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Entries from August 2008

Web 2.0 is the way to go!

August 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
I’ve been very busy this year. Students have been in the media center since the first day and teachers have brought their classes in to work research, work on projects, and and participate in activities,such as, a Library Scavenger Hunt I created to familiarize our students with library resources. I have collaborated with teachers to integrate [...]

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Back to School

August 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The first day of school went really well. It was great to see all of the Manassas crew. The school, teachers, and students looked great. Several nice pieces of art were installed in the school over the weekend. The main hallway is incredible. I met the artist and he used graphics to create art that is [...]

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Wordle

August 5th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I just tried Wordle. This is really neat. I can see students creating collages of words about themselves as a “getting to know you” activity during the first week of school. Teachers could create them as well. There are numerous educational possibilities for this application. Below you will see a wordle I created about my [...]

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