Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Digital TV Transisition & More!

I've received numerous questions regarding the digital TV transition taking effect on February 17, 2009. In my quest to adequately answer those questions I came across our government's site answering all your questions and then some!

****I can tell you that cable service in AUSD is a site based decision. If you don't currently have cable and would like it you will need to contact Comcast directly.

Diana

Pixar to Educators, "The Core Skill of Innovators is to Be Good at Error Recovery, Not Failure Avoidance."

Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age: A New Model for the Workplace. Pixar University's Randy Nelson explains what schools must do to prepare students for jobs in new media.

Inauguration Fever! Websites and More...

With the 2009 Inauguration just 15 days away I thought I better get on the ball and send out a few sites that you may find worthwhile visiting with your students.

****If you know of other sites please share in the comments section after this post.

• Middle and High School teachers check out- PBS News Hour
• District of Colombia's 2009 Inaugural Site
  
• Kids Capitol Online Games
  

• Ever wonder how the president elect does to get ready for the big day? View his Inauguration Schedule
• Take your students inside the Obama's new home-The White House! View the panoramic tour here
• View the Presidential Inaugural Committee's Flickr photostream
• Weekly photos of the Inauguration Day Platform construction!
• Education World's Hail to the Chief!
• Scholastic Teaching Resources for Barack Obama
  

Give your students a voice...Tell President Elect Obama what you think about the important issues?

PBS Kids Go

Printable Worksheets and Crafts

1. Play the Presidential Memory Game
2. Paper Plate Obama Symbol
3. Obama Stencil Silhouette

Encinal High's Songfest is a Smashing Success!

Brian Rodriguez's AP Euro and American History students put on their annual Song Fest last week. The students sang and danced their way through historical European and American historical events. What a fantastic night!

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.