July 17, 2007
So before my flight home got canceled, I had a great day just outside of Green Bay speaking to superintendents and principals at the FIEL conference about the Germanic influences on the English language. I mean…um…the Read/Write/Connect/Reflect Web.
But here was just a classic teachable moment:
I’m showing how the last 500 edits in Wikipedia occurred over the last 2.5 minutes and how that translates to something like 300,000 edits Read the rest of this entry »
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July 17, 2007
In many schools GenYES remains a popular class or program due to the hands-on experience technology can bring to many students. Though technology can be engaging, sometimes students and teachers get tired of the same type of technology lessons and use of PowerPoint. A solution to ending repetitive use of PowerPoint is engaging the students on many different levels of technology integration.
GenYES teacher Scott Parker of Longfellow Middle School in Hill City, Kansas has opened up the universal sport of soccer to help his students stay engaged in topics such as math. Mr. Parker allows this GenYES students to participate in a worldwide online fantasy soccer league as a “mini project” in his GenYES class. Check out the Longfellow Middle Schools Fantasy Soccer League results
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