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Welcome to my classroom! We're embarking on a road to travel the world, meet the animal kingdom, and learn math and science! Join me, won't you?

Glogster

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Podcast

Good morning class. My name is Dana Walton and I'm going to be your teacher. Now if you found me, that means you're really really smart and that's good because I like really really smart kids; that means I don't have to work as hard! I'm just kidding, I'm not going to be working hard at all! It's going to be you whose working hard!

I want all of your noses to the grindstone. I know y'all don't understand what that means because you all are young and have never seen a grindstone. Come to think of it, I've never seen a grindstone. I'll have to look it up on Wikipedia (by the way if you're going to be in my class, lay off the Wikipedia; its not that reliable. I mean it can be if you check and double check and triple check, but just to be safe: no. None of that. We'll have none of that).

Anyway, if you've found my podcast that means you're brilliant; or at least brilliant with a computer, which come to think of it is basically the same thing nowadays. I don't know. I think it's going to be a great year. We're going to get along, you and me. You know why? Because I'm awesome, you're awesome, and together were going to be super special awesome (you get a cookie if you know what that reference is. well, not a real cookie because you're not here but an Internet cookie, which is just as good and not as fattening)!

I'll see you guys later.

Voki

Technology is amazing isn't it? I mean, how it expands our world, but yet kinda shrinks it at the same time, doesn't it. Why just think, one day I'll be able to teach a class and have little to no human interaction whatsoever. That'll be brilliant!

Ooh, that's a scary thought though. I'll be like a hermit. A teaching hermit. Like a guru, on top of a mountain somewhere.

Yeah. Killer.

YouTube

The urge to use YouTube to teach all of my classes would be too tempting, so instead, I would find nifty tricks to remembering facts (The Animaniacs song about Magellan, multiplication tricks, etc) and use them as a fun way to reinforce lessons.

Demo Video

Module One, For Realz!

Picture It:

Somewhere in the future, there is a classroom with 10-15 desks in the shape of a large semicircle. In the middle of the semicircle will be a teacher’s desk. All of these desks will be lightweight and easy to move around in case PE is canceled due to inclement weather. On the opposite side of the entrance way, there will be two large windows, with windowsills large enough for a person to sit on. The windowsills are outlined with pillows and have outlets under the windows. The back of the classroom has three to five computer terminals. The computers have Internet access and a printer attached to every other computer. There will be two laptops that can be used at either the students’ desks or the windowsills. These laptops will have a wireless connection to both the Internet and the printers.

Each student will spend one hour familiarizing themselves with various programs on the computer. Each child will have an email address issued by the school that will serve as main communication among the teacher and her students after school hours. There will also be a chat-room that students will use to have access to their teacher between classes. The children will be introduced to blogging (and will be required to create and maintain a blog featuring their original stories) and social networking (including a school-only profile on either Google+ , Facebook, or Twitter). As a reward for excellent study skills, the last hour of each class will be dedicated to playing games on the computer, with a thorough explanation that there is a time for work and a time for play. This is an important lesson that children should learn at a young age.

Also? Thirty minutes break for the students. There will be snacks, and everyone will have a moment to rest their brains. After all, a child’s schoolwork is their job, and who doesn’t need a break from the hustle and bustle of 9-5? Or would it be 8-3 in this case?

Module One

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