Wednesday, April 29, 2009

COOL Tools for Schools!


Do you want to give your class an online quiz, find graphics for a project or create a presentation? Ths iis your site! Cooltoolsforschools is a site hosted in Wikispaces that contains a myriad of online tools to enhance your ability to create using technology.

Try it out!

Friday, April 24, 2009

Virginia Living Museum - From A Child's Eye!

Technology can be used by everyone! Students in Mrs. Brinker's first grade class took a field trip to the Virginia Living Museum and wanted to remember their experience. Mrs. Brinker gave her Flip camcorder to students and allowed them record their time at the museum. What they have share with us is a child's eye view of the wondrous world around them. Take a look!



Friday, April 3, 2009

Newport News Public Schools - NewsLine

Newsline!
Do you want to find out what is happening within our division? Check out this link so that you can find out about all of the great things that going on in our school community.
http://www.nnschools.org/newslines/

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Wikis vs Blogs


Do you know the difference between the two? Watch this video to help you understand the difference! It is a humorous interpretation of the Kennedy Nixon debates held on September 26, 1960.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Richneck PORT

Richneck teacher and faculty recently volunteered with a local church to feed our homeless citizens. Please join us as we relfect on our experiences.

Monday, March 16, 2009

10 Tips for Creating a 21st Century Classroom Experience


Check out this article (click on the words to the right) that lays out simple ways to ensure that your students are 21st Century learners.
An online magazine entitled MetropolisMag.com published by IDEO - a global innovation and design firm post ten things that school communities can do to foster true 21st Century learning in a classroom.
These are words that describe our school! It was created online using the site http://www.wordle.net/ YOu can use this site to create a wordle for you class!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Web 2.0 Applications

This site provides links to a whole gamut of Web 2.0 applications. There might be one here for you!