Archive for the 'Connecting with Others' Category
Skyping with Kenneth C. Davis
My students and I had a great time visiting with Kenneth C. Davis yesterday. He is the author of the Don’t Know Much About series of books and a passionate student/teacher of the stories of American history. Click on the students’ names to read their take on our conversation with Mr. Davis. Chandler, Paris, Justin, [...]
Iowa
Hello, Jack and all the 4th graders in Pennsylvania. We hope you learn much about all 50 states this year. Here are some things that my students have written about Iowa. Have fun learning! All About Iowa Grace’s Post Paris’s Post Shiann’s Post Vanessa’s Iowa Photos Life Science Photos Iowans in History Click on each [...]
Doing the Stuff
Imagination. I love the new commercial for Canon on creativity, imagination, and contributing. You can view it here. Here’s another inspiring one from Apple–Think Different. On November 23, we are going to have a “genius hour”–a time for you to imagine and do whatever you want! Gary Stager shared ten things you can do on [...]
Strewth! It’s Miss W and Mr. Davo Devil
We never realized last spring that Miss W would actually come to our school! We participated in our first ever Student Blogging Challenge last spring, and we met Miss W then. She left many comments on our blogs and taught us all much about blogging. Blogging Challenge #4, activity 5 was to write about your [...]
Bugscope Session
The Bugscope is an $800,000 scanning electron microscope housed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A student sitting at a laptop in Iowa (or anywhere) can focus, change contrast, and zoom in on some really interesting specimens. My students and I were privileged to be the first Bugscope session of the season. It was [...]
Miss W and Davo the Tasmanian Devil Come to Iowa
I was so excited to hear that Miss W is coming to Iowa in the fall! She will be bringing a Tasmanian Devil (I think it’s a toy one, though. Maybe real ones are too wild!) Last spring, during the Student Blogging Challenge, some of my students told Miss W about their home towns and [...]
Good-bye, Stanleys! We loved having you!
Finally, we have all said good-bye to Stanleys belonging to Mrs. Howlin’s class and shipped them back to New South Wales. We had lots of fun with them. They were kept busy here in Iowa. Here are a few photos of their adventures, plus a special video for Jorja.
Brodie’s Flat Stanley Helps Plant a Garden
Brodie’s Flat Stanley came to Iowa and planted an herb garden. Here’s a video showing all the work he did. Thanks for coming, Stanley!
