tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48198329261790824542024-02-08T11:37:44.876-08:00L.I.T. (Literacy, Inquiry &Tech.) @ ROEElizabeth H. Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797495005559032887noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819832926179082454.post-55231530731925462292012-11-04T13:48:00.004-08:002014-02-28T09:27:10.249-08:00New Blog: edtechreflections.com<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Elizabeth H. Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797495005559032887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819832926179082454.post-18642107950679620772012-06-05T12:57:00.001-07:002014-02-28T09:29:17.835-08:00Summer Professional Learning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/bright-ideas/?utm_source=socmedia&utm_medium=updates&utm_campaign=tlg"><b>Bright Ideas for Summer </b>- ReadWriteThink</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/k12.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WykIldbpPJ0/T7DifKhWXvI/AAAAAAAABcY/jzK3MW9g-e8/s200/Google_apps_education.png" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am happy to say I have cleared the first hurdle in the process of becoming a Google Certified Educator after recently attending a 3-day Google Certification Academy in Huntsville,TX at </span><a href="http://www.esc6.net/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Region VI</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. After successfully surviving all 6 certification exams, I'm a <b>'Google Qualified' Educator,</b> which means I can take next steps toward becoming fully certified Google Apps EDU Educator & Trainer. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />Here's just one excellent example <a href="http://d97cooltools.blogspot.com/p/cooltools.html"><b>among many</b></a><b> </b>of the power of moving in this <b><a href="http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cloud-computing/cloud-computing.htm">cloud</a></b>-based direction--<b>Writing & Collaborative Revision</b><span style="color: #38761d;">. </span>View clip to see the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jPXOnTMp49A"><b>Growth of a Google Doc In the Eyes of an Elementary Student</b></a>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Drafts can be shared for both teacher and peer comments and suggestions.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> It is possible to embed f</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">eedback immediately at any point within students' work which is specific, interactive, and powerful! Teachers can gain assessment insights. As writers, students have a real sense of audience and community, and are motivated to read both their own and one another's work with a critical eye. Authentic experiences with digital citizenship and crafting 'academic' comments vs. social comments are also a benefit.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<li><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/googleapps.com/k12-guide-to-going-google/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Guide to Going Google</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.jeffutecht.com/become-a-google-apps-ninja"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Becoming a Google Apps Ninja</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://d97cooltools.blogspot.com/p/cooltools.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">GoogleDocs for Learning</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">(Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners)</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/92629651/Google-Drive-and-Docs-for-Teachers-2012" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Google Drive & Documents for Teachers</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">What Teachers Need to Know to Get Started <b>(E-Book by R. Byrne)</b></span></li>
<li><a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/05/02/google-launches-search-education-site-for-teachers-covering-lesson-plans-and-classroom-activities/?awesm=tnw.to_1EGXZ" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Google Launches 'Search Education'</a></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">More Collected Resources <b><a href="http://roelibrary.wikispaces.com/GoogleApps"><span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a> and<a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/google-docs-for-learning"> <span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a></b></span><br />
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<li><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2009/11/21st-century-educators-dont-say-hand-it.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">21st Century Educators Don't Say "Hand It In.''<br /><span style="font-size: large;">They say, "Publish it!"</span></a></b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">via </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/InnovativeEdu"><s style="background-color: white; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">@</s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">InnovativeEdu</span></a></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://catchingreaders.com/2012/05/06/interacting-with-our-interactive-whiteboard/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">[<b>Kindergarten:</b> Morning Message, Visual Texts, Blogging, & VoiceThread] </span></a></span></li>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://catchingreaders.com/2012/05/06/interacting-with-our-interactive-whiteboard/"><b>Inter</b><b>acting with Your Interactive WhiteBoard</b></a></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>via <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/CatchingReaders"><s style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">@</s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">CatchingReaders</span></a></span></ul>
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<li><a href="http://soxnevad.edu.glogster.com/bulletin-board" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">[Poster sharing great ways to GoogleApps for Learning]</a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://soxnevad.edu.glogster.com/bulletin-board">GoogleDocs for Learning</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span>Glogster</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://blog.edmodo.com/2012/04/30/free-download-digital-citizenship-poster/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Digital Citizenship</b> </span></a>[Edmodo]</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/free-scientific-method-posters">Scientific Method Posters</a></span> </b>[Scholastic]</span></li>
