The students at Bon Lin Elementary school are getting fit with the use of the wii sport video game. The students mimic the moves of the game, which is projected on a wall in the gym. They run in place, twirl imaginary Hula Hoops, balance and stretch with yoga and do step aerobics. Read this article on how this school is incorporating technology into their gym classes. Thecommercialappeal.com
President Barack Obama is branching out and allowing his staff to use Web 2.0 tools to communicate with the people of America. Check out Jason Parrish site for more information. They are using podcasting to broadcast weekly addresses and speeches. Blogs are being featured as well.
My coworker , Cindy Putnam did a podcast about my trip to Washinton D.C. for the Inaugration of our 44th President , Barack Obama, the podcast is a part of City Voices their I share my experiences about the Inaugration. Go to: http://stories.libsyn.com/
to hear this wonderful experience.
The election of Barack Obama has sparked so much attention and excitement for the entire world. This is a very important time in our country and on January 20, 2009, Barack Obama will take the helm of the presidency. This is indeed is a teachable moment for educators and their are many lessons to be learned. 
Education World offers ten super activities to help your students learn about and commemorate the inauguration. Included: Activities in which students write letters to the president, create presidential portraits, complete an inauguration trivia hunt, and much more! As I travel to Washington D.C. for the Inaugration of our 44th President I am fired up about the possibility of change coming to America. I will be among hundreds and thousands of people celebrating this historic event huddling in the crowd to get a glimpse of our 44th President which is expected to be about 6 million. Their is an excitement among the students about President elect Obama becoming our 44th President, teachers should capitalize on that excitement and make every class a teachable moment. Inaugration Day is arguably one of the greastest moments in our history and this one will be historic as well as a time of hope and new beginnings.
With money being scarce in our district for Social Studies books and supplies, teachers are having to look for other tools to enhance their Social Studies lessons. An excellent tool to use is Google earth. It is free and readily available for teachers to use with their social studies lessons. While surfing the net I found an excellent site for Google earth lesson plans, this is the killer app for Social Studies teachers. It has lesson plans for all subject matter, here you will find real-world lessons that will help teachers find innovative ways for students to learn.
Those of you using video for your exhibitons , should consider using zamzar.com it is a video conversion website that lets you convert without the need to download software. Simply upload the file , choose the file format (perferably wmv or mp4) those are the best formats to use. After you have converted your file it is ready then to be uploaded to the MCS server. Good luck with your exhibitions.
Hi all , I ‘ve been missing in action for a while , but I’m back and since we have all these new initiatives coming out , here is a tip on one of them. Edutopia is a great place to find information about Project Based Learning. Why teach with project Based Learning? Project Learning helps students apply what they learn to real-life experiences and provides an all around enriching education. Edutopia provides a wealth of information about technology integration and project learning. Lesson ideas are available as well. Check it out.
Olympic Express is the first Olympic Games “e-journal” for young people from all over the world. It’s interactive, contains a wide range of animated features and provides all the information from the Olympics. There is even a widget to download for updates.
And for some Gold Medal Activities for your students that include timelines , creating graphs, writing biographies of famous olympians and much more click on picture below:
This is a great site for teens looking for full and part time employment”teens can search the site for local job postings, employment resources, and resume tips - all for free. It is also done by state, so teens in a particular region can search for employment in their area.
This is a great site for students looking for current events it is called Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages feature makes the front pages of almost 600 newspapers from around the U.S. and around the world available daily. The pages are also available in readable PDF form. In addition, there is an archive of front pages from dates of some significant world events, beginning with 9/11/2001. A brief analysis of selected news stories is also available each day. This site makes it easy to compare what different areas of the country or the world see as important on any given day and it’s all located on Nettrekker.
