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What’s an ITF?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

I’m so glad you asked This year in addition to teaching 7th and 8th grade history and an Upper School US History class, I will be the ITF for the middle school history department. ITFs (that stands for Instructional Technology … Continue reading →

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Skype Me a Story: NCAIS Masters Teachers Connect and Collaborate

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

Skype:   Ravenscroft Lower School 5th Grade & The Piedmont School 2ndGrade Click the link below to view the Voicethread:  http://ravenscroft.ed.voicethread.com/book.swf?b=2079998 NCAIS Master Teachers, Cindy Fordham (Ravenscroft LS Technology) and Amy Timmons (2nd Grade Instructor, The Piedmont School) connected Wednesday morning using Skype to share and collaborate with animal … Continue reading →

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Skype Me a Story: Ravenscroft Lower School and Parish Episcopal in Texas Share Student Writing

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

Have I mentioned that every day in the Lower School computer lab is an adventure? Well it is and it was on Thursday morning.  I couldn’t wait to get to school.  We were Skyping, or maybe I should say that … Continue reading →

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Inviting Students to Work Alongside Us

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

When I was an undergraduate, one of my professors invited a law student and I to be co-authors of some entries he was writing for the Dictionary of American History. (You can view the entry on search and seizure.) I’m sure he … Continue reading →

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Back to Schools and I Hit the Ground Running…..

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

This week I finally got a mini tech lab set up in my resource room.  I’ve got three desktop and two laptop pc’s, five Wacom digital tablets and five USB headsets.  It is a little cramped, especially for my south … Continue reading →

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Blog for every classroom

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

Here is interesting blog post from Derrick Willard, Head of the Science Department at Providence Day School. He shares his thinking about why every classroom should have a blog. See a brief piece below. So, why would you use a blog to … Continue reading →

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Handing Over the Reigns

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

Overheard in my high school blended learning class last week… How do you teach someone something without just telling it to them? I want to play a game, but what if everyone else plays games in their lessons and people … Continue reading →

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My Project Idea-Josh Thornton

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

My idea for the Master Teacher Project is to create Mathcasts using quicktime, Voice Thread and digital tablets.  I have to admit that this idea has evolved in the past two hours thanks to Matt Scully.  I am not sure … Continue reading →

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Meet the Master Teachers

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

We have just finished up an exhilarating 3 days of work and collegiality.

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The Math of Chemistry

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

I am very excited to see how my students will respond to having VoiceThread tutorials to help them learn the math of chemistry.  My plan is to cover such topics as Percent Composition, determining Empirical and Molecular Formulas, as well … Continue reading →

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