Educator Week at Barnes and Noble

I hope that everyone is enjoying Educator Week in the store. I am attaching my presentation which includes the livebinder site for resources on grants and Nooks (e-readers) in the classroom.

It is LaLAMP time...no... it is Peanut Butter and Jelly Time!

It’s Peanut Butter and Jelly Time! Web Tools That Grab Attention and Infuse Energy into Classrooms

Why are our students mesmerized by crazy videos, commercials or songs? Do you ever feel like you need some creative technologies to help excite your students? This session will demonstrate how you can implement new and interesting tools into your existing lessons to motivate your students.

This is the post of my presentation for LaLAMP. I hope everyone enjoyed the session and remember to have fun with the tools.

AASL presentation

Hey There  Arkansas friends!
I have been so busy since I left the conference and I am only in my third week of school. I have uploaded the presentation here https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bz-9vMD6n4hRMG01REFER2dYcjg and everything is linked except the manga presentation and I'll have to upload that differently since it has sound. I hope everyone has a great school year and you will consider my invitation to join me in a webinar this week to introduce you to the Intel Engage community. I will be online this Thursday (8/16/12) at 6 pm CST. Register here https://engageteachers.adobeconnect.com/_a816142044/e17mp3er8nf/event/event_info.html

AASL Summer Conference is HERE!

I am so excited to be in Eureka Springs, AR with many school librarians from across the state. The sessions are packed with so many great ideas/concepts that I will be attending a couple before my session. I will include links and tweet so look for some good stuff coming your way.

Are you reading the Origami Yoda book for summer reading? Have you read Darth Paper? Well guess what is coming out in August....Fortune Wookiee

You have to go through me to get to your laptop!

 

Virtual ISTE

I plan on spending my ISTE week in Port Allen, LA so I will not be in San Diego. No funds for me to go to ISTE so I will be checking out the latest and greatest online. If you are interested in doing the same then this article can get you started SchoolCIO Blogs - DAILY INSIGHT: 7 Resources for attending ISTE12 virtually. I have already started tagging some great stuff. My favorite so far is a poster session link I found on twitter with the ISTE hashtag (#ISTE12) - got books? This is a resource for promoting reading and literature using technology. I will be sharing my virtual ISTE gems with the community in this blog.

Movie Time

Who is excited???? AMPCO Films announced that they have acquired film rights to Michael Scott’s THE ALCHEMYST , with production set to begin in February in Australia and New Zealand. Michael Scott signed on to write the screenplay.

You’re Invited to the Discovery Educator Network Spring Virtual Conference

The Discovery Education Louisiana Leadership Council is excited to host a Discovery event in south Louisiana. Join us on Saturday, April 21, 2012, from 8 AM – 2 PM at the Livingston Parish School Board Office in Livingston for an amazing in-person event for the Discovery Education Virtual Conference. We will spend the day building a face to face network with other passionate educators and DEN members attending virtual sessions with excellent speakers. The conference theme is the use of social media and Web 2.0 in teaching and learning.  Please note that ALL educators are welcome to attend! This is a great opportunity to bring a colleague and have some FUN.

 Register at http://moourl.com/DESpring2012 for your local in-person event. Join us for some educational technology fun at:

Livingston Parish Public Schools Office 13909 Florida Blvd. Livingston, Louisiana 70754

 

For more information: Sandy Swartz Sandra.Swartz@stpsb.org Susan Gauthier Sgauthier1@ebrschools.org

Jacques Cousteau at a Book Fair in the Barnes and Noble in Baton Rouge!

This is not an April Fools’ Day Joke! I wrote a post a couple of days ago on the success of day one of our book fair in Barnes and Noble.  Day one focused on Geography so our day two took a different direction with curriculum as students completed a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) scavenger hunt. The students were to answer questions in regard to the science, robotics and math stations throughout the store. The math teachers had the students working math problems and singing math songs in the café (how very Dr. Lodge McCammon of them). The robotics class programmed robots to be sound activated so as students approached the station and spoke to the teacher they would be followed by robotics until they figured out they needed to be quiet to stop the stalking robots.  The science teachers had a wax museum of great people in the scientific community. Students were frozen in their station and then came alive when a bell rang. They gave a little bit of information about their lives and their contributions to society. Our scavenger hunt students had to answer questions from each one of the scripted dialogs. We had Florence Nightingale, Madam Curie, Sir Isaac Newton, Jacques Cousteau and so many more in the house. We ended the night with a selection played by our jazz ensemble. The store was packed with students and parents and everyone enjoyed the STEM themed activities.