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Bullying :(
While I was watching the news this evening, this story came up about cyberbullying. On September 9th, a young girl (middle school aged) jumped to her death from an abandoned concrete plant after being bullied continuously both on-line and at school. This news story reiterates the fact of how important it is for us, as […]
“In the news..”
I’m not sure if this really counts a “in the news..” post but I found this today when I was look at the Minnesota Education page! I think it will be very beneficial for all of us in the upcoming months! http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/free-resources/professional-development/job-interview-tips
Standardized Testing Popularity
Earlier today in class we talked about Education Minnesota. This motivated me to go on-line to read their newsletter for the month of October, and I found many different interesting articles. One article I found (attached below) discussed the popularity of standardized testing in America and how parents are uneducated about the core curriculum/state standards. […]
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 […]