ipad in education training

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/50-resources-for-ipad-use-in-the-classroom/16126

Book summary by artist

This would be a great assessment product for English Bs.

9 year old's blog

I came across a link to a 9 year old's blog.  She blogs about her school lunch and collects money for meals for underprivileged children.  Wow! She rocks!

http://neverseconds.blogspot.com

links for teachers

Screencast-o-matic         http://screencast-o-matic.com
One-click screen capture recording on Windows or Mac computers with no install for FREE! Just click to record.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669986/animated-gifs-of-a-pop-up-book-for-adults#2
Pop-up-book pages that kids can make

10 Great tools for teachers: http://www.fractuslearning.com/2012/06/08/tools-tech-savvy-teachers/

https://vialogues.com/   join video and dialogues

InDesign CS5

Books to learn InDesign CS5 Sandee Cohens Quickstart Visual Guide also lynda.com

this is way cool

http://www.cuesa.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/a_orig_size/lexicon_biodiversity.jpg

Students can participate by adding a word to the site - The Lexicon of Sustainability:  http://www.lexiconofsustainability.com/

Home Sweet Home

http://www.sweethome3d.com/SweetHome3DOnline.jsp

online interior design application

Scratch

https://sites.google.com/a/pftsta.jppss.k12.la.us/powerskillsmaher/home/programming
http://nebomusic.net/scratch.html

fiction to reality timeline

Via: attsavings.com

links

Greenfoot http://www.greenfoot.org/door (teach and learn Java)
Teacher Ben   http://teacherben.com/ (good resource)

Making movies . . .

http://www.electronichouse.com/images/slideshow/director_chair.jpg

I think that making movies is going to be my "new" thing.

http://www.makemovies.co.uk/lessons/lessons_frame.htm
http://www.makemovies.co.uk/
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ict/contents_multimedia.htm

where are the books?

Courtesy of: Schools.com

corkboard.me

My Corkboard for my SAT students.

http://corkboard.me/OaoZMDi7NM

a quote

http://www.onlinemathtutor.org/help/wp-content/uploads/math-cartoon-02122009.gif

"As a general rule, teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say." by Unknown

So cute. . .

Dirt Devil-The Exorcist from MrPrice2U on Vimeo.

Can't wait to use this in the fall with my English B students - hahahahaha

Graduation

June 22, 2011 Middle Years Graduation

Wednesday, June 22 marked our first graduation ceremony at the new school. We are an MYP Candidate school and as such we had our first Middle Years graduation.

The students chose a teacher to speak at the ceremony. I was honoured to be that teacher. My speech is here.


Oh yeah, I also made the program.

stop motion

http://mildlymelancholy.blogspot.com/2010/10/lets-see-if-this-works.html#comments

upcoming event . . .

Oeiras International School will be hosting a summer festival on June 17.

If you are in Portugal, please stop by!!!!

(oh yeah, I made the poster;-)

This sings of the IB Learner Profile

I would like to share this TED Talks with each of you. The speaker is Barry Schwartz-Psychologist. According to the blurb on TED Talks, “Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for "practical wisdom" as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.”

When I watched this insightful presentation, I thought about the IB Learner Profile and how important it is. I liked his ideas of celebrating moral exemplars and acknowledging people. I agree with him when he says that we should act as moral exemplars to the people we are mentoring.

He’s right when he says that as teachers, we are always teaching; someone is always watching!

I especially liked it when he talked about being virtuous and people wanting to do the right thing, in the right way and for the right reason!

I think this sings the IB Learner Profiles.

Make yourself a cup of tea or pour a glass of wine and sit back and enjoy (video is approx 21 min). Enjoy!

More about videos - oh yeah and important blogs and bloggers;-)

What does joy have to do with learning? Well,just about everything. To read this amazing blog post by Dean Shareski: http://ideasandthoughts.org/2011/02/17/what-does-joy-have-to-do-with-learning/

Oh, Wow! Videos - my new favourite thing!