The Tiger Den

Yesterday you viewed the movie version of the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. Take a moment to reflect on the movie. What did you think about the movie? How does it compare to the book? Explain your response.

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Bubbl.us is a great tool for creating mind maps online. Teachers andstudents are able to create accounts and save their mind maps. You can embed the mind maps into blogs or websites. Bubbl.us also allows you to email your mind map and collaborate with others online on a mind map. I worked with a teacher [...]

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This has been a very busy school year. I can’t believe it’s October. Linda has a very good point. You have to make time to blog. I feel that blogging is a great reflective tool for educators, as well as, documentation for all that we do. I need to make the tme to blog daily or [...]

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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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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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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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I am working to create a blog that is functional, informative, current, and fun. I want teachers and students to be able to access the information and make comments. I just added the Voki today. It is incredible. I could not find a character that truly represented me but she’ll do. We just completed Freshman [...]

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I was introducted to Facebook at the Tech Camp and now I am addicted. I was able to locate numerous former students and classmates. It is really cool. Also I love JibJab. If you haven’t tried it-look at it now. I’m getting ready to go out of town again. My last trip before my summer [...]

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I shared my Animoto with several colleagues. They loved it! One colleague, a fifth grade teacher, wants to know ways she can implement this in her classroom. This first Animoto is just for practice. I plan to post it to advertise all of the activities that take place in the library. My daughter is fascinated [...]

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This camp has been an incredible learning experience. I am going to spend the next month trying out all of this new information. I really need to decide what programs will work best for our students and teachers. We are going to keep working together over the course of the 2008-2009 school year. I hope [...]

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