Image via Wikipedia The first day of the 2010 MLTI Summer Institute – Digital Citizenship Raising the Flag – Learn about Google Tools is over. It was a great day! At the start of the presentation the presenters discussed with us about the issues with Google not working well with the new MLTI image due… [Read more…]
July 24, 2010
This has been a very good week, I created my first website (for my classroom, I will be tweaking it until school starts) better that website than my blog. Getting over that “fear” I had about creating a website is very satisfying to me and using Google Sites was extremely easy. Maybe now I will… [Read more…]
July 22, 2010
Image via Wikipedia I am just a bit excited, I got my final confirmation email yesterday for the Digital Citizenship: Raising the Flag, the 2010 MLTI Summer Institute and the Google Tools Pre-Institute (sponsored by ACTEM) at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine. Why would something as relatively minor as going to a summer institute… [Read more…]
July 13, 2010
Cover via Amazon The other day I was going clicking on links in Twitter – As usual I clicked on Shelly Terrell’s Teacher Reboot Camp to read her blog post on Free E-books and Resources for Your Summer Reading! I am glad that I did, because several of the links looked very interesting and I downloaded… [Read more…]
July 13, 2010
Due to the problems I was having posting to my blog on Blogger last week and was making some changes to my Blogger blog. I was frustrated about it and then I got this tweet from Rich Byrne, someone whom I respect a lot because his knowledge of tech/blogging is a lot better/more than… [Read more…]
July 11, 2010
Re-posted from Blogger That is a question, I have really started to ask myself lately. I really believe that I am reading more today than I ever have in my life! I am either reading something on my laptop, iPhone, a book, a magazine, or reading the scroll bar on SportsCenter while I am listening… [Read more…]
July 10, 2010
Image by ~C4Chaos via Flickr Re-posted from Blogger. This week was hot and MUGGY in Maine most days were 90 degrees or higher. It made working outside difficult. So I was able to do some changes in my computing experience and learn a lot along the way. I temporarily (maybe?) switched to the Chrome browser… [Read more…]
July 1, 2010
Image by ecotist via Flickr Today is the first day of July, so what happened in the month of June that was monumental and stupendous? Let’s reflect back for a moment: Successfully completed my first year back to teaching REFLECTING ON MY RETURN TO TEACHING Was invited back to teach next year – I am a… [Read more…]
June 28, 2010
Image by gmayster01 …. via Flickr In my WHY WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO REALITY post yesterday, I expected some push back and received it in the form of the below Tweet from Joe Bower. http://j.mp/djH6yT <<if you think that makes sense then you need to read this http://j.mp/aIDEYJ & http://j.mp/cQc0IY#realismbreedsapathyabout 15 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone… [Read more…]
June 26, 2010
Re-posted from Blogger. Below is a list of my top 5 blog posts TEACHING AS AN ACT OF LOVE 8TH GRADE LTRS TO NEXT YEAR’S 7TH GRADE THINGS THAT ALL TEACHERS SHOULD KNOW TEACHING VERSUS PRESENTING MY TOP 10 LEARNING TOOLS FOR 2010 DO OR DO NOT, THERE IS NO TRY Number 5 & 6… [Read more…]
This blog focuses on teaching from a Special Education Teacher's perspective. I plan to provide my observations and/or insights into Special Education, English Language Arts, the help students receive in my Resource Room, pedagogical ideas and integrating technology/Web2.0 tools into the classroom.
My views have been molded by my experiences as a parent of a Special Education Student, a retired Coastie, teaching in a Special Purpose Private School and a Public School system.
July 28, 2010
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