As I posted last month, teaching in Kenya is my main goal for next summer - with my fingers and toes crossed of course.
A quick recap: after reading Meja Mwangi’s middle-grade novel, The Mzungu Boy (Groundwood, 2005); writing - ...Read More

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I know it's not Monday, but I just couldn't hold on to this video of Dalton Sherman. It's a now kind of video. Dalton is a young boy with a strong message: Believe In Me! Take a look. You won't be disappointed.

Have a great day everyone, and let's all follow Dalton's lead and...BELIEVE.

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Teachers, Matt and Jillyean Kellogg are on an all out mission to keep And Tango Makes Three on their school library shelves, so I selected them as my Monday's, Everyday People Doing Amazing Things.  

Matt says...thank you [Amy] for responding so quickly.  I am a first and second grade teacher in California.  One year I teach my students as first graders and the next year they are my second graders.  And Tango Makes Three (Simon and Schuster 2005) was adopted by one of my students to donate to the school library.  It had been there an entire yea...Read More

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Just when I thought I didn't have a Fun on Friday post today, I found - through a Google search - my darling daughter, Christina, left a comment for me on a previous post about UNSPOILING YOUR CHILD. Interesting that she chose that post to comment on.

So for me, since it made me chuckle, it's definitely worth a repost. Click here to see her comment.  

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In the midst of all of this political and economic upheaval, we need to remember there are still people - librarians and teachers - who need our help. Hence, any librarians out there reading this, please help a reader-friend of mine with the following - disturbing issue:

jillyean kellogg commented: where can we go for support when parents attempt to have this book removed from our school library. we are facing this right now and must defend the book at an upcoming district meeting. Help! We love this book and NEED it in our library.

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Were you bullied as a kid? I sure was and it was NO FUN.

And when I first read LETTERS to a  BULLIED GIRL by Olivia Gardner, Sarah Buder and Emily Buder, (Harper Collins, ...Read More

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There are those who live by Url's and web sites. That's so different from really understanding the transforming power of the technology. Transformational use of technology involves examining, exploring, getting excited about, involving one self in learning using technology, and then fitting it to the learning landscape, the place in which one practices teaching as an art, It may be constructivist, and innovative. I call it the temple of your familiar. That is learning to use technology to examine, explore, investigate, evaluate, get excited about and e-learn with to accomplish a task.

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Since today is Fun On Friday, my final post on Bonnie Bracey Sutton will resume tomorrow. And you won't want to miss it. She's awesome, right?!

So while the weather is so bleak and dreary here in NYC, - rain all day -  I figured, let me take my loyal readers to sunny, Key Biscayne, Florida! Who...Read More

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I will share those without much comment. But there are so many really great Web sites, know that these are the ones I love.

Thinkfinity.org 
Thinkfinity.org is the cornerstone of Verizon Foundation's literacy, education and technology initiatives. The goal of this program is to improve student achievement in traditional classroom settings and beyond by providing high-quality content and extensive professional development training. There is a marvelous search Engine and a set of quality standards reference lessons that have been created espec...Read More

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Bonnie says (and I agree with her) that "Twenty First Century Learners Need Tech-Savvy Teachers." 

Are you one of them?

Today's post is chock-filled with Bonnie Bracey Sutton's technology resources for teachers and librarians. There's a lot to consume, so I will leave this post up longer than usual. Also, be sure to share it with your colleagues.

Bonnie asks...
  

What are the ingredients for technology success? Some of these resources can be recipes for your success.

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I started the use of technology, just to help a student who could not seem to be able to write, and who was being pushed into special education. He was brilliant. That student and I taught each other the use of technology. We found a whole new way of being able to learn, by accident. No professional development, no funding, just the desire to use the technology in meaningful ways to enhance learning for one student, the whole class became involved, and then the whole school. First I was the teacher with the tools, and then the kids all wanted to be involved. It was amazing to me the work that they would do to use the technology, with well chosen initiatives like Jason, and the KidsNetwork, the children worked so hard and they LOVED it..

Lots of people think of technology a...Read More

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This week is going to be, what I like to call - an intensive - here at Bowllan's blog. And Dan Blank, who is Director of Content Strategy & Development for Reed Business says it best when referring to the wonders of being a Facebook member.  He says, "There is an opportunity for you, or your brand, to be the con...Read More

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