Under the MicroScope with Henry Haight's Joyce Craig!

Henry Haight's teacher Joyce Craig is featured in KQED's Quest Science Series!
Joyce has been passionate about teaching elementary school science for the past 20 years. Her students receive an average of five hours of science instruction per week! This is well above the national average.
Watch this inspirational video to find out how Joyce along with other bay area science educators are motivating their students to become 21st Century scientists.

Feel free to leave feedback for Joyce in the comment section at the bottom of this blog post.

If you try viewing from within the district, let the video play through once to eliminate the buffering (sluggish) play quality of the video.

Renzulli Election Resources Galore!

Renzulli Learning has created a .pdf with loads of election activities for your students. Check it out!

Take me there now!

Renzulli Learning Site...Loads of Activities

Mark Your Calendar! Discovery Educator Network Offers Free Webinars

Discovery Education is sponsoring a series of innovative online webinars this fall.

The beauty of the webinar is that you attend via your computer and it's all for FREE! Just check out the amazing line-up of events below!

One not to miss...Fall Discovery Virtual Conference... it's on a Saturday.
Last year I stayed in my pajamas, drank coffee, did laundry all while attending some of the best PD ever!

Go to the Discovery to ENROLL for the sessions you'd like to attend.

Enjoy! Diana

October 22 4:00 -5:00 p.m	Father of the Web Quest- Bernie Dodge
October 25 6:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m.	Fall Discovery Education Virtual Conference
October 28 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.	Tech or Treat Web 2.0 Tools
November 4 4:00-5:00 p.m.	PowerPoint- Integration Ideas
November 11 4:00-5:00 p.m.	Storytelling with PhotoStory
November 19 4:00-5:00 p.m.	EdTechConnect with Alan Kay
November 25 4:00-5:00 p.m.	Thanksgiving Special
December 2 4:00-5:00 p.m.	Podcasting Throughout the Classroom
December 9 4:00-5:00 p.m.	Ten Things You didn't Know You Could Do with Cellphones
December 16 4:00-5:00 p.m.	Closed Captioning Tricks for PCs and Macs.

Google "Quotes" the Candidates!

Every time I turn around Google has created another useful educational tool.
In Quotes allows users to compare what politicians have to say on popular issues. Users are in control what politician and topic they want to compare. Mix, match and let the dialogue begin!

Where In the World is Matt?

TechKnowTuesday- Election Central

Here is a great video to illustrate how the electoral college works in our country. Great for classroom use. Check out this new CommonCraft video called...

The Electoral College in Plain English

Tons of Google Election Tools

Check out the election maps. I've embedded one below...but there are many more!

C-Span in the Classroom Free resources for teaching Civics and U.S. Government!

September 16, 2008

TechknowTuesday will feature grant resources, 21st Century learning resources & just plain fun Web 2.0 TechKnowTools!

• Science, Technology, Engineering Grant Cognex funds education projects. Some examples include computer labs, robotics competitions, science projects, etc. To apply, you will need to submit a one-page proposal describing the project/need, who will be affected, and the costs. Send/Email your application by September 22nd to Nora Toy-Desmond, Alameda Education Foundation, ndesmond@alameda.k12.ca.us

• DonorChoose Easy to application process! See earlier blog post about Washington's teacher Liza Young.

• Digital Wish Over 45 grants available for putting technology in the classroom

• Discovery Education Online Stream-a-Thon Tuesday, September 23 9:00 a.m. ending 6:00 p.m.

• Discovery Education Network Virtual Conference Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 6:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. Fire up your computer, grab a cup of coffee & stay in your pajamas for this one!
• Computer Using Educators Conference CUE October 14-16 in San Jose

  Pre-registration: On or before September 19, 2008:
  Full Conference Registration Fee (3 days)	$295

• Google Apps for Education: AUSD has secured over 700 secure Google Apps for Education accounts. Accounts include the use of Gmail & Google Docs which includes word processing, presentation program with the ability to use back-channel chat, spreadsheets and survey form generator. Contact Diana to set your students up with an account.
• Seeking Class to Collaborate: Contact Kim Corino 21st Century Literacy Specialist at the International School Bangkok in Thailand. Read Kim's blog post for more information on how to collaborate with her students throughout the year.
• Tikatok Create a story program. Check out the Education portion of the site.

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Diana in 1974

• Shelfari social network for people who love books. Create a virtual shelf to show off your books, see what your friends are reading and recommend books for your students- free!

Check out my books in my Shelfari gadget on my blog.


Periodic Tables Videos
Short videos explaining the each element on the Periodic Table