Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Book Study, Part 1 - The Smartest Kids in the World


You should have completed the first part of the book study chapters one - four.  What did you think about what you read?

Which of the three students do you most relate to?  Explain why and how you view this?  What was significant to you about this student?

What was your opinion of the different types of schools in the three countries?  Which do you think would be the best in the United States and why?

Finland
South Korea
Poland


Click here and listen to an interview from NPR with Amanda Ripley

As always, use the rubric for best results.
Due - Monday April 25 or after we finish our discussion over Part 1.  

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

LiveBinder

LiveBinders is a useful and free tool to use for bookmarking and saving documents and web based information in an organized manner.

This is the link to LiveBinders.  You can set up a free account and use it as a storehouse of information for your students and your classroom.

URL link to LiveBinders

LiveBinders can be embedded or linked.
2016 Tech Tools for Interns  This is the Binder view.  You may click on it to see everyone's blogs over Tech Tools.


Click here to open this binder in a new window.  This is the open binder and it shows the tabs.




Your next assignment is to embed this LiveBinder on to your blog and on to your portfolio.
Copy and paste the embed code here.

Binder view:

<div style="width:75px; height:78px; background-image:url(http://www.livebinders.com/images/icons/binder_icon_private.png); border:0px; margin-top:4px; background-repeat: no-repeat"> <a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1976547" target="_blank"> <img src="/images/blank_binder.gif" style="width:60px; height:60px; border:0px; padding:0px;margin:14px 0px 0px 13px;" /> </a> </div> <div><a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1976547" target="_blank">2016 Tech Tools for Interns </a><br /></div>

Open Binder View:

<a href="http://livebinders.com/play/play?id=1976547&present=true" target="_blank">Click here</a> to open this binder in a new window.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://livebinders.com/play/play?id=1976547&present=true" height="500" width="95%">Your browser does not support iframes.</iframe>

Embed on both your blog and your portfolio under tech tools.  This is due on Friday, April 15, in class. Easy as Pie!