Alice Mercer’s PD Blog

As part of my promise to do a better job of sharing upcoming events more than 24 hours before they occur, here is my list of online “events” that I’ll be doing this month.
Monday June 8th at 6 p.m. PDT: It’s Elementary:Reflecting on the School Year Ending
It’s Elementary
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Wednesday June 17th at 9 a.m. [...]

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Here is a preview of my session at CUE 2009:
Using Technology to add engagement and inquiry to SES tutoring

Here are links from the presentation…

Third Grade ELA Test Release Questions (pdf)

Third Grade ELA Content Standards (pdf)

Suffix Practice

New York State Elementary Test Prep- ELA 4- Grade 3 Suffixes

mizmercer » Linear Graphing Project

Points on a Grid

ASSET – TrueNorthLogic [...]

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I had a great time meeting and learning with my participants. Here are some further links that maybe of use:
First, for Kate, here is the linear graphing project that was done with fifth graders. It using stop-motion film techniques, which someone recently opined, may be the “new black” in student film work.
Next, for Patty, here [...]

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Welcome to Google Docs
Work on documents and spreadsheets with others at Google Docs

Ed Tech Learning / Web 2point0

PBwiki : Home

Welcome to Flickr!

Flickr: Advanced Search

flickrCC
Free photos for non-comercial use (and sometime for commercial use)

Deli.cio.us

Diigo – Web Highlighter and Sticky Notes, Social Bookmarking and Annotation, Social Information Network!
A really great social bookmarking site [...]

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I need to apologize for two things. I usually have a post up the evening after a training, but I have come down with a nasty cold, and went home to sleep. I didn’t show symptoms until after the training, so I’m sorry if I exposed you to my germs. Recapping our training, we covered [...]

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We will be learning about Web 2.0 tools to use in your classroom. These tools and application are also known as the read-write Web, interactive Web.
Here is the slideshow for the presentation:
Taste of Web 2.0
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

and here are bookmarks from our training:

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We covered a lot during this training, and Pat and I want you to know that we will continue to help you. You can leave a comment here, or send an email when you have further questions. I will list upcoming trainings in the sidebar to the left, so look there if you would like [...]

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Choose the first icon from Add Media on the top of the tool bar
Choose “Browser Uploader”
Browse for your file
Upload file
Choose an alignment and size
Click none on link
Click on Insert into page.
Add your text
Publish and Save!

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You can upload documents (like Word, Excel, and pdf files) to a blog post. Look at the top right of the edit post box for the “asterisk”:

Click on that button, then choose the “browser uploader” and locate your file, and upload it.
Here is a document for your admin to sign for a blog. It’s not [...]

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You find a great YouTube video, but how to show it in your classroom? YouTube is blocked in school computers. You can “pull down” a YouTube video with this handy online tool, Zamzar. Just get the url for the video on YouTube, then go to Zamzar and enter it in. It will ask what format [...]

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