A Mad Scientist

Okay, I really love the exposure I am getting to all these technologies available to teachers.  However, I am concerned about the amount of time that it will take to maintain a blog, wiki, website, and various social networks… not to mention a class,  personal life, and family.  Please give me a few ideas by [...]

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I have been waiting all camp for day 3!  I want to create podcasts and vodcasts.  More importantly, I want my students to create podcasts and vodcasts.  Really, who wants to listen to the teacher?  This would be a great active learning and engaging method of teaching.  I was already excited about this.  However, after [...]

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Wow!  There are a lot of tools out there.  With all of these technological tools a teacher can easily be overwhelmed.  So this is what I decided.  One, not every technology is best for every instructional goal.  For example, if you want to teach a student how to work within Microsoft Word, then a screencast [...]

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I am finally here. Right now, other participants are signing-up for their blog page, so I thought I would briefly tell you about my opening impressions. I am totally excited! We will be blogging, wiki-ing (if that is the right term), and all kinds of tech geek stuff. Being a wannabe tech geek, I am [...]

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This is only my second year teaching, and my first year teaching sixth-grade science.  I was decidedly nervous about getting the results from the 07-08 TCAP.  However, I gathered the courage to see the sixth-grade counselor to get the results.  The verdict is… 74% of my students passed the science portion of the TCAP.  Memphis [...]

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This is my first education blog, and I am very excited!  I recently was accepted into the Memphis City School’s Tech Camp ‘08 which is meant to help teachers forward their use of technology within the classroom.  Students love technology, and exposure to the various forms of technology will help prepare them for a successful [...]

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