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View Classroom Map in a larger map

This Map would be most useful for students in fifth grade

This map will show students important places in the vicinity of their school. The map marks locations where they can find resources to help with their school as well as interesting places to go to learn more. Places like the Impression Five Science Center is a great place for students to get hands on experience with several different sciences. The library is obviously a great resource for kids to go to find books to help them in school or just to read for fun. The other locations are also places of interest around Lansing that students will hopefully find interesting yet will learn something at the same time.

Google Calendar

This Classroom Calendar link will allow you to view the calendar and see upcoming events

This brief tip sheet will show you how to add this calendar into the google calendar you already have as well as show how to set up notifications for upcoming events.

Google Reader

RSS readers can be very beneficial for both students and teachers. Teachers can use the readers to stay up-to-date on articles about education, technology, and new policies affecting their work environment (i.e. government policies). This is every helpful for teachers because instead of having to search through dozens of sites in hopes of finding something new, all of the new articles about education come right to you.

Students can also use RSS readers. They can use them to stay up-to-date on their friends blogs, classroom blogs or other information, as well as other none school related items. This is benificial because it makes it much easier for them to find the information that they need with minimal confusion. Also in this way they are able to stay close with friends and other interesting topics that they discover.

Audio Podcast

Here is the Link: Audio Podcast

Phases of the moon BPP format

Phases Of The Moon

Check out this SlideShare Presentation on the phases of the moon

Phases Of The Moon

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Blogs in the Classroom

Besides being a great tool to share information about your personal life, blogs can have many uses in the classroom as well. There are several advantages that blogs could bring to the classroom:

1) The teacher could post homework and other assignments on the blog so that it can be accessed by the students in case they forgot to write it down. This would also allow the parents to check and see what homework their children have to complete so the parents can be involved in the schoolwork and be more informed about what is going on in the classroom. Students and parents would both also be able to post questions about the homework assignments on the blog which the teacher could respond to.

2) Teachers could post notices or general information about the what the students are learning in the classroom.

3)The teacher could also post upcoming events, i.e. field trips, birthdays, Halloween parades, Holiday parties, etc. This could include a note of the times these things will be taking place as well as if students are required to bring anything or any other supplies are needed.

4) Blogs could also be used in the classroom to let students write up summaries and opinions about books they are reading and allow other people to comment about them and even possibly have the author write back to them about their blog.

For the most part this whole list in how teachers can use blogs is to communicate from Teacher to student and Teacher to parent and vice versa. It can also be used to create lessons and is only limited by the creativity and determination of the teacher.