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Char Harris from Minneapolis wrote a great blog post about using the ELM databases with 6th graders. It's a great story, check it out!

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Books...E-books...? 19 Replies

Started by Tanya Marie Hodge. Last reply by Sharon Phelps Feb 2.

IMOVIE - QuickTime - Webmovie 1 Reply

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Reaching middle school students without access 9 Replies

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This week marks the true beginning of my media classes' corporation wiki project! Students chose the corporations that they would like to focus on for their wikis. It all happened very democratically. Basically, every student had a first and second choice corporation. Groups with 2-4 members were formed based on student preference. I'd estimate it took less than five minutes to figure it out. Everyone seemed satisfied, and interestingly, most folks didn't necessarily choose to work with their fr… Continue

Posted by Molly McCarthy on February 9, 2010 at 3:24pm — 1 Comment

iPhoto help

My Digital Media class is busy learning the 7 basic elements of photography and now, to demonstrate their knowledge, they are constructing a PPT presentation with photos they've shot themselves and downloaded into iPhoto. Yesterday we had a lot of trouble with iPhoto acting up and freezing. Anyone have any ideas? I am in MPS and I wonder if it has to do with the amount of storage available to individual student accounts. What about when we start iMovie? Any tips? I remember there being discussio… Continue

Posted by Char Harris on February 9, 2010 at 1:51pm — 1 Comment

Student Blogging on Moodle

I posted the TweenTribune link to my webpage and started having my Comm Arts - Technology students go to it at the beginning of each class period. They have their own blog on their profile page in Moodle and they enjoy adding to it, so I thought this would be a great way to have them keep up to date with age appropriate (and interesting) news as well as practice some important LA skills. I ask them to navigate through the day's stories and choose one to read and write about on their blog. In the… Continue

Posted by Mary Jo Nairn on February 8, 2010 at 8:56pm

Invest in the Quest (Destiny, that is)

Edison Sustained Silent Reading, Part II:

10th graders can see their record of library books checked out. In the uber-catalog system, Destiny Quest, they logged in with their nearly universal (in MPS) username and password. Now they can see their overdues and claim, more arduously than ever, that they've already returned the book. Hrumph. This is progress??

Destiny Quest, or DQ, keeps lists of books you've read, are reading, or want to read into your account, accessible

… Continue

Posted by Donna von Lehe on February 8, 2010 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Classroom Technology

This video was on Michael Wesch's blog. I know that MILI teachers do not have these issues with technology. Floppy discs? Really?

You may know Michael Wesch from this video The Machine is Us|ing Us or this one A Vis… Continue

Posted by Ann Walker Smalley on February 8, 2010 at 5:36pm

Latest Activity

LeAnn Suchy commented on Jessica Zaback's blog post 'Weebly - worth it?'

Well, I've never personally used any for a business, but I've heard of different tools and read about them, for whatever that is worth. Webs is one I've read about. They claim there are over 300 templates to use for free and you can even set up to…

30 minutes ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Molly McCarthy's blog post 'Developing a research plan'

I hope Business Source Premier is an ELM database you use. I forget what age level you teach, though, so it may be too much for some students, but there's such good info there. Here's a tip for Business Source Premier: Industry Profiles have very v…

54 minutes ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Char Harris's blog post 'iPhoto help'

I've heard other people at MPS talk about problems with iPhoto, and I think it was something with the storage. Sorry I don't know anything else than that.

1 hour ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Donna von Lehe's blog post 'Invest in the Quest (Destiny, that is)'

It sounds like you think it's great and also not so great? I've never used DQ before, but from what you describe where users are shown what books they've previously checked out and returned and where you can suggest books for other users, it sounds…

1 hour ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Laurie Meyers's blog post 'entry point for new students'

I think it'll also be useful for you from year to year. I know it's work at the beginning, but it does seem to make it easier for you in the end, I think.

1 hour ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Ann Walker Smalley's blog post 'See? Librarians Are Your Friends'

There's another article from the Boston Globe today talking about how books just gather dust if you don't have a teen librarian, and I'd throw in also if you don't have a school librarian (though the article was focusing on public not school librari…

1 hour ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Lori Melton's blog post 'Ask MN'

That's always the hard part about Ask MN - what access to resources do the people asking the questions have access to? I'm glad to hear you've been using Ask MN to help you in your great work as a media specialist.

1 hour ago

Molly McCarthy added a blog post

Developing a research plan

3 hours ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Erin Hartse's blog post 'On-line notice board'

There are pretty easy-to-use tools to make websites, if that's really what you want. You can use Weebly, or maybe Google Sites, or even just make yourself a wiki like the MILI wiki. We use PB Works to make that one, and other MILI teachers have made…

4 hours ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Tori Jensen's blog post 'Sign Up Genius'

I've never heard of Sign Up Genius, and think it looks really nice, but it does suck that you'd have to add every date. Isn't there a function where you can duplicate schedules and/or duplicate dates? It's too bad if there's not, but it seems like t…

4 hours ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Amy Hallberg's blog post 'Oh, and also...'

"magical academic effect" - I like that! I love your assignment and how you incorporated an online forum component using Moodle. I'm assuming they have to communicate in German, even in the Moodle, right?

4 hours ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Char Harris's blog post 'ELM4You and databases'

That's a great story!! I love that he thought he found something great online but you had him evaluate it to find that it wasn't all that credible. Ask.com has some interesting information, but for the majority of the info it is hard to see who wrot…

4 hours ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Tanya Marie Hodge's blog post 'Google Scholar'

Woo-hoo! I'm glad you found something using with Google Scholar. I do find useful things there, the only frustration is that sometimes what I find is hidden behind a subscription database wall and it asks me to log in to see the information. You may…

4 hours ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Naomi DeLorenzo's blog post 'Activities on Britannica Online'

Well, since I'm definitely no mathematical genius I can't comment much on why it didn't work, but I will say that if there isn't an activity out there that you love, you can always adapt them. The same goes for all the information we show you all. W…

4 hours ago

Jessica Zaback commented on Jessica Zaback's blog post 'Weebly - worth it?'

Do you have any recommendations for a free web building site?

4 hours ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Char Harris's blog post 'Re: Pew Survey on Teen Internet Use'

I'm glad you're seeing students excited about blogging at such a young age! I think the reason students don't like blogs is that they see them used so much in education now, and they are often required to use them in education, that it maybe takes…

4 hours ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Naomi DeLorenzo's blog post 'Visible and Invisible Web'

When I was at a conference a year ago one of the sessions I went to was about diversity. He has us draw a huge circle, which represented the world's knowledge, and then had us put down how much of that we knew, and most people just drew a portion of…

4 hours ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Molly McCarthy's blog post 'Other web research mini lessons...'

Don't forget all the Support Materials on the Research Project Calculator. Just look to the right, in the yellow Teacher Resources box, for the link to Support Materials. There are so many supporting materials there that you can download and adapt.…

4 hours ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Molly McCarthy's blog post 'Prepping for Student Web Rearch'

Very nice! We know all of the info we have available won't be good for every class and every student, so you did exactly what we hope people would do - take the information and adapt it. I love both of these, they're fabulous, and I think they way y…

4 hours ago

LeAnn Suchy commented on Jessica Zaback's blog post 'Weebly - worth it?'

I know about but have never used Weebly. I want to say that one teacher in MILI has used Weebly, but I can't think of who on the top of my head. If I remember, I'll ask that teacher to give you some insight. Otherwise, here's some info I found onli…

4 hours ago

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