Technology in Education: Notes from the Closet

For the past month my STEM partner Tom and I have been assigned to work in the "SWAS" room (a 'school within a school') with a group of 7th and 8th grade students.  For science we started with a unit on the human body, exploring the various body systems.  I found some fantastic content PowerPoints (with note templates) from another teacher's science blog.  Once again, I can't say enough about the power of a Personal Learning Network - this teacher made their materials available on the Internet for others to explore and they definitely helped us (see his blog here ). As a culminating activity we had the students trace themselves and work together to label a body system.  Groups were given websites that had facts about the human body.  They used these sites to develop QR code questions.  The final products were displayed in the SWAS classroom and on our STEM bulletin board in the main hall.  See the pictures below.       ...

http://goo.gl/gWXsDD Next week marks the 12th anniversary of the September 11th attacks in New York.  This post provides resources made available if you'd like to discuss the topic with your students.  Use caution; always consider the student's age and maturity levels.  Look through the content prior to introducing it to your students. Most importantly, leave your politics at the door and be sure to clear up any misconceptions students may have while remaining objective and honest. Education World http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson244.shtml Contains numerous lesson plans related to the day.  This list was last updated in August 2011 so check to make sure all links you are interested in using work before presenting the lesson to students. Teaching 9-11 http://www.learnabout9- 1 1.o rg    Current information with sample discussion questions, timelines, forums and an interdisciplinary curriculum in addition to o...