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Hello,It's been almost three years since I last wrote on this blog. Not sure exactly why I stopped.... my third child was born shortly after my last post, maybe that's why.... I found, what I think is a great way for students to integrate science vocabulary and demonstrate understanding of a science topic. The tools they used were Smart Recorder on their Netbooks, each student is fortunate

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Google Earth is a really fun place to play and explore. I discovered some kmz files a while back that I thought might be useful to teach some math concepts. I had GE installed on all the laptops in my room and placed the kmz file on our school server(simplest way for me). The students just had to click on the file and it would open to the placemarks created in the file. I had them write the

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I've tried to have discussions with my Grade8 Science classes this year and always felt that it was me who did all the talking, which is not a discussion. I'm not sure if if they are afraid to put themselves out there in front of their peers or if they have just been trained to be quiet and listen, or at least pretend to listen. Usually my questions elicit blank stares, but it turns out these

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Variety of Life

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Well not really a podcast with all the bells and whistles, but you can turn text into voice and embed it on a blog or wiki. Great application for 1:1 laptop schools with students that are non-readers. Here is my test with some osmosis notes I use for Grade 8 science. This site was shared on the chat forum last night from a live weekly edtech show : Women of The Web.

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Today we began a new unit on perimeter and area in grade6 math. I did a little survey to see wo could tell me what perimeter was and how to find the perimeter of a shape. 1 hand then 2 hands. okay. So they didn't really recall, at least in the short time I alotted. So I took out 6 brand spanking new digital cameras and told them to unpackage and get ready for use. They had no trouble with

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From Steve Hargadon's blog, creator of Classroom 2.0.Does this video remind you of anyone? The cycle of dependency is hard to break...

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Find more videos like this on Classroom 2.0I did a tutorial (if I do more I'll script/edit it better :))on how to use delicious tags to embed directly on a specific wiki page in wikispaces. There is great potential here to easily share sites specific to a unit. Also I use it to update a games page. When I come across something "good", I will tag the site with games and it shows up on my

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Image From: http://www.well.com/user/davidu/extinction.htmlSpecies are disappearing at an alarming rate.Humans are the cause. (not of extinctions, but of the rapid rate)Most people are aware.We do little.Business goes on as usual.Populations grow.Wants and needs grow."Only when the last tree is cut; only when the last river is polluted; only when the last fish is caught; only then will they

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For all the science teachers out there, there is a a new download from Microsoft that allows you to pan and zoom the universe. I'm not sure how it is different from GoogleEarth's Skyview, but still looks worth checking out and passing on to students so they can explore. The site opens this spring at http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/. I found out about it at TED Talks, an amazing site with

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This live feed traffic widget is really cool! Hello Toronto and Leicester!

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Well, It's been a long time since I used this blog. I don't know if blogging is really for me. I just seem be a consumer rather than a creator. But it did feel compelled to write today, so maybe there is hope for me! I don't know if anyone will read this or not, but it is a good way for me to reflect at this point in time. What's been going on.....Using voicethread, google earth, and

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I'm trying a web tool called voicethread with my Grade 6 science students. We are doing a unit on Variety of Life, and one of the topics covered in the unit is about adaptations. I decided to have the students select an organism of their choice, find copyright free images on the web and then do some research about the animal that answers the questions I set out for them. Also they are required to

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I'm amazed at the usefulness of a wiki to create a collaborative document. I was recently asked to part of a district science fair planning committee and to also do a presentation with a fellow teacher on probeware in the science classroom. I set up the private wikis in a few minutes, invited all the participants and within a couple of days our entire presentation was planned, edited and a list

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I teach middle school science and math in Richibucto, New Brunswick. I've been recently introduced to the blogosphere and the world of Education 2.0. So I have decided that I should stop lurking around actually try and produce something. Just a little background....Last year I attended a "Literacy and Learning for the 21st century" conference in Fredericton, where David Warlick was the keynote

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