Dear parents,
The Boise School District uses what is called Infinite Campus for their Student Information System. This will allow parents to see the grades that are being put into the grade book immediately. It also encourages active participation so you can see what your child is doing.
Infinite Campus has different tools that it offers. These tools include: curriculum, attendance, instruction, school services, communication and reporting and analysis. I will be using all of these tools to keep you updated on your child's progress and the progress of our classroom.
I will make sure that I use the curriculum, attendance, reporting and analysis, and school services (events) for you. These tools will be easily accessible and will help you to continue knowing everything that happens in my classroom.
For more information please feel free to contact me or look at the following website for more information.
http://www.infinitecampus.com/.
I am also including a youtube video about Infinite Campus as well. This may answer many of your questions and help you to understand this clearly. Here is the URL to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5-7RLTXPQg.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Spreadsheets
My mac would not let me complete this assignment, and this is the first time I was around a pc.
I chose the project with the pumpkins. In this project Mr. Oliver wanted the students to use higher level thinking and be able to put all of their skills that they had just learned into a fun assignment. The task was for the students to find out whether or not big pumpkins have more seeds in them than small pumpkins. They guessed at different answers, then conducted the experiment, and lastly put in the information into a spreadsheet so that they could gather the information and find the answers to their question.
I would adapt this to my students areas of needs by asking them to create a spreadsheet to help organize data that they are collecting for a project. Similar to what they did here, but along with other assignments, for things like history or even math. I think that this would be very effective for some student, and would help them understand more of the content in this organized way. I also have a teacher who had her students create spreadsheets for the amount of pages that they read and summnaries of the chapters. I thought this would be very helpful to be able to keep track of this, and then having the summaries right there for you to review before they take a test or create something based on the book. Its a very organized structured way to do this, and I thought it was very benificial, and would like to do this with my students.
I chose the project with the pumpkins. In this project Mr. Oliver wanted the students to use higher level thinking and be able to put all of their skills that they had just learned into a fun assignment. The task was for the students to find out whether or not big pumpkins have more seeds in them than small pumpkins. They guessed at different answers, then conducted the experiment, and lastly put in the information into a spreadsheet so that they could gather the information and find the answers to their question.
I would adapt this to my students areas of needs by asking them to create a spreadsheet to help organize data that they are collecting for a project. Similar to what they did here, but along with other assignments, for things like history or even math. I think that this would be very effective for some student, and would help them understand more of the content in this organized way. I also have a teacher who had her students create spreadsheets for the amount of pages that they read and summnaries of the chapters. I thought this would be very helpful to be able to keep track of this, and then having the summaries right there for you to review before they take a test or create something based on the book. Its a very organized structured way to do this, and I thought it was very benificial, and would like to do this with my students.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
presentation
I had to get it from my other blog.
Blog should answer...Why you chose the PPT from Slideshare? How does it fit in your classroom or lesson structure? What do you like or dislike about the presentation style?
I chose this PPT from slideshare because I felt like it went along with my lesson well. I also felt like it was a good powerpoint in the sense that it was well organized, it didn't have too many words on a page, it had good graphics and it had good colors. It fits in my classroom lesson because my lesson was on kindergarten addition and subtraction and it talks a lot about addition and subtraction in the slideshow. I liked the presentation style because I felt like for the most part it was simple and unique. It was easy to follow along and had a lot of useful information for not only teachers but students as well. There wasn't a lot that I didn't like about it. I felt that overall it was a great slideshow and a good representation of what one should look like.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Blog 3
If I only had five computers I would have groups take turns using them. I would have each "expert" work at the same time finding information and then going to sit down, while the next experts go and use the computer. This way the same part is researching at the same time and can talk before presenting.
I think that the jigsaw method has a lot of advantages. I think that it will help students to really look deeper into material and listen to everyone else better. It gives them the practice of talking in front of people and for many students this is very hard for them and they need to have a lot of practice so they can get better and more confident. When I did this in high school I would quit thinking about the people in my group and whether I liked them or not but instead focus on presenting to them in the best way possible and listening to them so I could understand everything as well. The jigsaw method really pushes for people being equally responsible and knowledgeable.
I think that a disadvantage of this method is that perfectionists and people who overachieve have a hard time sticking to their task and not going way overboard with the information that they are presenting. I also think that for many students they get bored while doing this because its not fun for them to try to understand another student, instead they want to do it themselves.
I think that the jigsaw method has a lot of advantages. I think that it will help students to really look deeper into material and listen to everyone else better. It gives them the practice of talking in front of people and for many students this is very hard for them and they need to have a lot of practice so they can get better and more confident. When I did this in high school I would quit thinking about the people in my group and whether I liked them or not but instead focus on presenting to them in the best way possible and listening to them so I could understand everything as well. The jigsaw method really pushes for people being equally responsible and knowledgeable.
I think that a disadvantage of this method is that perfectionists and people who overachieve have a hard time sticking to their task and not going way overboard with the information that they are presenting. I also think that for many students they get bored while doing this because its not fun for them to try to understand another student, instead they want to do it themselves.
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