The Wonderment of the Timeline
This is a timeline template built in MS Excel and can be used to create a timeline for class assignments. It works quite well, with one LARGE exception, no dates before 1900. All instructions are included on the template sheet.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
1:1 Update
Update on 1:1 work
Over spring break Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Large, Mrs. Huegerich, and Mr. Hehr all visited Westside High in Omaha Nebraska. Westside has been implementing a 1:1 for 5 years, this year moving into the 8th grade as well as 9-12. The school support 2500+ student laptops. This was a very enlightening experience and I was blown away by the great integration strategies I saw and the complete openess of student education. I only hope that a SHCSD laptop initiative would be as successful as the one that was visited. More visits and workshops are planned for other teachers to see how we need to teach in a 21st Century classoom.
A 1:1 laptop committee was started to help brainstorm and think about implementing a 1:1 at South Hamilton. Ten teachers and administrators were selected to be a part of this descision making group. They will tackle many differnet topics and questions that have yet to be solved. There are many questions yet to be answered; insurance? Professional Development? Legality? Internet in homes? I hope that as a committee these questions can be answered.
My hope is to present my final proposal to the School Board at the May meeting. There will be much more information to come out on this topic, please check back for more posts about the 1:1 here at SHCSD.
Over spring break Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Large, Mrs. Huegerich, and Mr. Hehr all visited Westside High in Omaha Nebraska. Westside has been implementing a 1:1 for 5 years, this year moving into the 8th grade as well as 9-12. The school support 2500+ student laptops. This was a very enlightening experience and I was blown away by the great integration strategies I saw and the complete openess of student education. I only hope that a SHCSD laptop initiative would be as successful as the one that was visited. More visits and workshops are planned for other teachers to see how we need to teach in a 21st Century classoom.
A 1:1 laptop committee was started to help brainstorm and think about implementing a 1:1 at South Hamilton. Ten teachers and administrators were selected to be a part of this descision making group. They will tackle many differnet topics and questions that have yet to be solved. There are many questions yet to be answered; insurance? Professional Development? Legality? Internet in homes? I hope that as a committee these questions can be answered.
My hope is to present my final proposal to the School Board at the May meeting. There will be much more information to come out on this topic, please check back for more posts about the 1:1 here at SHCSD.
Bloom's Taxonomy Redux
The Wonderment of the changing student mind
One of the many reasons that we are looking at giving every 7th-12th grader a laptop is because the minds of students are changing and how we educate them also needs to be changed. For years (since the 50's to be exact) understanding and learning has been placed on a continuum called Bloom's Taxonomy. Educators were asked where does the students' level of learning fall in Bloom's Taxonomy?
Bloom's Taxonomy circa 1956
Knowledge: Recall data or information.
Comprehension:Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.
Application: Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the work place.
Analysis:Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences.
Synthesis: Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.
Evaluation: Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.
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Bloom's Revised Taxonomy:
Remembering: Recalling information
Understanding: Explaining ideas or concepts
Applying: Using information in another familiar situation
Analyzing: Breaking information into parts to explore understandings and relationships
Evaluating: Justifying a decision or course of action
Creating: Generating new ideas, products, or ways of viewing things.
Allowing students to create and evaluate based on their levels of understanding gives educators a clear picture of weather the student is on the right track or re-teaching will be required. Below is a great little piece on Bloom's Taxonomy in a digital natives world of learning.
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A Take on Bloom's Digital Taxonomy:
Andrew Churches has taken Bloom’s taxonomy, which was written and developed in the 1950s and adapted it to modern day instructional technology. The end result is a 44-page document uploaded by Churches to Scribd and free to download and read at your leisure.
Blooms Digital Taxonomy v2.12
More links to further learn about Bloom's Taxonomy and other references used:
More on Bloom's Taxonomy
The Digital Native (wiki article)
Digital Natives
Scott Church
One of the many reasons that we are looking at giving every 7th-12th grader a laptop is because the minds of students are changing and how we educate them also needs to be changed. For years (since the 50's to be exact) understanding and learning has been placed on a continuum called Bloom's Taxonomy. Educators were asked where does the students' level of learning fall in Bloom's Taxonomy?
Bloom's Taxonomy circa 1956
Knowledge: Recall data or information.
Comprehension:Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.
Application: Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the work place.
Analysis:Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences.
Synthesis: Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.
Evaluation: Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.
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Bloom's Revised Taxonomy:
Remembering: Recalling information
Understanding: Explaining ideas or concepts
Applying: Using information in another familiar situation
Analyzing: Breaking information into parts to explore understandings and relationships
Evaluating: Justifying a decision or course of action
Creating: Generating new ideas, products, or ways of viewing things.
Allowing students to create and evaluate based on their levels of understanding gives educators a clear picture of weather the student is on the right track or re-teaching will be required. Below is a great little piece on Bloom's Taxonomy in a digital natives world of learning.
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A Take on Bloom's Digital Taxonomy:
Andrew Churches has taken Bloom’s taxonomy, which was written and developed in the 1950s and adapted it to modern day instructional technology. The end result is a 44-page document uploaded by Churches to Scribd and free to download and read at your leisure.
Blooms Digital Taxonomy v2.12
Publish at Scribd or explore others: Academic Work Internet & Technolog Education-Teaching Business-Annual-Repo
More links to further learn about Bloom's Taxonomy and other references used:
More on Bloom's Taxonomy
The Digital Native (wiki article)
Digital Natives
Scott Church
Monday, February 23, 2009
The Wonderment of JMC Student access
The Wonderment of JMC Student access
I have been asked many times by students to be able to check their own grades with JMC online access. So, I have added a link along the top of the SHCSD webpage called 7-12 Student Access. This link will allow students to watch their grades and check on their progress. If a student wants to get access to JMC they need to see Mr. Hehr or Mrs. Pulis (Office Secretary) and they can set up your account.
