December 17, 2006
Here’s another installment in my series on The Best Ways To Create Online Content Easily & Quickly. There just seem to be more and more sites out there that let you create engaging online content, not require registration, are free, host your creation indefinitely, and require minimal computer skill.
There are a number of educational uses for these and the other sites in previous editions of this series, not least of which is having English Language Learners post their creations and describe them, say why they made what they did, and to comment on the products of their peers.
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December 17, 2006
Today I worked for the last time with my fourth graders at J. H. House (sniff). The fifth graders were on a field trip so I will be getting their reflections next week. I always have a hard time when I lose a group of kids - I just can’t stand it and think I will never have as good a group again. My husband, however, says I say that every year.
We started the day off sharing the simulated teacher interviews that the students had done last week. Mrs. Barandiaran was quite impressed. I asked her to rate the students on a scale of 1-10 how well they knew her -Jennifer got a 9 and Emily and Derrick got a 7. They were elated and their teacher is going to provide them with the real answers! Perhaps we will get to post them later.
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