Geometry: Photo Message Scavenger Hunt Objective: Students will identify and share geometric shapes using social media. Materials: Internet access, digital cameras or cell phones Procedure: Review with students basic geometric shapes including various quadrilaterals, triangles, regular and irregular polygons, etc. Review with students (if needed) how to take pictures with digital cameras and cell phones. [...]
“Texting Paid Off!” is the subject of the email I just received from George Middle School (GMS) Principal Beth Madison. Beth and her staff hired me late last year to help them design and implement a social networking /social media strategy in her 93% free and reduced, Title I school in Portland, Oregon . One [...]
Until I began experimenting with Social Media implementation, I never realized how little differentiating I was actually doing, or just how difficult I was making my job. Utilizing technology and media tools have become my secret formula for differentiated instruction. I can easily assign a project that is appropriate, interesting and challenging for all my students using Social Media.
A great example of an educator learning from her students about Web 2.0.
Ok, I admit it. Ever since I was in grade school, I’ve been a science nut. I loved studying the stars, physics, erector sets, electronics…it was all good stuff. I even majored in mathematics in university. The web is full of some awesome sites for learning and teaching science. Check out the sites in this [...]
Social networking is a shift in the way people communicate. Blocking social networking sites at work or at school is short-sighted. Does the risk of social networking sites outweigh the risk? Not if you plan to stay competitive and relevant.
Check out the “Resources” tab for information about wonderful books addressing Social Media In Education. Brand new release is listed ~ copies will be available May 1, 2010.
Recently the new iPad hit the stores and the tech world is upended yet again. Not since the release of the iPod in 2001 has there been such excitement around a piece of new technology. No, wait! There was the iPhone in 2007. But that was only three years ago! These products are the hallmarks [...]