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</div>Elizabeth H. Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797495005559032887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819832926179082454.post-6801591698203634752012-05-03T05:11:00.003-07:002012-05-03T09:53:34.010-07:00VoiceThread Projects<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">Posted below are a few recent </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #38761d;">projects by 5th grade students using VoiceThread</b><span style="color: #38761d;">.</span><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">VoiceThread allows the creation and sharing of interactive multimedia albums or slideshows. By uploading images, documents, or videos, creators or viewers can comment on any slide by typing, recording an audio or video comment, or drawing on the image itself. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">Students have recorded presentation narration and reflective comments</span><a href="http://roe5.ed.voicethread.com/?#q.b1494251.i7965451" style="background-color: white; color: #0033ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">about their work. They give and receive voice and text feedback from not only their peers, but also the wider ROE school community. This helps to develop greater awareness of audience for their learning products as it expands into engaging online discussion and extends outside classroom walls.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b><br />More Classroom Possibilities from </b><a href="http://voicethread.com/?#q" style="color: #0033ff; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">VoiceThread Digital Library EDU</a></span><br />
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;"><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://voicethread.com/?#q.b56011.i289587" style="color: #0033ff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">book reviews</a> and sharing <a href="https://voicethread.com/share/2027643/">'good fit' books</a></b></li>
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<li style="font-family: trebuchet, arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://voicethread.com/?#q.b141899" style="color: #0033ff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">math problem solving</a></b></span></li>
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<li style="font-family: trebuchet, arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://voicethread.com/?#q.b346039.i1835129" style="color: #0033ff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">student portfolio</a></b></span></li>
<li style="font-family: trebuchet, arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://voicethread.com/share/1587525/">writing: show-don't tell</a><br /><br />[About </span><a href="http://voicethread.com/about/library/" style="color: #0033ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">VoiceThread Digital Library</a> and <a href="http://voicethread.com/#c28">Tutorials</a><b> ]</b></li>
</ul>Elizabeth H. Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797495005559032887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819832926179082454.post-83865040288606730532012-05-03T05:08:00.001-07:002012-05-03T08:11:31.876-07:00VoiceThread: Overpopulation of Animals<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://roe5.ed.voicethread.com/share/2794508/">Overpopulation of Animals</a> </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">by Maysen & Atiana</span>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="https://roe5.ed.voicethread.com/share/2985414/"><span style="font-size: large;">Inquiry Projects on United States Symbols</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></a></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">[Reflections & VoiceThread Discussion </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">by Mrs.Goodman's 5th Graders]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Consistent practice of keyboarding skills leads to greater speed, accuracy, and general productivity when using technology tools for learning, communication, and collaboration. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kids can continue to develop 'home row' proficiency through a range of online lesson</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">sequences and interactive games. See many keyboarding practice options on </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://roetechtoolbox.weebly.com/keyboarding.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">ICT @ROE site</a><b>. </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One example is </span><a href="http://funschool.kaboose.com/gamesFiles/flash/kaboose/spidertyper/spidertyper.swf" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">'<b>SpiderTyper</b></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.' Type (letters at the easy level and words at more advanced levels) on chameleons as they crawl across the tree branches. Can you type quickly and accurately enough so the spider climbing up on the other side escapes the slurping chameleons?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At bottom of Keyboarding <a href="http://roetechtoolbox.weebly.com/keyboarding.html"><b>page</b></a>, find also a list of links for online <b>Paint </b>sites,<b> </b>such as<b> <a href="http://canvastic.net/assets/codes/Canvastic_up.swf">Canvastic</a> </b>and<a href="http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/" style="font-weight: bold;"> </a><b><a href="http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/">Artpad Digital Canvas</a></b> (see a replay of your painting process).These are great not only for creative expression but for development of <b>mouse and touchpad skills</b> too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">How well do you know your keyboard shortcuts? These are a great way to speed up your work! Check out our hallway <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elizabetheastman/7119475595/in/photostream"><b>display </b></a>and enter the quiz </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">challenge </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">created by Mrs. Richardson in the ROE Library!</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://roetechtoolbox.weebly.com/keyboarding.html"><b>Keyboarding: </b>ICT @ROE</a> [
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/levels/level1.shtml"><b>DanceMat Typing</b></a></span></li>
