http://mswecker.edublogs.org It's all that exists between you and a new experience. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:57:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some very clever Roanoke County students created this very informative video about safety rules. DINO SAFETY   http://mswecker.edublogs.org/2008/10/03/safety-wise/ Roanoke County Schools have only been in session for a few days but the teachers are fired up about using technology to connect with learners around the world.  Here's just a sampling of what the teachers I work with are up to: The Oreo Cookie Project - Both Mrs. Clifford and Ms. Zebosky from ... http://mswecker.edublogs.org/2008/09/03/whats-going-on/ The 2008-09 school year is just around the corner and promises to be action packed and full of adventure. Here's a run down of just a few highlights! ACTIVboards ACTIVboards have been added to each elementary classroom and many of the secondary classrooms. YIPPEE!! This fabulous tool will transform your classroom ... http://mswecker.edublogs.org/2008/08/05/fasten-your-seatbelts/ A small group of ITRTs gathered at the DOE this week to learn how to use data gathered from standardized tests to support teaching and learning.  Not necessarily a setting where you'd expect a discussion about Blogging to begin. The workshop was informative. We spent a good deal of time analyzing test data ... http://mswecker.edublogs.org/2008/05/28/driving-data/ TAG! You're it!! I was scrolling back through a week of Twitters tonight when I discovered that I'd missed a tweet from fellow ITRT, Tina Coffey.  Tina tagged me with a meme...a Passion Quilt.  By accepting the meme, I need to share why I'm passionate about teaching with technology.  I also ... http://mswecker.edublogs.org/2008/02/25/meme-passion-quilt/ I was playing with Tumblr this morning and trying to figure out how to post a video clip on my page.  I headed over to Voicethread to grab one of the threads I've created and when I logged in, I found a brand new Voicethread in my panel. One of the ... http://mswecker.edublogs.org/2008/02/01/a-snow-day-discovery/ Last weekend, Tina Coffey, fellow ITRT and a field reporter for GenTech, interviewed me for <gasp> my very first Podcast!  We discussed many aspects of the ocean unit I've been involved with lately.  Since I can talk about the ocean all day,  it was easy to talk about this project.   It was ... http://mswecker.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/a-field-report/ I had the opportunity to teach students across the Roanoke Valley about the ocean last week.  That's not an unusual statement for a teacher to make. After all, we work with students all the time and if we're lucky, we get to teach about the things we love.What made these ... http://mswecker.edublogs.org/2007/11/26/connecting-different-worlds/ Our regional Teacher Training Institute was held last weekend at the CATCE center in Franklin County, VA. 85 educators gave up most of their weekend to learn how to effectively use technology-rich lessons with their students. I ran sessions on Digital Story Telling, a teaching technique that is near and ... http://mswecker.edublogs.org/2007/11/06/the-fall-2007-teacher-training-institute/ I've  had my blog for quite some time...well, weeks anyway.  I've kept it all to myself because I have no blog confidence at all.  I haven't told my colleagues, I haven't told my students. If no one knows it is here, I can just blog away and no one will  know...no ... http://mswecker.edublogs.org/2007/10/09/the-reluctant-blogger/