DS Parent Internet Safety Night Nov 7th

For more information regarding:

Cyber Crime Team and Officer Grabert on Parent Children's Internet Safety Night, please select this event link.

Technology Literacy Tweets on Twitter

Middle School students are now on Twitter.

Follow us on Twitter to see what we are doing in Technology Literacy class. Link here

Flipped Classrooms with ShowMe Video Tool

Save time in your classroom with Flipped Learning. Provide a collaborative learning atmosphere for your students that is flexible. Encourage and model other tools for teaching and learning such as embedding or linking videos to your wiki. Videos from Khan Academy, You Tube, Teacher Tube, teacher created homework videos or student created videos. The students that need that extra time or review can review at home at their own pace. The students that want to move forward or review again at home to better understand topic. Encourage students to email you if they have a question before your next class.

More homework is getting done, lessons no longer take 2 or 3 days, teacher moves to the back of the classroom while the students learning stays in the front of the classroom. To learn more about what flipped classroom is or is not check out these videos and articles.


A Vehicle to the Future: Returning to the "Guide on the Side Teacher"



The Flipped Classroom is Not:


ShowMe.com or ShowMe App for video creation and sharing to get your classroom FLIPPED!

Evernote App synced with Evernote.com via ShowMe Teacher Example of a Video for Flipping your classrooms.

Easy Bib for Citation

EasyBib App and online tool will support your students consistant integration of works cited and bibliography formatting.

• Search Free App for iTouch, iPhone or iPad: EasyBib
• Online address to link to your wiki @ http://www.easybib.com/

FYI: Grade 6 teachers teach students how to actually create their citatations "byhand" in order to understand best what they are citing and why.

I will be using this tool in Technology Literacy and Olive will be in Library Media for all students, to remain consistant this tool is also recommended from teachers ranging from Grades 6-8 at DSMS.

Brain Pop at the Middle School

The iSchool Initiative 'Mass Cue Keynote' Speaker 2012

Learn about the iSchool Initiative founded by Travis Allen. In October 2012 at the MassCue Technology Conference, we will hear first hand from Keynote Speaker why this digital native college student ONLY uses his iPad and iPhone at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. "From that point on, I was a mobile learner".