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<br />Elizabeth H. Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797495005559032887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819832926179082454.post-77057653210315604002012-04-13T04:34:00.000-07:002012-04-16T06:05:22.128-07:00Digital Storytelling with Storybird<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">“Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories that are curiously fun to </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">make, share, and read. Teachers love them because they inspire their </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">most reluctant writers and readers and reward their most </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">adventurous. Kids adore them because they feel empowered by the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tools and supported by the social feedback.” </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(</span><a href="http://storybird.com/teachers"><b>storybird.com/teachers</b></a><span style="font-size: 12px;">). </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Here a few recent digital stories created in </span><a href="http://storybird.com/books/about-us-a-peek-inside-storybird/" style="background-color: white; color: #0033ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><b>Storybird</b></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 12px;">by ROE 2nd graders:</span></span></span><br />
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<li><a href="http://storybird.com/books/maya-10/?token=2dcvz9#c1269367" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">Maya</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">by Orian</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">More resource links <a href="http://roetechtoolbox.weebly.com/digital-storytelling.html" style="color: #0033ff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><b>HERE</b></a></span>Elizabeth H. Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797495005559032887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819832926179082454.post-73424989018655595852012-04-01T05:32:00.004-07:002012-04-01T05:53:44.004-07:00ROE IBPYP Exhibition 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Links to student projects are available on the <a href="http://exhibitionroe.weebly.com/index.html"><b>Exhbition 2012 website</b>.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">& check out some also in our <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elizabetheastman/7030841539/in/photostream/">hallway display</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ROE students are involved with research investigations across the curriculum and throughout the year. View the <a href="http://screenr.com/uPS8"><b>screencast</b></a> and screenshots below for recommended online resources that are especially supportive and helpful not only for our developing readers, but also our intermediate students too, as they encounter online sources at higher ranges of complexity. We have recently used </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">WorldBook Kids, Nettrekker, and PebbleGo</span> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">with 2nd grade students' recent research into <a href="http://riveroaks2.weebly.com/who-we-are.html"><b>human body systems</b></a> and Kindergartners' ongoing study of <a href="http://riveroakskinder.weebly.com/sharing-the-planet.html"><b>living things</b></a>. Each one of these has embedded audio support features, embedded dictionaries, and interactive information in a range of formats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These resources require passwords for at-home access. Click <a href="http://inquirytecheastman.blogspot.com/2011/11/online-resources.html"><b>here</b></a> for a downloadable brochure, and look for password reminders in upcoming ROE News. (Contact <a href="mailto:eeastman@houstonisd.org">Ms. Eastman</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ROE students</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> a</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">re developing and applying an array of reading, writing and research skills in the context of our IB Program of Inquiry by using the </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.iimresearch.com/teacher_lounge/archives_strategies.php#nonfiction_writing_activities">IIM</a> research process</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. They </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">are becoming increasingly independent researchers as a result of teachers' effective guidance within<b> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JCcQ3Hw-7cDwU1Yhi6Pm66LxW1s34vCoNrW1cU6_Fi8/edit" target="_blank">Units of Inquiry across the year</a></b>. As one example---</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2nd graders investigated the systems at work within the human body within the IBPYP theme of "</span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://riveroaks2.weebly.com/who-we-are.html">Who We Are</a></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">." </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Taking <b><a href="http://roelibrary.wikispaces.com/Note-Taking">notefacts</a> </b>and citing sources.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Understanding concept of plagiarism and ways to avoid it.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://amscoextra.blogspot.com/2010/05/teaching-students-to-paraphrase.html">Teaching Students to Paraphrase</a> via Amsco Extra!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Celebrate Dr. Seuss! March 2nd is his birthday. Can you guess who these characters are from their silhouettes? Do some research in the ROE library by checking out one of our many books by this extraordinary author.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.seussville.com/#/author">About Dr. Seuss</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/">The Cat in the Hat:</a> PBSkids.org</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/150448443771840694/">30 Dr. Seuss Quotes that can Change Your Life!</a> (Infographic)</span></li>
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<br />Elizabeth H. Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797495005559032887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819832926179082454.post-3267296771539323402012-02-13T10:22:00.002-08:002012-02-13T10:23:30.396-08:00ROE Scholastic Book Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Elizabeth H. Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797495005559032887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819832926179082454.post-39130855930117845482012-01-25T04:54:00.000-08:002012-01-25T14:45:28.602-08:00Celebrate the 100th Day!<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our <span style="font-size: large;">100th day of school</span> is January 31st! Here are a few resources with worthwhile learning activities connected to this event:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /><a href="http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=100th+day">SMARTExchange: 100th Day</a> (SMART Notebook file downloads)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SMART Exchange is searchable database of notebook files. Filter your search by standard, subject, topic, and grade level. Preview and download files which can be used as is or adapted and customized for your students. </span><br />
