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GeoFest
I really enjoyed Sue Knott’s presentation on Food Around the World. She used a variety of activities to keep us engaged through the entire hour. The activity that I thought could be most beneficial to the younger elementary age was the map/food activity. It was about trading food to other countries around the world based […]
Geofest conference
I really enjoyed getting to interact with other teachers! What a fun and exciting way to share and exchanges resources as well as other teaching ideas and strategies. A speaker who was great was Sue Knott from the Minnesota Board of Agriculture. My dad has always been passionate about food, eating healthy and the agri […]
Geofest!!!!!!
This previous Saturday I was lucky enough to attend the geofest conference at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. To be honest I was rather skeptical going into this experience, I was worried about losing a whole day to a conference that I may not even get much from. However, I ended up really enjoying […]
Shout Out!
I think that our class needs to be acknowledged for attending the Geofest conference. I think our entire group looked so nice and professional, and we really represented Gustavus well! We all walked with our “Gustavus Educators” bags so it was apparent, the GAC education pack had arrived! Also, I don’t think I speak alone […]
Geofest – MAPS!
My favorite presentation at the conference was definitely the Esri one. This group shared a site where there are many different kinds of maps for students to look at. This site has any map you can think of; obesity rates, food distribution, and even where titanic passengers lived along with all of their information. The […]
Geofest – What did you gain?
Yesterday at geofest, I went to a session called “Picture there, Picture that!” In the session we read a children’s book and used geography skills to make a birds eye view map of the book. We covered TODALSIGS which was a guideline for what we needed on our individual maps (i.e. title, legend, date, and […]
Teaching Ideas…
After almost a week with Kindergarteners I have collected a few new fun ideas for teaching the lower elementary grades! I will list them below: -Sensory table filled with coffee grounds (flavored vanilla/hazelnut) -Rain experiment in a cup! http://www.pinterest.com/pin/263882859388833486/ -Conflict Chart (explaining how to solve their own problems without involving the teacher all the time) -Demonstrating […]
Attacking Cyber Bullying
Hi everyone! This is an article I found on preventing cyber bullying. It’s a new program in the Anoka-Hennepin area which brings attention to cyber bullying but most importantly teaches students how to deal with this type of bullying. Along with condemning the act, they teach students how to react, respond and challenge the bulliers. […]
edublogs
http://edublogs.org/why-edublogs/ Has anyone used edublog? It’s a professional looking site. The basic blogs are free and for a fee a person can upgrade to get additional features.
Shout out time: Bethany
Hey whats up everyone. So I thought Bethany was able to really share some sweet teaching ideas. However, she did claim I don’t have a pintrest, but I did man up and get one. Anyways, I suggest you check it out as there is some good stuff in there. http://tlc.blog.gustavus.edu/2013/09/30/pinterest/