https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html

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If you are in need of a great character education video, try out “In the Classroom with David Robinson.” Robinson, a former NBA All-Star, speaks candidly and openly about some of the tough issues today’s kids face, including drugs, hate, racism and love.

22,000 teachers nationwide are already using In the Classroom with David Robinson. Here’s what a fellow California teacher has to say:

“Straightforward conversations about respect, sex, honesty, friendship, etc. that my kids need to hear.” Wendy Harrison, English Teacher, Tierra Buena, Yuba City

WHS STAFF,

Check out the release STAR TEST questions for this year’s STAR TEST.

Please review them with your classes.

ELA STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS for STAR TEST

SCIENCE STUDY QUESTIONS for STAR TEST

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqearthscience.pdf

SOCIAL STUDIES

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqgr11history.pdf

Math

From website:

Motivating teachers to use technology can sometimes be a challenge. TICAL cadre members Jim Scoolis, Becci Gillespie, and Lisa Gonzales share tried and proven steps you can take to get more of your teachers using technology more of the time.

* Presentation (6 minutes)

This free link sponsored by AOL has many activities and resources for students to practice and learn more about all subject areas. It pulls resources and links from many other sites.. ie Houghton Mifflin- Harcourt Brace—mainly geared towards k-8

I have seen some demos of this site and it should be very helpful for all of us

MOST PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT SINGING WHEN THEY THINK OF REVOLUTIONS but in Estonia song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, hundreds of thousands of Estonian people gathered to sing forbidden patriotic songs and rally for independence, risking their lives to proclaim their desire for a free Estonia. "The Singing Revolution" is a documentary film that tells the extraordinary story of the non-violent path Estonia took to free itself from Soviet occupation.

OF SPECIAL NOTE: The U.S. Library of Congress has requested a copy of the film for its archives, and the European Union Parliament, the U.S. Congress, and the White House have all held special screenings.

David

This is a demo of the student input devices that ren learning sells called 2know classroom response system

Here are some websites to look at and pass on to your colleagues.

Lots of math lessons and activities for key-12

Another math site

Site for students leaning chemistry

Webquest type activities. Lots of different subjects and levels. Great extension activity and/or class work. Highly recommended.

http://sketchup.google.com/vtutorials.html

www.GoogleLitTrips.com

CST / CAHSEE

Online Practice

&

K-12 Content Standard Web Links

www.linkstolearning.com

User Name: pajaroca

Password: preview

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Here is another one

Happy Holidays to all!

Betty ;-)

our new online Attendance has a feature that will allow us to report our grades online.

Use the same URL:

Attached is a Word Document that should assist you in reporting your grades. Please review the attachment, and if you have time check out the "Grades" Tab in the online attendance system.

We know the last day of school is Dec 21, 2007 for most of you, so we have given you some additional days to turn in your grades. PVUSD normally gives at least 3 days after the final for grade submission, but due to the Holidays

Here is the url I forgot to paste in:

Resources for teachers and students in high school from MIT! Check it out!

Share and enjoy!

Betty Geesman

The NJ Consortium for Middle Schools is pleased to announced the relaunch of our website, Educational Hotlinks for Middle School People.

With a new look and over 150 new sites added, this may be the biggest and best single spot for educational links on the web for middle school educators.

With over 69.000 hits in just over a year, many visitors agree. If you work with middle schoolers, or know someone who does, please check us out!

The NJ Consortium for Middle Schools is a Federally funded program and this website is provided as a public service, free of charge. No advertising.

I was searching for my students to provide them with typing practice at home and thought you might like these too.

Enjoy!

Betty ;-)

To Test Speed and Accuracy Score

Curriki Global Learning Community

have used Tumblebooks for quite some time with younger students. I have recently used them with older students.. You can find full length books and chapter books

Follow the path below

http://www.santacruzpl.org/

Click on TumbleBook Library under Young People’s Services

Someone had asked me about some links to learn more about Google Earth and some ways to integrate it into the curriculum. Tips and Tricks too. I thought perhaps some of you might be interested.

Betty ;-)

http://techchicktips.net/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Google+Earth+for+Teachers

http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/

http://ctap10.org/gfeportal

http://groups.google.com/group/ctap4teachertools/web/1st-session-day-1pm-google-earth

(fyi, For newer folks, Google Earth is a free download from Google for Macs or Windows machines)

Hi,

I recently heard about an exciting competition run by Google and thought you might be interested. It's called Doodle 4 Google, and it offers students all over the country the chance to design the Google logo, and perhaps have their artwork viewed by people all over the world.

