STABLS teachers

Interesting article on characteristics of innovators. Could be helpful for our Fridays.

Take a look at the games and activities.

Safe search engine for children. Designed by librarians.

Check out the Get Real section. Great guide for teaching web literacy from Sara Wilkie's Balance Ed Tech wiki.

For everyone using Chrome, these look like great extensions!

Thought this worth sharing especially after hearing about what some of the 1st graders wanted to do today.

Sara & Jordy's wiki page for us.

Kelly found this article on using Book Creator in the classroom.

Preschool, Kindergarten or 1st interested in this?

Sounds like a great alternative to an app! Just when you thought board games were fading away and this one looks so interactive, fun, and provides early coding experiences. It would require too much teacher attention in preschool but Jr/k, K or 1st could handle it. We should purchase at least one game to share.

Could be fun mini challenges for our Fridays.

Lisa Keeler shared this. If you have a moment, read this brief blog post and watch his video. It is simple, yet very telling. What a great introductory activity! It also mirrors what we are seeing and hearing in our classrooms. It would be great to follow him as he introduces 20% time and we introduce our Fridays.

Great activities that could be used as "Mini-challenges".

Erica shared this article about economic diversity and empathy. I was thinking about how we pool classroom supplies and usually don't allow students to take money on field trips. In recent weeks I have been wondering how we can be sensitive to our economic diversity in Morning Meetings or during "Weekend Share." What are your thoughts?

I have students use Monday Morning Meeting as the day they set personal goals for the week. Students write their goal on an index card, share it at morning meeting and then tape it on their desks. I also write one and tape it to my desk. We share our goals so that friends know how to support each other. For example, if my goal was to walk quietly in the hallway without reminders, my friends know not to chat with me. If my goal is to get better at math facts, friends know they can help me by inviting me to play a math fact game at choice time. Goals can be carried over from week to week; however, we still rewrite them and share them aloud.

Video clips of questions and answers fueled by wonder and imagination.

This will tie in nicely with Andrew's Chapel theme.

This is the site we used on Monday, August 18 during our workshop with Jordy and Sara.