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July 14, 2011

Use Google Calendar for Lesson Planning: Using Tech to Plan Your Day, Month, and School Year (in addition to everything else) - Tech Tips for Teachers

Get rid of your paper lesson plans, collaborate with your colleagues and have all of your information in one easy to reach location. Here is a great blog and video about using Google Calendar as your lesson planner.

15 Little-Known Ways Google Can Help Teachers And Students - Edudemic

A pretty good summary of 15 Little-Known Ways Google Can Help Teachers And Students - Edudemic


Science Stuff

Teachers--Please take a second to check out this great blog full of Science Stuff . It is a wonderful resource.


Edmodo | Secure Social Learning Network for Teachers and Students

A great site for secure learning.

Edmodo | Secure Social Learning Network for Teachers and Students



Please help us win this classroom grant!

Help me win a classroom grant from @WeAreTeachers by voting for my teaching idea


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July 10, 2011

What a great way to bring learning to life.

What a great idea! This blog is full of wonderful ideas. Please check it out. Click below to read the whole blog entry.

Technology, Teaching, and Talking: Intolerable Acts: "I am new to fifth grade this year, and I have to say this might be my favorite lesson of the year! I apologize there are no fancy pictures,..."

Stop Blaming the Teachers! by Dr. Jim Taylor

When did teachers become the bĂȘtes noir of public education? Why are they getting all the blame for America’s public education failings? Everywhere you look, people are piling on teachers as if they are at the root of all that is bad in our public education system. Even President Obama has gotten in the act, supporting the mass firing of teachers at a Rhode Island school that has been deemed “failing.”

Streamlining and Enhancing E-mail

Excerpt from Article:

Although the basics of e-mail involve simply sending, receiving, and reading messages, the "e-mail experience" can be streamlined and enhanced through the use of features common to most programs.

To learn more, please click: Streamlining and Enhancing E-mail by Jeffrey Branzburg

July 2, 2011

Required supplies for 5th grade

Please use this form to check off the supplies that you must have the first week of school.

Remember to submit the form when you are finished so that I will know who has gotten their supplies.



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