Birdville ISD Digital Learning Lab: Connecting via Remind

Birdville ISD Digital Learning Lab: Connecting via Remind: Remind is a free and popular app allowing educators to safely send messages and communications to students and parents. The app organizes...

Ninja Reflections on Education: Negativity Kills Creativity

Ninja Reflections on Education: Negativity Kills Creativity: I like to think that I'm a creative teacher who really strives to try out of the box ideas to make my classroom as fun and exciting as p...

South East Asia Map Exercise 6th Grade

Using the following map tools, create a South East Asia Map and include the following.

1.  All Countries are labeled correctly.
2.  All names of Countries are spelled correctly.
3.  Check non-renewable and renewable resources are checked for accuracy.
4.  Color Code:  your map using a different color for each natural disaster or include multiple maps to display this information.
5.  Create a map key using symbols for resources.
Label your map with these symbols on the correct country.

National Geographic Map

http://www.quizgeo.com/

http://worldmap.harvard.edu/

http://www.gmapgis.com/http://www.gmapgis.com/

http://quikmaps.com/

You may also utilize a paper map if you choose and use the resources above to assist in creating a map of South East Asia.  

Getting IT Right @ Voigt: Google Earth to Visualize A Paradise Called Texas

Our students are trying this at Dublin Intermediate this week and I am very excited to see how the students react.

Getting IT Right @ Voigt: Google Earth to Visualize A Paradise Called Texas: Have you ever found yourself reading a novel trying to visualize the setting in your mind? Wouldn't it be great if you could actually see ho...

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Communicating

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Communicating: 1. How Winning Teachers Use Communication http://www.schenectady.k12.ny.us/Communication/HowWinningTeachersUseCommunication.htm   ...

Biggest Takeaways from TCEA Area 10 and 11 Workshop

TCEA Area 10 and 11 conference started off on a great note with Carl Hooker challenging the audience to give students a voice and choice.  Carl also proposed for instructional leaders to consider the physical environment and shared how Google uses physical space to engage employees, which improves productivity.  How can we recreate our physical classroom and building space so that the environment is engaging and fun?  How can we give students a museum experience?  Why is this important?

Communication channels are everything.  Consider how your environment and communications have changed.  How do we create an environment to promote curiosity?   Audiences for communication has changed due to technology improvements.

My largest take away from the keynote was the very moving video created by students.  Carl's example of giving students a voice and choice was very moving and educators need to focus more on how students are allowed to communicate.

SCAN-We're Critical to Thinking: 10 Great Resources for 9/11 Activities

SCAN-We're Critical to Thinking: 10 Great Resources for 9/11 Activities: In less than 2 weeks, we will commemorate the 10 th Anniversary of September 11, 2001.   Most of us remember the day, where we were when w...