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"Teaching with Technology in the Middle Succeses, failures, and and lessons learned in forging a 21st Century middle school learning community."

"the new Waverly Shell Rock Middle School, in Waverly, Iowa. Their school was devastated by flooding back in 2008. With the help from FEMA, state, and local resources, the school reopened in the fall of 2011 as a 5th grade thru 8th grade middle school featuring a 1:1 ipad rollout to all 600 students. "

"Middle School Math Wiki- Students' Thoughts"

"Feds release cyber safety booklet" A new booklet released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other government agencies helps parents and teachers steer kids safely through the online and mobile-phone worlds. The booklet, titled "Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online," was unveiled Dec. 15 at Jefferson Middle School in Washington, D.C., by FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski. At the middle school, which is known for its emphasis on science and technology, the officials met with students and teachers to discuss online safety.

"Write in the Middle This workshop will help teachers learn effective practices and strategies to use with middle school students in writing instruction. "

"Flatclassroom09-3 - Sounding Boards Every fall a global project takes place led by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis. This year over 220 students from 5 countries will research trends in information technology and globalization, write a collaborative research report on a wiki, and produce digital videos about their topics. Sound impressive? Well it is! These students are not graduate level university students. They are in high school. As part of this project, there is a peer reviewing process that takes place later this month. These Sounding Boards are simply a 1 -> 2 -> 3 review done by middle school students. I have my 7th graders do this. My students think they are reviewing college student work. When I show them pictures of the students involved, they are often incredulous. The global project has won ISTE's Online Learning Award (2007) and is included in Thomas Friedman's book, The World is Flat. Each team produces 5 videos to go with the research report. The wikis and the videos need you to peer review. Each Sounding Board classroom only has to review one team wiki. Sign up on the Flatclassroom page (scroll down) or if you prefer contact me and I will sign you up. I have found my kids love watching the videos. I like to make a wikisite for my classroom and have them do the 1 -> 2 -> 3 reviews that Kim Cofino recommends. So come volunteer! Let's overwhelm the project with our middle school enthusiasm! Navigate to the FlatClassroom09-3 Sounding Boards page and read over the description. Sign up or contact me to do it. Thanks in advance!! "

Middle School students are working hard on their Math Wiki. (http://mjgds-math.wikispaces.com/) They are using a variety of tools to create tutorials (Garageband, SmartBoard Notebook, PowerPoint, Animoto).

Middle School students are working hard on their Math Wiki. (http://mjgds-math.wikispaces.com/) They are using a variety of tools to create tutorials (Garageband, SmartBoard Notebook, PowerPoint, Animoto).

"Children's Fiction6 · education2 · Jane Ross2 · A Frog in the Marsh · A Memoir · Andrea Santilli & Woodlawn Beach Middle School 7th Grade Advanced Life Science Students 2011_2012 · Brenna Kanski & Don Kanski · Catch a Dragonfly · Challenge Based Learning in Indonesia · Creatures · Dave Brown & Stuart Hunnable · Esther Goes & Emily Anne Goes · Family & Relationships · I Can Swim Now · Jacob's Angle · Jane Ross & John Tambunan · John Tambunan & Jane Ross · Kazia Orkiszewski · Language Arts & Disciplines · Little Fish · Lomba Kapal · Marjorie a. Bocks · Math Our Way · Mr. Lehotay & Mr. Black · Mr. Smith · Mr. Smith's 5th Grade Class · Peter and Amy Go On a Picnic · Peter Goes On Vacation · Plants and More! · poetry · Samantha Harley Goes · Samantha Harley Goes & Emily Anne Goes · Sara Lissa Paulson & PS 347's 1st grade class 202 · Sara Lissa Paulson & PS 347's Kindergarten class K-207 · Social Science · Taruli Tambunan · Taruli Tambunan & John Tambunan · Ten Silly Poems (or Perhaps Nine I'm Actually Not Sure} · There's A Dragon In My Garage · There's a Hippo In My Bathtub · The Two Kids and Desert Town · "

Teaching Media Literacy - Middle Schoolers make PSA announcements.

