The following are what I believe are the rights of all student to have with regards to using technology as an educational tool, written as a student to their teacher:
What if Picasso never had a paint brush?
What if Madame Curie never had a test tube?
Teachers, Administrators, and PTA/PTO Leaders
Create a Wish List of the classroom supplies you need, as easily as shopping online.
- provide children with better-equipped classrooms
- reduce the financial burden on teachers, which is a major contributor to teacher attrition
- reduce the $2.2 billion a year that the Alliance for Excellent Education reports districts now spend in replacing public school teachers who have dropped out of the profession
How it Works
Sarah Brown Wessling, 2010 National Teacher of the Year, wrote of ClassWish.org, “This nonprofit is a swift and inventive way for communities to unite in support of the tools that make learning more accessible for all students.”
Here is how it works:
- Teachers visit the site to create Wish Lists of the items they need to equip great classrooms, as easily as shopping online
- Visitors see exactly what is needed and make tax-deductible donations to help
- Many companies match employees’ donations, which can double their funding
- ClassWish has the items shipped directly to the teachers at no cost
About Us
Our Board of Advisors includes such education and business leaders as:
- Nancy Pelz-Paget, Head of Education and Society for the Aspen Institute
- Sharon Robinson Ph.D., CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- Chris Graves, Global CEO of Ogilvy PR
- Scott Cutler, EVP of the New York Stock Exchange
- Betsy Morgan, Former CEO of The Huffington Post
Bob Sprankle, Bit by Bit blog and Seedlings Podcast is an Elementary Technology Integrator in Wells, Maine. He is always inspirational and this post and list of resources about teaching and remembering 9/11 and using technology is nothing short of brilliant.
Bob has quite an extensive list of sites, including Room 208, his kids podcast. Check those out too. http://bobsprankle.com/bobsprankle/index.html
(cross-posted at TechLearning)
“This coming Sunday will mark the 10th Anniversary of 9/11. This will, without doubt, be a difficult day for many. Ten years is a long time, and yet it feels like just yesterday when I received the note handed to me while teaching that alerted to me of the tragedies taking place that fateful day. I still have that note. Every once in a while, I take it out and re-read it. It immediately transports me back to that horrible day and propels me into deep reflection.”
Read more: http://bobsprankle.com/bitbybit_wordpress/?p=3327
Langwitches does it again. Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano always share the most wonderful resources. LearningToday shares with everyone two beautiful posters, that help us remember
Bloom’s Taxonomy: the Blooming Butterfly and the Blooming Orange.
http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/08/21/blooms-taxonomy-and-ipad-apps/
by Silvia Tolisano, blog@langwitches.org, Langwitches Blog
The Passion Driven Classroom-Summer Book Club Starting Soon
Don’t miss out on a virtual summer book club discussing Angela Maier’s and Amy Sandvold’s book “The Passion-Driven Classroom”.
I already have one quote from the first few chapters that has give me plenty to think about as I reflect on this past school year and wonder what makes the difference between an educator who doesn’t [...]
Read the full story and join the discussion: http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/06/10/the-passion-driven-classroom-summer-book-club-starting-soon/
