Beth Newingham's Math Workshop

I have implemented Beth Newingham's Reading and Writing Workshop in my third grade classroom. I love it and the students do too! I just read Beth's blog about using a Math Workshop. I'm planning on using this during the 2010-2011 school year. Let me know if you use a Math Workshop. I would love to hear about what works and does not work.Take a look if you are interested.
http://blogs.scholastic.com/top_teaching/2010/05/math-workshop.html

The Book Whisperer

I found a great blog. It is from the author of The Book Whisperer, Donalyn Miller.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1970104.Donalyn_Miller/blog.

Wikis

I checked out several Wiki sights. Wikieducator and Eduwikis were the most interesting to me. There were several helpful articles that I would be able to refer back to. They could be confusing at times. I think the more that I use these sights the less confusing they will be. I seem to spend a lot of time looking for things and then getting redirected to another place. I then have to find my way back home. I do hope that I can use a Wiki in my classroom. I like the idea of using a Wiki for vocabulary. I'm just not sure of how many students would use it. Any ideas?

The Red and Black Blog

For all those UGA fans. I remember picking up the Red and Black newspaper each week to keep up with current news when I was at UGA. Well, I can actually get information from the Blog. Maybe this will help me 'communicate' with my son who is at UGA for another year.

Assessing Teacher Performance

From the Teaching Now Blog: Interesting article on How to Assess Teachers Performance in the classroom. Check it out.

iGoogle Page

I set up my iGoogle page. It is great. You can add widgets that give you different information, games, quotes, etc. Check it out!

Google Calendar

Kyle, Denae, and I are now connected with Google Calendar. They can access this from their laptops at college and we can all keep our events and appointments organized! I love it! I now have to teach Phil how to use it. I never knew it would be so easy. Thanks Kathy! This class has helped me look, find, and use new things. I'm hooked.

Web 2.0

June 14, 2010. Wow! I read the acticles and was overwhelmed with everything a teacher can do using the web. I'm very interested in using a variety of sites to help teach my lessons. I really think my students will be on board. I hope to be able to improve my online skills with this mini-class. I also think that I will need to continue to educate myself with this information.