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8 years ago
Hi There,
I have moved to my "new home", I am currently working on my school's Wikispaces. Feel fee to access it and leave us comments there. Thanks,
http://errandoseaprendeaherrar.wikispaces.com/
Ana Maria Menezes a friend and former co-worker in Brazil started this amazing project with the objective of having teachers and students around the world share a picture a week with a paragraph to go with the picture. So we can all learn more about other countries' cultures and customs while students have the chance to learn from each other and improve their language skills. Our school is very happy to participate in this project. Our English Language Learners ELL students, teachers and Spanish class are thrilled to be part of this project.
Please access the project and leave us some comments. We cannot wait to hear from you :-))
http://an-image-a-week.posterous.com/
Hello everybody,
If you agree with me, please sign (online) my petition! Thank you in advance for your conscientiousness and don't forget to spread the word, I mean the link. I need 25,000 signatures so my petition can be seen by the White House administration.
Please, click here to sign http://wh.gov/jhR
My Petition:
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
Save energy by inverting daylight savings time during winter.
As we now live in the 21st Century, we also need to think as 21st Century citizens and leave the preconceptions and misconceptions of the past behind. We need immediate attention to this petition! Benjamin Franklin in the 18th Century suggested at that time that it would make more sense for farmers to have more daylight in the morning so they could save on candles by rising earlier to use morning sunlight. But this is no longer part of our reality, with the invention of modern farming equipment this is obsolete today. We need to concentrate in saving the planet by economizing energy. If we had longer daylight in the evenings during winter, we would save an enormous amount of money and energy. Doesn't it make more sense to have longer evenings during winter in this era?
Created: Dec 01, 2011
Issues: Energy
Jill Litwin a 4th Grade Teacher at Rutledge Hall kindly invited me to her classroom so her students could ask me some questions about Brazil. I put together a presentation about Brazilian food, currency, and other curiosities. See the ppt presentation below and also watch the video of the presentation. Have fun!
Untitled from Camila Sousa on Vimeo.
Watch the presentation with Ana Maria Menezes - Global Connections: Homework Assignments using web 2.0
Global Connections: Homework Assignments using Web 2.0 from Camila Sousa on Vimeo.
Watch the presentation about Google Sites
Google Sites from Camila Sousa on Vimeo.
The district I work at is very diverse. There are students and parents from all over the world so the school values global connections and thinks it is important for the community. We are a community who understands the importance of differentiation and we know that every individual learns differently from others.
I really like the picture below because it shows exactly what teachers used to do in the past by not considering the differences.
On our institute day on September 23rd I had to present two sessions of two hours each so for one of the sessions I invited my friend and former co-worker from Brazil, Ana Maria Menezes.
BIO: Ana Maria Menezes
EFL teacher and teacher trainer in Brazil. Head of the EDtech department at Cultura Inglesa Uberlândia. Helps teachers integrate technology with their classes by facilitating two online courses: “Cultura EDtech” and “Moving Beyond”. Writer of two books dedicated to language teachers: “Webtools applied to teaching” and “Developing the 4 Skills using Webtools”.
Ana Maria presented about Global Connections: Homework Assignments using Web 2.0. We had decided that for a lot of reasons we would be using WiZiQ to present but were prepared to use Skype as a backup in case things went wrong with the platform!
The presentation went very smoothly and the teachers in my school really enjoyed it. It was the first time that they had experienced an online presentation in this format. I had my computer set up facing them so Ana Maria could see the teachers and I had her presentation and her video projected to a big screen in the room.
Every time teachers wanted to talk to each other they would do it quietly, I think that they thought that Ana Maria could hear them, but the microfone was muted for most of the time that she was presenting and was given to us when we had group discussions or questions to ask.
I saw a lot of teacher with their iPads taking pictures of the screen that was projecting the presentation because they wanted to "save the slides" even though I told them that I would share the recording with them later. I also experienced a lot of shy teachers when they saw themselves on the camera.
The feedback of the presentation was very positive and I already have some teachers e-mailing me to send them the link to the recording, even though it is not available yet.
Let's put our hands together one more time to Ana Maria on the great job she did presenting to us! Thank you again Aninha.
How have we been using QR Codes in our school?
We are piloting an iPad project for 6th graders in our district and they get to take home their iPads. I know right? Awesome...
We used QR Codes for the first week of school where they had to go in a scavanger hunt around the building to get to know it and also use their apps along the way. So the clues were:
LOCATION = Office
CLUE = We are here to help. Who are we?
DOCUMENTATION = "This is the Office - use your camera app to take a picture of yourselves outside"
App 2 Use = Camera
We have been using the i-nigma QR Code reader by 3GVision:
And also, QR Code reader and scanner by shopSavvy, Inc.
We used the QR Code Generators:
Here is my QR Code - Have fun creating yours!
Thank you to Ana Maria at LifeFeast who invited me to write a guest post for her blog. I am very happy to be sharing with you all. Those who know me understand that my philosophy and motto is - Sharing is caring! :-)
I have been researching apps because the school district I work at is implementing a program that provides iPads for all 6th grade students and, believe it or not, they get to take their devices home!! I know, right?? These kids are so lucky!! I wish I was studying there. LOL I am the Technology Facilitator so I get to help them learn to use their iPads. It has been great hopping from site to site and finding some amazing educators' blogs, wikis and social media pages that review apps or just list them.
These are the free educational apps I have been collecting and sharing with the district staff I work with. I am very "APPy" to be sharing them with you all. My suggestions are based on schools I am currently working with.
Free Educational Apps
You can also find a list of educators' blogs with their app recommendation on my online bookmarking website.
Are you attending?
You really shouldn't miss out on this opportunity of attending a free online conference with teachers from all over the world!
Get your own badge at: The Reform Symposium Website!
I am on Between the Lines' post!
I was checking my social media network on twitter and facebook and came across this information:
"US friends beware: creepiest website ever: Spokeo.com . New online "USA" phone book w/personal information: pics you've posted on FB or web, your approx credit score, home value, income, age, etc. You can remove yourself by searching for yourself on their site, copying the URL of your page, then go to the bottom of the page and click on Privacy button to remove yourself. Copy & repost so your US FB friends are aware."
Within seconds a lot of friends and followers read this information and "spread the word" for their network friends. That's the power of social media and I love it.
This is an amazing app that I came across and it is free but don't know if it will become paid so go ahead and get yours!
ShowMe app
Take a look at my demo:
http://www.showmeapp.com/
The Tune-in Series is a collection of free webinars focused on introducing educators and IT leaders to the capabilities of Apple technology in education.
How to register:
Register for the whole series or just for a single topic. Join any day from May 2 to July 29, 2011.
•Monday http://edseminars.apple.com/event/4298
•Tuesday http://edseminars.apple.com/event/4299
•Wednesday http://edseminars.apple.com/event/4300
•Thursday http://edseminars.apple.com/event/4301
•Friday http://edseminars.apple.com/event/4303
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