My students are currently engrossed in a new iPhone/Android game called What’s the Word? In each level of the game, you are presented with four photos, a set of letter space boxes, and eleven letters to help you spell out the word. The four pictures represent the word in some way. Some of them are… Continue reading What’s the word?
Category: Creativity
Galaxy shoes for the space obsessed teacher
This is a little different post. I hope you don’t mind. It does have something to do with education – one, it’s a lesson in a way, and two, this is the perfect accessory for teaching space! I am obsessed with space. I’m pretty sure you figured that out! I have this urge to not… Continue reading Galaxy shoes for the space obsessed teacher
#edugood update
It’s the 31st of January, and I am pleased to share that I have taken a photo every day as a part of #edugood. This is the longest I have ever kept up with a photo a day project. I think it helps to have a daily list theme when taking a photo. One month… Continue reading #edugood update
Ocean Floor Models
One of our standards states that students should model the features of the ocean floor. Last year, I decided to incorporate the modeling process into a project. Basically, students are instructed to create a model of ocean floor features (continental shelf, continental slope, abyssal plain, trench, mid-ocean ridge, seamount, and volcanic island). The model must… Continue reading Ocean Floor Models
Art notes: Science notes as art
When we interact with notes in my class, I like to make them colorful and interesting. I think part of it is because a large part of my memory is very visual. I see pictures when I recall information. I have also been trying to do more art in the past year. The most recent… Continue reading Art notes: Science notes as art
Completing #edSketch
I had this great idea to get a group of teachers creating art together with the Sketchbook Project. I participated last year and documented it on Hope is the Thing with Feathers. In August, we got a group together, and then my sketchbook sat in my studio for months. I had decided what my theme… Continue reading Completing #edSketch
Sharing the #edugood
My friend and Team Kennedy pal, Krissy Venosdale had a great idea for a 365 photo project: #edugood. It’s all about finding the good in education. I loved the idea of it, and I am determined to one day complete a 365 day photo project, so I decided to join in. I am really hoping… Continue reading Sharing the #edugood