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<li><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/celebrate-100th-school-20631.html">Read-Write-Think</a></b></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.brainpopjr.com/math/numbersense/onehundred/preview.weml" style="font-weight: bold;">BrainPop Jr</a> clip with </span><a href="http://www.brainpopjr.com/math/numbersense/onehundred/grownups.weml" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Teacher & Family Activities</b></a></li>
<li><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SplatSquares/splatsq100.html">Splat Squares</a> & <a href="http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SplatSquares/splatre100.html">Reveal</a></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (interactive 100s chart)</span></li>
<li><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://highland2011.edu.glogster.com/100th-day/">100th Day: Glogster </a></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />Pinterest:</b> <b><a href="http://pinterest.com/jnase1/100th-day-activities/">100th Day Activities</a> </b>Board<br /></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.technologybitsbytesnibbles.info/archives/6453?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+technologybitsbytesnibbles%2FAZit+%28Technology+Bits%2C+Bytes+%26+Nibbles+from+Cyndi+Danner-Kuhn%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">Best Guides to Figuring out Pinterest</a></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://inquirytecheastman.blogspot.com/2011/08/creating-virtual-pinboards-with.html">My previous post on Pinterest</a></b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1st graders used TuxPaint and Micosoft Word to create these descriptive writing projects as part of their study of communities under the theme '<b><a href="http://riveroaks1.weebly.com/how-we-organize-ourselves.html">How We Organize Ourselves</a></b>.' </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Click tabs at top to scroll through just a few examples, and click magnifer at bottom left of window to zoom in.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> These are authentic pieces of 1st grade work, and thus are not perfectly edited. They represent the ongoing development of writing skills with 1st graders.<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://tuxpaint.org/download/windows/"><b>TuxPaint</b></a> is a free and families can download it at home too. Students applied touchpad and keyboarding skills. <b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">They didn't draw these with a mouse! </span></b>They also connected back to their earlier study of maps this year in order to create a bird's eye view of the community they wrote about and 'painted.' They used a variety of brush and line sizes, and explored stamps, and 'magic' effects too. </span>Elizabeth H. Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797495005559032887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819832926179082454.post-60470563153518287182012-01-09T14:19:00.000-08:002012-01-10T19:05:28.538-08:00Adaptations<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What do <b>4th Graders </b>in Ms. Waugh's classroom observe and wonder about how animals adapt physically and behaviorally to their environments? We used these images as a way to introduce and engage students with this concept. Listen and look at this VoiceThread to hear students' comments and discussion about several different organisms.<a href="https://voicethread.com/share/2516693/"> <b>View full screen here</b></a> & see further project details <b><a href="http://riveroaks4.weebly.com/waugh.html">here. </a></b></span><br />
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if the next Steve Jobs is sitting in your classroom right now?</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(Wanderings)</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qvJ1lPJdHE" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Become a Gmail Jedi Webinar</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> & </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M4Klb4p-rAW8Bb7avwSXudQ_vVreX_zqNpoGKbtrUEI/edit?hl=en_US#heading=h.c9fqlkb104yo" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Outline</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Cory Pavicich)</span></span>Elizabeth H. Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797495005559032887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819832926179082454.post-35119607298525674302011-11-09T04:30:00.000-08:002011-11-09T14:46:08.185-08:00Online Learning Resources<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Searchasaurus has the capability of easily narrowing searches by format type. <b>Lexile levels for readability</b> are listed next to each article. 5th graders are able to determine immediately whether an article is within a 750-950 range that is typical for grade-level text, or will offer a greater or lesser challenge to them. They can <b>sort by 'Date Descending'</b> (pull-down option at top right of screen) and view articles with most current ones now at top. They are also easily creating <b>citations</b> with the source information readily listed at the top of each article, as well as using<b> <a href="http://roelibrary.wikispaces.com/Citing+Sources">Bibme</a></b> to create citations independently. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Searchasaurus is just one of many excellent online resources available to our students as part of </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="http://roelibrary.wikispaces.com/Databases+for+Research">HISD subscriptions</a>.</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Download or print the brochure above and visit the </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="http://roelibrary.wikispaces.com/Databases+for+Research">ROE Library site</a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;"> for additional options to access high-quality learning resources for students' projects and assignments! (A printed brochure including necessary unpublished passwords will be coming home with students this week).</span>Elizabeth H. Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797495005559032887noreply@blogger.com0