Marsha
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March, 2003
March 16, 2003
If all states are reviewing curriculum and establishing new standards, as is Minnesota, we educators are going to have to revisit some of our theoretical bases. Below are some links that might assist in doing so:
George Siemens has a good article dated March 13, 2003 titled "Thinking of the Learner"
http://www.elearnspace.org/cgi-bin/elearnspaceblog/archives/2003_03.html
This link will lead you to a listing of the various educational theories. Where do you fall in your thinking about education?
http://tip.psychology.org/theories.html
In the vein or more "fun" I came across a couple of links to museums around the world. There are links to museums we would never think about in the normal search, such as locomotive museums. One problem is that many of the links to countries where English is not the primary language the web pages are in the language of the native country. Some of the search engines will translate for you.
http://vlmp.museophile.com/
Marsha Rogers
Educational Technology Consultants
March 18, 2003
I just found a wonderful site. It's all about animals. And I couldn't wait until the weekend to send it to you.
http://www.animaltrial.com/
I would say it's a site best for students 4th grade and up, but all students can enjoy the really great animal pictures you can project in the classroom. The puzzles are fun and so are the quizzes. I spent way too much time here.
Marsha Rogers
Educational Technology Consultants
March 19, 2003 (Immediately after war was declared in Iraq)
With the events of last evening fresh, you will be finding students anxious to ask questions this morning and in the weeks to come.
TeachersFirst has put together a page that may be of help to teachers who will be facing difficult questions from students in the next few weeks and days. I strongly recommend you visit this site and check out what is there for all students. It provides age appropriate materials for you to use.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/iraq.html
May you have good information in the difficult days to come.
Marsha Rogers
Educational Technology Consultants
March 22, 2003
Many students like to play with codes. By using some of the ancient scripts on the pages at this site, they can create messages in Aztec, Phoenician or Hebrew. If you click on the "Extra Stuff" tab, Larry Lo has created a couple of games that require that the Java console in your computer be active.
Besides the obvious fun, Ancient Scripts gives your students an understanding of how written language developed. This site can also be a resource as you teach about ancient civilizations. There are also some good academic links at this site.
http://www.ancientscripts.com/
Marsha Rogers
Educational Technology Consultants
March 30, 2003
This newsletter has only one link, but if you look at it and go through the pages at Teachers First Reading list, you will have a resource you can use for years. I just now went through the Pre-K-3 list. It has some titles my students in high school liked. In fact, my drama students took Sol Silverstein's
Where the Sidewalk Ends and did a half-hour play built around the poems there. They took the poems and acted each one out. It took some thought to put the works together in a logical way and to present them to an audience. Not only is this book great for primary students, it gives older students an opportunity to exercise their creativity.
A great activity for your drama and speech students is to take a book on the primary list and dramatize it for a class of younger children.
By doing this, they are using high order thinking skills in an activity that can be fun for all.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/read-sel.html
Marsha Rogers
Educational Technology Consultants
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