http://carolinablueskies.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:41:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a video I made last year for my Modern European History class just after we studied the Industrial Revolution and the timing was such that it was right around Halloween -- so this topic fit in nicely. Jack the Ripper from Jennifer Brinson on Vimeo. http://carolinablueskies.edublogs.org/2009/10/16/digital-storytelling-with-jack-the-ripper/ As the Model UN coach/advisor for Salisbury High School I am blessed to work with some of the brightest minds in our school. Kids who have a passion for international affairs, finding solutions, and discussing in a formal setting with their peers are part of our organization. We ... http://carolinablueskies.edublogs.org/2009/10/09/a-day-of-learning-model-un-style/ LifeSmarts at Salisbury High School simulated a toxic waste activity this past week with their classes. Each of the classes consists of 45 students and every few days they engage in a "pull out" activity where the three teachers split up the class and give small group an opportunity ... http://carolinablueskies.edublogs.org/2009/10/08/simulation-gaming-lifesmarts/ Salisbury High Schools offers a mandatory course for all sophomores entitled LifeSmarts. It is a progressive team taught class instructed by Family and Consumer Science teacher Beth Barber, Technology teacher Michelle Cotugno, and Business Education teacher Geoff Laird. They are assigned approximately 45 kids per class period and ... http://carolinablueskies.edublogs.org/2009/10/02/differentiating-instruction-with-emerging-industries/ So we all know the familiar credit card commercial – here is a new take for educators: lesson plans = 10 hours per week, grading essays = 8 hours per week, paperwork = 5 hours per week – collaboration with colleagues = priceless. As a first year Instructional Coach, I ... http://carolinablueskies.edublogs.org/2009/09/30/collaboration-priceless/ When I interviewed for my previous position, that of social studies teacher, I was asked the question, "if you had the opportunity to design any course what would that course be?"  Well, that one caught me off-guard.  I thought and thought - being wary, of course, that I couldn't take ... http://carolinablueskies.edublogs.org/2009/09/21/strategies-for-multiple-intelligences/ My students were to create a visual representation of the actual Preamble to the Constitution and they were to remix the Preamble in their own words and create a visual representation of the remix. Some groups created two separate versions and some create one that integrates the two. ... http://carolinablueskies.edublogs.org/2009/05/19/the-preamble-in-the-students-eyes/ Salisbury High School may be a small 500 student school located in the heart of the Lehigh Valley, but what we produce are motivated, intelligent, remarkably worldly students. Four of these such students formed a team called GUIDE (Globally Unified Individuals for Development and Ecology) and submitted an ... http://carolinablueskies.edublogs.org/2009/05/07/salisbury-j8-team-makes-top-10-cut-in-the-us/ So, perhaps I should have saved some of what I wrote in my discussion response this week for this post – it would have made tremendous sense. Please indulge me as I may, at times, sound redundant to those of you who have read my discussion response this week. ... http://carolinablueskies.edublogs.org/2009/04/15/clear-and-concise-thats-the-name-of-the-game-in-pbl/ The connection between the NETS and student abilities in the areas of communication, collaboration and publishing are not only obvious, but natural. The 21st century demands that our students are able to do all of the standards on the NETS. But, first and foremost, students must be able ... http://carolinablueskies.edublogs.org/2009/04/10/communication-collaboration-and-publishing-%e2%80%93-connection-to-the-nets/