"iSchool: a closer look at Manhattan Beach Unified's iPad pilot program email Does Manhattan Beach Unified's iPad pilot program represent the future of education? Kindergarten students at Grand View Elementary School use iPads two times a week. Photo by Alene Tchekmedyian Kindergarten students at Grand View Elementary School use iPads two times a week. Photo by Alene Tchekmedyian Just before 8 a.m. one recent Tuesday, Andy Caine wheeled a waist-high cart into his second-floor history classroom at Mira Costa High School, as the Beach Boys' "I Get Around" played faintly in the background. On the syllabus for the day: the First Amendment. As the first period bell rang, Caine unlocked the cart. "Come and get 'em," Caine said to his class of seniors, and stood behind his podium, on which he's pasted a sticker reading, "Think for yourself. Question Authority." The students put aside their pens and notebooks and lined up at the cart to pick up an unconventional tool that school districts across the nation have been implementing into classrooms. Each student grabbed an iPad and returned to his or her seat. Caine is one of 43 Manhattan Beach Unified School District teachers chosen to try the $500,000 iPad pilot program, which started last fall. At Mira Costa, two English, math, science and social studies teachers use iPads, along with eight science teachers at Manhattan Beach Middle School and 27 teachers of different grade levels at each elementary school. The district purchased 560 student iPads (32 gigabytes and costing around $700 each), in addition to iPads for pilot teachers and administrators. A quarter of the pilot costs are grant funded, while the district supports the rest. Later this year, the School Board will decide whether, and in what capacity, to continue the pilot. Caine and pilot teachers implement iPads into their curricula two to three times a week, a total of 30 to 90 minutes. "I would use them every day if I had the po

"Why I still want MS and HS to have a Laptop I received a tweet a couple days ago asking why I still believed laptops, in this case MacBooks, are the right choice for middle school and high school students."

Geared toward middle and high school age students. Great way for students and teachers to learn about the world they live in.

Peter Lourie is a present day explorer/archeologist who has his own website talking about his adventures. He also has a teachers page where he shares many of his lessons as well as experiences visiting and talking with students. This would be an excellent resource for elementary teachers to look at for a while. The man has been TONS of places that we all study in Elementary and Middle School.

I thought this younger girl is a good example of something that a middle school or high schooler could make in Final Cut Pro or any other video editing software. Just wanted to share! =]

Welcome to the Maine Content Literacy Project's Technology, Literacy, and Content (TLC) site. TLC contains a collection of unit exemplars that were designed to strategically utilize technology and literacy instruction in order to support and deepen content area understanding.  The site includes units for elementary, middle, and secondary school students that provide examples of effective literacy and technology integration in the core content areas of Social Studies, English Language Arts, Math, and Science.  Each unit contains unit plans, lesson plans, resource materials, instructional tools, and exemplar videos.    The units, lessons, videos, and resources are free to use by schools for instruction or professional development.  

Computer program helps students with music, literacy skills Students at a Florida middle school are enhancing their musical literacy through SmartMusic, a software program that scores students' attempts to play along with sheet music on a computer screen. Teachers can review the students' work and type in feedback and grades. The program does more than just improve musical knowledge, the school's band director said. "I have seen the results of their growth academically alongside what they are doing musically," he said. The Tampa Tribune (Fla.)

"Mathtrain.TV is a free educational "kids teaching kids" project from Mr. Marcos & his students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA. Here is a version of our BLC 09 presentation. STUDENT-CREATED Videos TEACHER-CREATED Videos CAPTIONED Videos Groups"

eSkeletons features interactive models of mammal skeletons. Choose a model from the home page menu and explore the bones at various angles. Models provide labeling for more detailed explanation of the bones and some provide short video displays of the bone you are viewing. On the resources page, teachers will find activities to support the curriculum including life size skeletal print-outs, word searches and more for elementary, middle school and high school age students.

Kid-friendly songs teaching students about similes & metaphors, prepositions, prefix or suffix, perimeter, triangles, and more. Most seem appropriate for upper elementary and middle school students, but the high school students might enjoy similes & metaphors.

Organizations are now opting to convert their Instructor Led Training (ILT) to a fully online or a blended approach. Adopting a blended training approach offers multiple benefits for both the learner as well as the organization. It is also a "middle of the road" approach between the fully facilitated Instructor Led Training (ILT) and online training. So, both the training delivery formats are achieved, which is also known as "hybrid training."