Web helps boost school supply drives
A new study confirms what most of us in education already know: Teachers dig deep into their own pockets to make sure their students don’t go without.
Teachers spend an average of $623 annually on everyday supplies like paper, crayons, and pencils, according to the study, which was sponsored by OfficeMax.
About 97 percent of teachers surveyed in April reported using their own cash to buy supplies, prizes and incentives, snacks, and materials for arts and crafts projects.
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I am sitting at my desk, two computers on and one of them finally went to the screen saver. I have it set to show words and definitions. The word GEEK was it. I tend to consider myself a tech geek of sorts, not completely, but kinda of. Not sure I really fit the description. Anyway, made me think! How about you?
geek |gēk|
noun informal
1 an unfashionable or socially inept person. (I don’t think I am, or at least I hope not)
• [with adj. ] a person with an eccentric devotion to a particular interest : a computer geek. (guess I fit this)
2 a carnival performer who does wild or disgusting acts. (absolutely not)
DERIVATIVES
geeky adjective
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from the related English dialect geck ‘fool,’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gek ‘mad, silly.’
By Jennifer Demski The Journal 07/28/10
Which web 2.0 tools are best suited for enabling collaboration in teaching and learning? A trio of ed tech experts offer up their top three choices apiece.
Ten years into the new century, we’re still trying to find the web 2.0 tools that best facilitate collaboration—one of the fundamentals of 21st century learning. As the number of tools continues to grow, and fuzzy terms like cloud computing, hashtags, and synchronous live platforms are introduced into the lexicon daily, even the most tech-savvy educators can have trouble determining which technologies have a role in a collaborative academic environment and which are simply new toys.
We asked three top ed tech consultants (Steve Hargadon, John Kuglin, Leslie Fisher) to each select three web 2.0 tools they believe are ideal for fostering collaboration in teaching and learning. The result is a compilation of technologies that can “do things of value,” as one of our experts says, in the instructional and professional development realms, and in both the traditional and the virtual classroom.
To read what Steve, John and Leslie have to say, CLICK HERE
Steve Haradon:
Blog: http://www.stevehargadon.com/
Classroom 2.0: http://www.classroom20.com/profile/SteveHargadon
Twitter: http://twitter.com/stevehargadon
John Kuglin
Website: http://www.kuglin.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jkuglin
Leslie Fisher
Website: http://www.lesliefisher.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lesliefisher
Date: Sat., July 31, 2010
Time: 9:00am PST/10:00am MST/11:00am CST/12:00pm EST
Location: http://tinyurl.com/cr20live (http://tinyurl.com/cr20live)
This Saturday, July 31st, Kim Caise, Lorna Costantini and Peggy George will be hosting another Classroom 2.0 LIVE show. As an extension to the Classroom 2.0 Ning community, Classroom 2.0 “LIVE” shows are opportunities to gather with other educators in real-time events, complete with audio, chat and desktop sharing. A Google calendar of upcoming shows is available at http://live.classroom20.com/calendar.html. If you haven’t used Elluminate before, we encourage you to view this tutorial to prepare for the Elluminate session: http://www.youtube.com/elluminated#p/u/1/fKQZM4slwzA.
The topic this Saturday will be, “What’s New in Diigo v. 5?“, with special guests, Maggie Tsai, Jason Schmidt and Shannon Miller. Join us to discuss the new features in the latest version of Diigo and how teachers use the social bookmarking tool in the classroom with students. “Dip your toes in” the conversations until you feel comfortable enough to “jump into the conversations with both feet”! More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com. If you’re new to the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! show you might want to spend a few minutes viewing the screencast on the homepage to learn how we use Elluminate and navigate the site to find the archives of previous shows and resources. Each show begins at 12pm Eastern and may be accessed in Elluminate directly using the following link: http://tinyurl.com/cr20live.
On the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! site you’ll find the recordings from our recent “Summer PD Share-a-Thon”, with , YOU as the special guests. Click on the “Archives and Resources” tab to view this and past recordings.
Special thanks to our sponsor, Elluminate, for providing the forum that allows us to do this!
Warm regards,
Kim Caise, NBCT
Classroom 2.0 LIVE! Co-host
Elluminate/LearnCentral Community Facilitator
Flat Classroom Administrator
Texas DEN Leadership Council
FableVision Ambassador
Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
