Archive for the ‘Curriculum ideas’ Category
Active, engaged learning . . . always
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: November 8, 2009
A photo of middle school age students wearing headphones, viewing action on a small screen and looking like they are having fun was haunting me. I had to find it. I did! I also found a photo of four students sitting at a media center table working with books and notebooks; in the background are [...]
Still thinking about those transferable skills
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: October 13, 2009
I am no longer providing any direct instruction to elementary or middle school students; I miss those opportunities to remind them how they can easily how to use new computer applications just by remembering how they used the same skill in another application. A speaker at a conference listed skills she expects studentes to learn, [...]
The class was what I needed to help me get focused for school!
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: August 17, 2009
Primary Sources, Where have you been? Why have I never used primary sources? I didn’t use them because I didn’t know where to find the resources. I never considered all of the possibilities.
Primary sources are all around us and accessible to all of us through vast digital collections. Each time I engage with students [...]
I’m back! Learning new things. Google Maps
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: April 5, 2009
Between working and teaching online courses and going to basketball games learning 23 things has taken a back seat. As so often happens, the great work of one of my students has inspired me. The driving factor was an upcoming tour of downtown Winona by a group of third grade students. At the same time [...]
Inspire Data, Kidspiration, Inspiration
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: October 10, 2008
I’m inspired again. A group of us paticipated in a webinar about Kidspiration 3.0 so that we could have a common vision about the possibilities. It was interesting to learn that in one school district Inspiration was first used by School board members to develop flow-charts. The Board members are now using Inspire Data to [...]
Biometrics. . . continued
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: April 24, 2008
It’s working! Students at an elementary school and our high school are enrolling their fingers in the biometric system for media center checkout and school nutrition services! A few senior high students protested; most are eager and enjoying the experience as are many teachers. We have learned to use the proper teminology –Finger ID–Stay [...]
Flying Penguins & Biometrics: A fun day in the media center
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: April 12, 2008
Some of the best lessons are those spur of the moment, just for fun lessons that really get kids involved and thinking. As a 4th grade class was beginning to identify topics and resources for their annual rainforest Research/Powerpoint projects they watched the amazing BBC Documentary about flying penguins who fly from Antartica to [...]
Thing # 4 & 5: Flickr
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: February 18, 2008
I am impressed–and overwhelmed. I had no idea Flickr offered so much. I’m thrilled with the Library of Congress collection It has potential for k-12 students who need photos and for students in my online primary source class. The concept of a photo puzzle is intriguing. [...]
YouTube – yes
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: February 18, 2008
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The Good news: I was please to work with a teacher and provide access to two YouTube videos the other day. Senior high sociology students viewed Dove Evolution (about the beauty industry) and
Information R/Evolution. They were attentive; I wondered how meaningful this students who have lived this most of their lives? The Bad news: [...]
Thing # 3 –RSS
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: February 18, 2008
Not hard to do — and the feeds I subscribed to could be useful for writing and online teaching ideas. I am especially excited about the blog entry I discovered about The University of Notre Dame’s geocaching activities for library orientation. A nice complement to my March/April Multimedia & Internet @Schools [...]
