Archive for September 2011

What We Look Like (as comics)

Sep 3rd

I took my homeroom students onto our Bitstrips for Schools account and we worked (work? naw. we played) on creating avatars so that we could create a webcomic version of our classroom. Note to reader: my students don’t look quite as strange as this. Or at least, they didn’t last week …

Peace (on the funny page),
Kevin

First Day Jitters: What Excited Them/What Worries Them

Sep 2nd

Posted by dogtrax in my classroom

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We had a great first day of school, doing all sorts of activities and making the slow step forward into the school year. One activity that I do with my sixth graders on the first day of school is to get them to write out the things they are excited about and the things they are worried about for the year ahead. We then use Wordle to pull those ideas together. This is what we got. Can you tell which is which?

Peace (in the words),
Kevin

17,000 Miles: Connecting Students to the World

Sep 1st

Posted by dogtrax in my classroom

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Yesterday, I gave a version of this presentation at our school district’s convocation. The “gimic” I used was to calculate how many miles my students have “traveled” over the years as they connected and collaborated online with other students and schools. This video was my draft, as I ran through what I hoped I would remember to say in front of an auditorium of colleagues.