This is a Training Podcast on using the New Microsoft Office 2007

This is a Training Podcast on using the New Office 2007

I am ready to think about changing the education of children beyond my four walls. What caused this change? Take a listen.

This is the first year I started all 100 kids on blogs and wiki's at the same time during the first week of school...how did it go? Take a listen.

I had a meeting during the first week of school to introduce the parents on our team to blogs, wikis, and podcasts. How did it go? Take a listen.

The first day of school is a special day for teachers and students. It sets the tone for the year. How do you set the tone on the first day of school? Do you smile and go out of your way to make the kids comfortable? or do you go out of your way to let them know who is in charge and focus on the class rules? After the first day are you kids excited about coming back for another day? or are they just thinking this is going to be another class like all the others. What do you do that is

This is the first podcast in over a month because I needed to upgrade for more storage space. It is not an enhanced podcast, but I'm sure it will be illuminating nonetheless. I was trying to figure out which content management system to use for The Academy of Discovery. I am still not sure if I picked the best one, but I am pretty confident that we are doing some great things. Check it out at http://academyofdiscovery.com.

Today I had tears in my eyes. Wallingford, CT's teacher of the year, Karen Ripa, gave a short presentation to all of the teachers on the eve of the 2007-08 school year. Just when I thought I could not listen to another opening day speaker Karen walked up. She gave a short presentation that include a summary of a story that she reads to her kids based on the story "Three Questions" by Leo Tolstoy, and showed a brief slide show with the song "The Children are Our Future" playing in the

How do you get a lesson to stick?I recently read Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. It was the last in the perfect trilogy of books I read this summer which also included The World Is Flat and A Whole New Mind. It is a book on why some ideas die, and others thrive. They explain how to make an idea “stick.” I wrote many notes as I read the book changing the context of their writing to be more in line with helping me plan a lesson rather than a marketing campaign. All of the ideas

(INTRO FIXED) What is the most underrated tool in a teacher's repertoire? Humor! It might be the most underused, disrespected, most misunderstood tool a teacher possesses. It might also be one of the most effective and easily taught tools. This podcast takes a serious look at humor and is my attempt to convince someone out there to use humor with kids more often this year. Tell me a joke! If you are reading this I want you to go to the comment section and leave a joke that makes

Do we give kids too many directions? Every year I get a class of kids who seemingly cannot operate without very explicit directions. They need to know where to go, when to go, how much, when to stop, quantity, quality, on and on... They are afraid to try something unless they have very detailed instructions which bring them right from the beginning through to the end product. They do not have any faith in themselves...they do not trust themselves enough to take a risk and be creative

Atenção pessoal! Mais um programa está no ar! E desta vez, podem acreditar, com muito mais técnica. Já estamos experientes. Novas entrevistas, mais uma rádio novela e tudo de interessante que acontece na E. M. Flávia Dutra e no Instituto Francisca de Souza Peixoto, na visão divertida, inteligente e original de nossas crianças. Diversão garantida para nossos ouvintes. Prof. Andréa

On Tuesday 17th July at 8.30 pm UK time began a web 2.0 Speed Dating style experience for a group oh High School teachers in New York, on a 3 day course with Sheryl Nussbaum Beach discussing the use of New Technologies in Education. Sheryl had in advance gathered together a group of Web 2.0 educationalists from around the world ( and Wales!!!!) - in the firing line were: Jen Wagner - http://www.technospud.com/blog/ Lisa Durff - http://durffsblog.blogspot.com/ Welsey Fryer -

The more that I think about doing something "different" in my classroom, the more that I feel that process should be transparent. Not just for my students and their parents, but also for my administrators. Principals, Assistant Principals, and even Super-Intendants should be aware that there is change happening in the classroom. They should also want that change to occur, meaning that they should actively support it. But the only way that this is going to happen is if we start advocating

Grade this podcast -- go ahead...I double dog dare you. A podcast about grades and assessments. Really, grade this podcast. But I want you to make a decision to grade it before you listen to it...not after. Notice what changes when you try to listen to this knowing you have to grade it...the same thing that happens when you try to learn something you know you will be graded on. I am serious, go ahead..grade this podcast. If you are a teacher you grade 1000's of assignments. This

Georgia's major message was for job candidates to:* Persevere * Be proactive * Contact more than one agency * Be resilient For further job seeker resources, look at: www.seek.com.au www.mycareer.com.au www.shldirect.com www.monster.com and institutional websites like universities where job placement and job seeking information is set up for graduates. LISTEN to the podcast. CLICK the Play button below...

Doug Belshaw from NextGen Teachers @ Ning Social Networks organised a Skype Conference on Sunday 13th May @ 6pm GMT. The meeting was well attended from both sides of the Atlantic : Doug Belshaw ( http://teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk/ ) Aaron Smith ( http://www.academicaesthetic.com/ ) as the token American voice. Ollie Bray ( http://www.olliebray.com/ ) from Scotland, Kristian Still ( http://btecnationalsinsport.wikispaces.com/ ) from Southampton, Joe Dale ( http://www.joedale.typepad.com/ )

Well, I may be going out on a limb with this one, but I have described in the podcast a level of discomfort with technology that goes beyond the simple immigrant/native debate. The fear and panic that is associated with technology in the classroom comes from Digital Ex-Patriots. These people (parents, teachers, administrators, etc.) are so sure of their anti-technology stance that they are actively pursuing a life (of education) away from technology integration. These are the people that we

The podcast episode is based upon the idea that teachers will listen to someone who has a lot of experience teaching without technology and then stumbled upon the effectiveness and authenticity of technology and became an advocate for change. They will not listen to someone who grew up with technology, and for who it naturally comes to. They need "one of their own kind" to bring them on board with the School 2.0 movement. I also decide that we need a School 2.0 plank in the 2008