Every year we put together little candy grams for the students during testing week. This year we included our student council in helping with the preparations.....Yep! Only 4 days of testing this year:)- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone ... Read More about Candy Treats for State Testing

Today we welcome our new Kindergarten students! It's an exciting and nervous day for us and our new little guys and girls. Maybe our set-up for the day can be helpful to you.Welcome table to hand out paperwork....Some of our organization...Student name tag for pictures and folder of paperwork for parents.These tables are where our screeners turn I paperwork and transition to the next ... Read More about Kindergarten Screening Resources

Last week we hosted a teacher tech training. We talked about management of Netbooks and iPads in the classroom at the beginning of the year. Below are resources we used.Each classroom has an iPad. This was our first year using them with students.Our district goal for elementary is for each grade level to have a cart of Netbooks to use.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone ... Read More about Teacher Tech Training

Since I chose to memorialize my brother's Facebook page when he was killed last fall a lot of people have asked me about this. I chose to put this on my blog so I could refer others to this post when asked. The information below was sent to a family who lost a child recently and wondered if they should memorialize the page...... Keith and I when we first moved to Iowa:) On Sept. 11 last year my ... Read More about Reflections on Memorializing a Facebook Page

I am looking for the EASIEST way to publish students voice recordings online. Like 2-3 steps at the most. This is not for me but to model for my teachers and/or give them the easiest possible tool. Here is what I have tried: Audacity - Took me a long time to figure out but once I did I can create/edit semi-professional-like podcasts. Too complicated for teachers. Evernote - Can record voice memos ... Read More about Looking for EASIEST way to publish student recordings???