I posted the TweenTribune link to my webpage and started having my Comm Arts - Technology students go to it at the beginning of each class period. They have their own blog on their profile page in Moodle and they enjoy adding to it, so I thought this would be a great way to have them keep up to date with age appropriate (and interesting) news as well as practice some important LA skills. I ask them to navigate through the day's stories and choose one to read and write about on their blog. In the… Continue

Edison Sustained Silent Reading, Part II:
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This video was on Michael Wesch's blog. I know that MILI teachers do not have these issues with technology. Floppy discs? Really?

You may know Michael Wesch from this video The Machine is Us|ing Us or this one A Vis… Continue

With the start of 3rd quarter, the choir wiki has proven incredibly useful in helping new students to the choirs become a part of the choir community, catch up on events and dates, and get a glance at what the choirs have done thus far this year. This was a plus that I didn't consider at the beginning of the year.

I'm working on a new idea for 10th grade Independent reading projects. Last year I had students do various projects from a grid, this year I'm going to have each student create a Book Trailer for their novels. Students chose a book to read that fit with the theme "Heroes, Journeys and Quests". Tori came up with the book trailer idea. She's handed on a few links to sample book trailers that I'll post below. Learning about copyright however, has changed how I'll approach this assignment. I will ha… Continue