google Sites 101
Google Apps for Educators
Digital Storytelling
GoogleME
Why Google Apps for Schools
Differentiated Instruction
TV & Radio to Educational Resources
Learning Tools Exposition
Evaluating Web Resources and Wikipedia Articles
Videoconferencing Systems and Idea Bank
Friday, May 14, 2010
Featuring Shanna Wheelock of Lubec
While at the Lubec School I met Shanna Wheelock who has taken the initiative of using Google Apps for Education in her art classes. I found out also that Shanna has an excellent blog called the Easternmost Potter in the United States which speaks to her work both in school and beyond the classroom. Fascinating reading grounded in reality.
Check out, as well, these pages:
We Support Lubec High School.
Lubec Arts Alive 2010
Her husband also blogs on poetry, politics and philosophy at Owl Who Laughs.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Featuring the Work of Melissa Prescott
This film was created by the Film class at Telstar Middle School in Bethel, Maine, and was directed by Visual Art Teacher, Melissa Prescott. It was created to educate the public about the "G.O.T. Farms?" service-learning project and inspire people to get involved. This project, a collaboration of Telstar Middle School and Telstar High School, is focused on sustainable agriculture and renewable energy. For more information about this project, please visit: gotfarms.wordpress.com."G.O.T. Farms?" from Melissa Prescott on Vimeo.
G.O.T. Farms Website
"Wagon Wheel" - Telstar Faculty
TMS Art
Melissa's "On Using Wordpress"
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Featuring the Work of Jerry Bracey
I just discovered that Jerry Bracey recently passed away. In his work he had battled the misuse of statistics and testing. If you haven't had a chance to see his work, I encourage you to do so.
The Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education, 2009
32 Principles of Data Interpretation
32 Principles of Data Interpretation Grouped
Education Hell: Rhetoric vs. Reality
Summary of His Work: Gerald Bracey
Jason Ohler: In Tribute to Gerald Bracey and His Campaign to Keep Education Pundits Honest
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” ~Disraeli (popularized by Mark Twain)
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Featuring Theodore Sizer
"Respect for students starts with respect for teachers, for them as individuals, for their work, and for their workplace." ~ Ted SizerThe Educational Theory of Theodore Sizer
"The best we educational planners can do is to create the conditions for teachers and students to flourish and get out of their way." ~ Ted Sizer
Habits of Mind
Coalition for Essential Schools
Wikipedia; Coalition for Essential Schools
Monday, October 12, 2009
Featuring Nel Noddings
"We hear a noise in the cellar and we go up to the attic and find trunkloads of algebra and SAT tests." ~ Nel Noddings
"To know what matters to you, observe your actions." ~ Nel Noddings
Nel Noddings: The Ethics of Care and Education
Infed: "Caring in Education"
"Excellence as a Guide to Educational Conversation"
"A Morally Defensible Mission of Schools in the 21st Century"
"To know what matters to you, observe your actions." ~ Nel Noddings
Nel Noddings: The Ethics of Care and Education
Infed: "Caring in Education"
"Excellence as a Guide to Educational Conversation"
"A Morally Defensible Mission of Schools in the 21st Century"
Friday, October 2, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Featuring David Marshak
New Horizons for Learning: "Why Every Child in America Deserves a School Where She/He is Known and Valued"
Letter to the Editor: "Common-Standards Process: Rigged from the Beginning?"
Education Week: "Obama's School Choice - Shouldn't the education that Malia and Sasha receive be available to all?"
Seattle Times: "NCLB: Test-Obsessed Education Won't Move Us Ahead"
Letter to the Editor: "Common-Standards Process: Rigged from the Beginning?"
Education Week: "Obama's School Choice - Shouldn't the education that Malia and Sasha receive be available to all?"
Seattle Times: "NCLB: Test-Obsessed Education Won't Move Us Ahead"
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Featuring Herbert Kohl
(Not to be confused with the U.S. Senator)
An Open Letter to Arne Duncan on Rethinking Schools Online
Education Secretary Arne Duncan Misread My Book
An Interview with Herb Kohl
The Discipline of Hope: Learning from a Lifetime of Teaching
Wikipedia: Herbert Kohl
An Open Letter to Arne Duncan on Rethinking Schools Online
Education Secretary Arne Duncan Misread My Book
An Interview with Herb Kohl
The Discipline of Hope: Learning from a Lifetime of Teaching
Wikipedia: Herbert Kohl
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Featuring Hattie DeRaps
Hattie is an alternative education teacher at Mt. Blue High School. I discovered her work on Darlene Bassett's blog, Reflections on Meta-cognition - For Educators by Educators. Hattie makes great use of blogs, using them for professional development and as a tool for her studentsCheck these out:
Literacy Strategies in Action
Mrs. DeRaps Goes to College
Class Blog
Monday, May 11, 2009
Featuring the Work of Paula Vigue
Today we are featuring the work of Paula Vigue of Winslow Junior High School. Paula is a second year teacher who came to teaching after a first career in the business world. Her enthusiasm for teaching science shines through in her moodle pages and blog posts.Paula explained to me that the moodle page was started a few years ago by her mentor, Gene Roy, and that she has added, deleted, and modified resources and activities since that time. Her blog was started during a course at the UMO Maine Technology Institute.
She would also like to add that she has been fortunate enough to have some wonderful professors, most from Thomas College, a very supportive staff at WJHS, friends, and a supportive family (her boys are the ones that talked her into teaching). Without them, and the "listserve" that has provided many ideas and links to look at, she says she would not be where she is today.
Paula states:
"The most important part... the students. They make the teaching all worth while. I want to make learning fun and engaging for them so that they will want to continue learning. The smiles and the "aha" moments when students finally understand something is such a reward. A teacher at Karlsruhe American High School in Germany was the person that got me into the "I want to continue learning" mode. He was the first teacher I had that really made me enjoy learning. I still love to learn myself, and every day has a learning experience for me."
Winslow Junior High Moodle Front Page
WJHS Noteshare Server
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