The Doodle 4 Google theme is "What if...?" Here are some examples of what this could mean:

- What if...I could live underwater, or in outer space, or in Colonial America?

- What if...I could see into the future?

- What if...I could build any kind of invention I wanted?

But your students are encouraged to come up with their own ideas about this theme. The competition is open to K-12 students between 5 and 18. An expert panel will pick 40 finalists who'll be invited to a workshop with Google's official doodler, Dennis Hwang, at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. The U.S. public will vote for their favorites, and the winning design will replace the regular Google homepage on May 22, 2008. This champion doodler will receive a $10,000 college scholarship and his or her school will receive a $25,000 technology grant.

How to participate?

Please visit www.google.com/doodle4google. You'll find all the dates and resources you'll need to get your school involved, including detailed lesson plans to help incorporate the competition into your curricula. School registration closes on March 28th and doodle entries must be received by April 12th, 2008.

Good luck!

Yours sincerely,

Betty Geesman

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reetings All,

Unless something pressing comes up, this will probably be my last Friday Tech missive for awhile.

The reason?

Because I set up a Blog on which to post my content:

http://millertime.edublogs.org/

If you wish to continue receiving my tech contributions, then keep checking the address above whenever you think of it, or sign up for an email subscription, or an RSS feed. Don't know what an RSS feed is? Consult the "2.0 Web" button on my Blog.

I created the blog because I needed to keep a diary of reflections for my "Gaming & Simulations" master's course meeting in Second Life:

http://secondlife.com/

In addition, I had numerous District Liaisons ask to be kept informed about what I learn about learning from within a virtual world environment.

Most importantly, I wanted to have a place to post supportive technology links for the instructors at my school (currently under development).

Lastly, I wanted a place to share my technology musings (also under development).

If you, or an educator you know, is wanting a Blog, I have been happy with: http://edublogs.org/ They are a subsidiary of WordPress; however, give 100mb of free space rather than the 50mb of space that regular WP offers.

Here are some compelling reasons for educators to begin blogging if you do not wish to deal with the learning curve of web page creation:

http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to-use-your-edublog-to-teach/

I have posted my "21st Century Skills" and "Web 2.0" summaries in permanent pages linked to the top buttons. If you ever need to describe these terms to people, feel free to download and share them.

Also, if you have yet to see a Clustr Map, look at the one in my sidebar. There are only a few hits because it updates once per day and I only launched the Blog a few days ago, but you'll get the idea...a really simple yet visually cool idea!

This brings me to a Wiki offer I was given when I signed up for my edublog, and I'd like to share with you all:

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K

Although I have used and been VERY happy with Peanut Butter Wikis, http://pbwiki.com/ I could not pass up the opportunity to have a free upgrade to the plus package at Wikispaces:

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/pricing

What is a wiki? Refer to the "2.0 Web" button in my Blog.

Not sure if you will immediately use a wiki?

Sign up for the Plus plan anyway, play around with it, and imagine how you could use it in your classes when you decide you are ready.

By the way, did I mention that they are only giving away 100,000 plans and that they are already at 60,000?

Hopefully I'll see you(r comments) in my Techcellent Blogotage, Craig

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Hey Liaisons

I have had a few of you ask about that Did you know/Shift Happens video. It is a very large file, but you can get it off of our web page at http://www.pvusd.net/Departments/Business_Services/technology/tcip/index.html

It could be compressed to be much smaller, but who has the time? -D

I recently wrote a "Not So Tall Technology Tale" (Attached) to illustrate the rapid translation and sharing of media possible in our digital age. Little did I know at the time that something similar would actually happen to me in real life…

My mother and father called me cell to cell from Hawaii during my school’s winter break. I was in a cafe at the time. They told me to check out the webcam at Napili Kai resort where they were staying.

http://www.napilikai.com/webcam.html

As it turned out, the cool thing about this webcam is that it is user controllable. I jumped on the wireless connection in the cafe, and immediately took control.

As I was manipulating the camera, I directed my folks to the location I was viewing in real time.

I took a screenshot of them and immediately emailed it to their account.

After we hung up, they walked into the lobby in order to access the hotel's internet-connected computers.

They then downloaded, opened, and printed the photo that I had taken.

All this took less than 10 minutes.

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http://www.ctap4.org/math/testresources.htm

http://www.sdcoe.net/cahsee.asp

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