Last year another teacher and I were the recipient of an SBISD Power to Learn grant! Through that grant we were able to purchase 81 iTouch devices to use with our fifth graders. I learned so much about the power of hand-held devices in classrooms! I saw excitement and authentic learning and discovery takeing place. I saw students motivated to use and explore through them. And now, thanks to our trials and tribulations, the district is moving forward with their technology plan!
In the coming years all SBISD schools will receive up-to-date technology for student use. Next year, MWE will be one of the schools receiving iTouches and Netbooks. It will be an exciting time of learning and exploring together. It definitely changed the way I thought about teaching and how best to reach my students. I am excited to be a part of taking what I have learned and making it better and more engaging over the next school year.
So, here I go learning, once again, that the "tools" out there on the "Web" are ever changing! I am always open to learning and trying new things. And that way I hope to guide my students in their learning by showing them the great things that they can use and create while learning.
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Is it summer yet?
Could this year BE any crazier? Hurricane Ike, Houston flooding, and now swine flu! WOW!
I am amazed at the resiliency of the students of Houston schools! They have kept up without batting an eye! Out of school for 2 weeks? No problem! Streets flood and school closes for a day? Great! And yet my fifth grade students, as well as the other grade levels at my school, continue to perform with great success on TAKS and in the classroom. Other than some pent up energy from either lack of sleep or being cooped up without recess, my week went as expected.
With the presence of this virus lurking in schools not far from me, I cannot wait for the end of the school year! I just hope most of us can escape with out contracting it, and the school officials keep doing the right thing. I don't envy the decisions our leaders will have to make in the coming weeks.
Remember: wash your hands, cover your mouth, and keep your han-i-tizer (my friend's little one combined hand sanitizer) close by!
I am amazed at the resiliency of the students of Houston schools! They have kept up without batting an eye! Out of school for 2 weeks? No problem! Streets flood and school closes for a day? Great! And yet my fifth grade students, as well as the other grade levels at my school, continue to perform with great success on TAKS and in the classroom. Other than some pent up energy from either lack of sleep or being cooped up without recess, my week went as expected.
With the presence of this virus lurking in schools not far from me, I cannot wait for the end of the school year! I just hope most of us can escape with out contracting it, and the school officials keep doing the right thing. I don't envy the decisions our leaders will have to make in the coming weeks.
Remember: wash your hands, cover your mouth, and keep your han-i-tizer (my friend's little one combined hand sanitizer) close by!
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