May+2010

May 2010

Hard to believe we are calling an end to another school year! I thought it would be a good idea to review our year to see all that we have done. Caution...you may be tired after going over all of this!

Please take a moment to look over what Leah added....
 * Agenda
 * Review
 * Year end review, via Prezi
 * Wall Wisher http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/miceendofyear2010
 * Laptops in August -
 * KIM you should send the e.mail to the staff about the new laptops.
 * Contact Jay re: cyber cafe
 * How do we save our favorites (delicious)
 * Remind teachers to save EVERYTHING in my documents
 * Teachers moving, rooms or school to school
 * take mobile tech with them (doc cams, cameras, airliners, etc.)
 * have contacted all admin, asking for movement so smartboards can be installed, if needed
 * audio enhancements - working up in grades, will be doing more next year
 * Check with CCS on FCC requirements for our audio enhancement
 * Audio enhancements for special area classrooms, PE room at Heights.
 * Apps - please look over hard copy and see if there is anything we may have missed
 * Attendance
 * Schedule for next year
 * Understanding "life happens"
 * Tools to look at for next year
 * ?itouch
 * http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_touch
 * http://projects.minot.k12.nd.us/groups/chris/weblog/5ce29/Why_an_iPod_Touch_in_education_.html
 * http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=16472
 * ?Admin rights to my laptop? Sorry, not going to happen...but we must keep trying!
 * AZTEA HEAT - Teaching teams - []

I was absent from class and decided to teach my class in my absence via a podcast, nettrekker and teacherweb. I was hoping the MICE would be willing to look at my podcast and give me feedback. Do you think it was easy to follow? Was it effective? What could I do to make it a better experience next time?

The assignment is linked through a page on my website.

Start with Pedigrees and sexlinked traits. []

In fact, you can offer feedback here or on my blog on my webpage :)

Thanks! -Leah


 * Information from Amanda Dahl.**.. sorry with the final dates changing, I had already planned on judging a cheer competition for one of my master colleagues!


 * First sites below are from ScreenToaster. This is very similar to Screen Jelly, but it allows you to record for a much longer time period. The toasts below are from a lesson I taught and then I was able to embed the lesson onto my web page and a Google Site for the kids to preview.

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 * Kevin Honeycutt's website
 * Keychains... Kim we need to discuss how we might use these in the future!media type="youtube" key="synntqin2Ks" height="385" width="480"
 * video from AzTEA site
 * Alice Christie's Break Out Session on Google Trek's.... quite amazing! Like a WebQuest, but through Google Maps
 * Melodie Brewer's Break Out Session on Web 2.0 in the classroom as well as Virtual Field Trips... (Melodie and I are getting our master's together... she is a technology trainer in the Dysart School District... wealth of knowledge right here!!!)
 * Small Lab... any new discussion?? Did ASU ever get back to us for a visit or possible Small Lab at Madison???
 * Lulu a site that helps students become authors. Can be used as another way to make shared books, fundraisers, etc.