Technology in Education: Notes from the Closet

image source: http://universityclubnc.com/events/thanksgiving-brunch-thursday-november-22nd-2012/ Thanksgiving Week!  This week we will be wrapping up Speak Up Surveys and the T.E.A.M. surveys for Ms. Burnett's class.  Since we'll have two days off we won't start any new projects but will continue to work on KidBiz3000.com and some of our favorites such as LetterBubbles.com , ABCYA.com , ABCMouse.com , StudyLadder.com , and Wordle.net . If you were interested in trying out some Thanksgiving online activities take a look at Kidz Page!  Here you will find some fun Thanksgiving pages such as online games, coloring pages and puzzles.  http://www.thekidzpage.com/thanksgiving_games/index.html

Monday we had Veteran's Day off to celebrate the holiday.  Always remember freedom isn't free.  Thank a Veteran! image source:  http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/veterans-day-courage-poster.jpg image source: http://www.hotimgus.com/data/Veterans-day-2012-holiday Speak Up !  This week we will be taking Project Tomorrow's Speak Up technology survey .  Students have a chance to be heard regarding technology in education.  Last year Project Tomorrow had some impressive numbers: 420,891 people participated in the survey 330,117 were students in grades k-12 38, 502 were teachers and librarians 44,006 parents participated 4,133 administrators took the survey 5,616 schools were represented 24% urban, 35% rural, 41% suburban All 50 states were represented! Get to the survey from here:  http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2012/ If you wanted to find out more about 2011's findings her

This week is a "work" week for most students.  We'll continue exploring sites we have in the past. These sites include: ABCya.com Studyladder.com Wordle.net Kidbiz3000.com LetterBubbles.com Students in 1st and 2nd grade will practice cutting and pasting clock times. Students in 5th-8th grades will continue to work on their Media Literacy Projects that are due on November 13, 2012.