I have been asked many times by students to be able to check their own grades with JMC online access. So, I have added a link along the top of the SHCSD webpage called 7-12 Student Access. This link will allow students to watch their grades and check on their progress. If a student wants to get access to JMC they need to see Mr. Hehr or Mrs. Pulis (Office Secretary) and they can set up your account.
The Wonderment of Marketing
The Wonderment of marketing or Why Microsoft hates the world.
When MS unleashed their newest version of Office on the world they changed the fundamental base of how their files worked. By doing so they are forcing users to upgrade or find ways to open the new .docx/.xlsx/.pptx files. Not everyone has the money to go out and buy a new copy of Office (South Hamilton CSD included). So I have a solution.
If you are "blessed" enough to have the newest version of Office and are sending your friends, family, business associates .docx files you may have been causing those folks a lot of work. The easiest way to prevent issues and the dreaded.... I typed this assignment at home and I can't open it at school scenario is to use "Save-As"
When you create a document in Office 2007 (windows) or 2008 (OsX) go up to your File menu and choose Save-As. This will allow you to choose an older format (.doc) that most people will be able to open wiothout a lot of sweat or heartache. This will also also allow files to be moved back and forth to and from school. (These steps also work if you have Word Perfect or MS Works you would just save-as to .rtf)
But my suggestion to solve the problem is just get a new piece of software, and you can stick it to MS beacause it is completely free. Go to Open Office.org and download Open Office Suite, it has a Word processor, Presentation software, Spreadsheet software, and database software all for free and for ANY platform you can think of. Did I mention it is free? OF allows you to open and save MS word and many many many other word processing documents and edit and save them to a variety of other programs.
Of course there are many other things you can do downloading converts, buying more software, dig out the typewriter, or just handwrite papers. Just remember Just beacuse it is the newest doesn't mean it is the best, and just because MS makes it doesn't mean you HAVE to have it.
When MS unleashed their newest version of Office on the world they changed the fundamental base of how their files worked. By doing so they are forcing users to upgrade or find ways to open the new .docx/.xlsx/.pptx files. Not everyone has the money to go out and buy a new copy of Office (South Hamilton CSD included). So I have a solution.
If you are "blessed" enough to have the newest version of Office and are sending your friends, family, business associates .docx files you may have been causing those folks a lot of work. The easiest way to prevent issues and the dreaded.... I typed this assignment at home and I can't open it at school scenario is to use "Save-As"
When you create a document in Office 2007 (windows) or 2008 (OsX) go up to your File menu and choose Save-As. This will allow you to choose an older format (.doc) that most people will be able to open wiothout a lot of sweat or heartache. This will also also allow files to be moved back and forth to and from school. (These steps also work if you have Word Perfect or MS Works you would just save-as to .rtf)
But my suggestion to solve the problem is just get a new piece of software, and you can stick it to MS beacause it is completely free. Go to Open Office.org and download Open Office Suite, it has a Word processor, Presentation software, Spreadsheet software, and database software all for free and for ANY platform you can think of. Did I mention it is free? OF allows you to open and save MS word and many many many other word processing documents and edit and save them to a variety of other programs.
Of course there are many other things you can do downloading converts, buying more software, dig out the typewriter, or just handwrite papers. Just remember Just beacuse it is the newest doesn't mean it is the best, and just because MS makes it doesn't mean you HAVE to have it.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
More on 1:1
The Wonderment of 1:1 (cont.)
Apple has always been a big proponent of computers in education and has been at the front with curriculum initiatives and PD to help best integrate technology in the classroom. There have been schools that have gone before us that have already paved the way for 1:1 computing and working with Apple to make them work well. Apple has created a few videos to focus on some goo implementations with insightful reflective pieces. I have will post the link below.
Apple Education Videos
Apple has always been a big proponent of computers in education and has been at the front with curriculum initiatives and PD to help best integrate technology in the classroom. There have been schools that have gone before us that have already paved the way for 1:1 computing and working with Apple to make them work well. Apple has created a few videos to focus on some goo implementations with insightful reflective pieces. I have will post the link below.
Apple Education Videos
Monday, February 16, 2009
The Wonderment of Learning new tricks
The Wonderment of Learning new tricks
There is nothing better than learning something new that will help you get things done faster or more efficiently during your work day. I love finding new places to learn new bits of information, and I recently came across one that I have never seen before direct from Apple.
Apple has a great resource called the genius bar in every Apple store they open including the one in the Jordan Creek mall. This genius bar allows users to bring in there laptops/desktops/ipods in for help and service for Apple Geniuses. These folks are called geniuses for a reason and are (from my experiences) very knowlegable about many different topics, as long as they are Apple related. Apple has created a "virtual" genius bar with on-demand videos that will help you learn new tips and tricks to mac your computer do things quicker than you ever thought possible.
Apple Business Theater
There is nothing better than learning something new that will help you get things done faster or more efficiently during your work day. I love finding new places to learn new bits of information, and I recently came across one that I have never seen before direct from Apple.
Apple has a great resource called the genius bar in every Apple store they open including the one in the Jordan Creek mall. This genius bar allows users to bring in there laptops/desktops/ipods in for help and service for Apple Geniuses. These folks are called geniuses for a reason and are (from my experiences) very knowlegable about many different topics, as long as they are Apple related. Apple has created a "virtual" genius bar with on-demand videos that will help you learn new tips and tricks to mac your computer do things quicker than you ever thought possible.
Apple Business Theater
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