January 2010 archive

Jan 31

Blogging and the 21st Century

Why do I assign homework by having students blog? And what in the world is a glog? If you’ve asked yourself these questions maybe this blog post will help. I remember just a few years ago how parents and teachers started to worry when our children were using MySpace to create a presence on the …

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Jan 30

Midterm – Full of Chances

Monday, Feb 1, is our official midterm day. The half way point of our trimester and our entire year! This is a good time for reflection. As your teacher I am continually asking myself, “what can I do to make Science meaningful for my students?” And, “how can I communicate with my students and their …

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Jan 02

2010!

Welcome to twenty ten! I had to post today because today is a palindrome – 01-02-2010 or 0102 2010. Cool. Monday we’re all back at school and that means it’s time to get back into the groove of things. I will have progress reports for my 7th and 8th graders so they can catch up …

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