Teaching Science Middle Secondary Schools I

Hello Everyone. I just wanted to introduce myself my name is Stacy Hayes. This is my first class in my science core to earn my M.A. Ed. I have been teaching for 2 years and just left my job in a private residential school to work in the public schools. In my old position I taught all sciences 7-12 grades. This year I will be co-teaching biology. I'm very excited about working with all of you.

~Stacy

(Stacyjh)

A new class

Hello everyone- new and old to this blog! I am a 4th year Earth Science Teacher in Virginia Beach Public Schools. I just finished taking a class with Dr. Parlo this summer and if you haven't yet, don't worry... shes an awesome professor and her classes are a lot of fun!! Hopefully everyone is having a great start to the new semester. Good luck with your studies :)

Hello Everyone!

Hello to everyone in the Teaching of Middle and Secondary Schools I class! I hope everyone is excited to start a new class with Dr. Parlo! I know that Dr. Parlo has given Dreamweaver and Filebox instructions but if for some reason you have trouble with those like I did....Google sites does allow you to make a site that can stand for your e-portfolio it just doesn't allow as much fancy stuff as the other program does. But it is pretty easy to use so if you have questions about using google sites let me know and I will try to help!

ePortfolio link

I guess I have a ways to go toward technology competancy...here is the link!
http://sites.google.com/site/cindyakube/

My ePortfolio link

Hi all,
Not sure if anyone is still blogging here but I have just finished my web page. I used Google sites and it does have some limitations, but until I am happy with it for now. I have enjoyed our dialogue in this space and look forward to working with you in the future. Good luck with classes and teaching!

Dreamweaver Trial

I know there was a conversation on here earlier about the Dreamweaver trial expiring. One of the suggestions was to re-register using another email address. Unfortunately, you can only download the Adobe Dreamweaver trial once to your computer, so if you re-register with another email address you must download the free trial onto another computer to use. I ended up downloading the trial onto my brother's computer to use until I am able to get back to school.
Just thought I'd let ya'll know in case anyone was thinking about re-registering to use the Dreamweaver trial again.

-Ashley

E-Portfolio Link

Hey guys! Here is the link to my E-Portfolio.
www.filebox.vt.edu/users/krdubac/web

Definitely check it out if you're interested and let me know what you think...constructive criticism is good and I would love to know if anything isn't as user friendly as it could be. It's been a great semester, look forward to working with all of you in the fall!

Great Site for Videos

In researching grants I found a new site that the National Environmental Education Foundation has: Under Cool Tools, Check out the video on noctilucent clouds (I never heard of them...the video is great!) http://www.earthgauge.net/kids/

A interesting way to get paper

There have been a few teachers that actually get local businesses to supply paper to the teacher if they can run an ad at the bottom! Check out this brief clip from cbs:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4667549n%3fsource=search_video

Virtual Labs

Here is a fabulous site that a teacher/friend recommended. She teaches physical science and she couldn't believe I had never seen the site...evidently it is "THE" go to site for interactives. They call them simulations and there is alot the students can manipulate. Check it out when you have time! http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/

Cool Site

Hi everyone! My mom showed me this site and I thought I would share it with everyone! http://www.flashcardexchange.com/ Its a flashcard program with all sorts of fun stuff. Hope you enjoy.
-Lauren

Dreamweaver

Cindy- you said something about using google to finish your portfolio. I was wondering if you can give me some more details on this. I too am not on campus. Thanks!

P.S. Where do you work in Virginia Beach and what do you teach? I teach Earth Science at Bayside High.

Wiki Trouble

One other thing I forgot to ask on my recent post was ... was anyone else having trouble posting to the wiki while other people were posting to the same wiki at the same time? I am so sorry if I kicked anyone off while I was trying to post, but I kept seeing this message saying the post was locked because someone else was editing it. Is there anyway around that because I kept loosing my work? Hope no one else is having that problem!!
Lauren

Grant Proposals

Hey everyone! I wanted to share this awesome website I found for the grant proposal lesson. It is http://k12grants.org/grant_opps.htm and you can click on federal, state, and even foundation opportunities. After selecting one, you can search for different grants and narrow your search to categories such as science education. I found a very interesting one about math and science education. I wanted to share this with you all because I was having a little trouble finding some and wanted to let you in on this website just in case anyone else was having trouble! I hope it helps :)
-Lauren

Hi everyone!

I just talked to Dr. Parlo through email about how my DreamWeaver 30 day free trial application is about to expire. I was wondering how we were going to be able to work on our e-portfolios throughout next year. She said that almost all the computers on campus have it or we can check out laptops from the 2nd floor of War Memorial Hall.

She also said there are some free ones floating around that people have been using and to ask my fellow classmates on the blog if anyone has one they can pass along. If someone does, can they please let me (all of us!) know!

Thank you in advance!

Hang in there!

Hey everyone, I just wanted to give a quick word of encouragement! I don't know if everyone else is as burnt out as I am, but only two weeks to go! Wow the summer is flying by. I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone face-to-face this Fall. Keep up all the hard work, it will be worth it in the end!

What a day!

Hi everyone!
I hope everyone is having a better day than I am today! haha

I find it ironic that I did not have a good story to share when we were asked about backing up information to share a story on the blog. However, this morning when I woke up my computer crashed. I spent hours on the phone with VT 4 HELP trying to recover files off of my computer. Luckily, in the end I have been able to retrieve almost all of my information/school work/pictures/music and it is now backed up on my roommates computer as well as a flashdrive. I just wanted to remind everyone to back up their work (especially the eportfolio which I was freaking out about the most! as well as my personal pictures!)!! It can happen to anyone at any time, any day. And today has been the day from hell haha so try and avoid that at all cost!! :)
I hope everyone has a good rest of their night!
-Alex

Unzipping Files

I am having trouble opening up Dr. Parlo's zip files on my new computer. Its an HP Pavilion with Vistas. I can open them on my old Dell with XP but not the new one. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me.