Mrs. T's Tech Talk http://ltaylor.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org blog Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:47:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Maine Partners with Common Sense Media http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2009/04/29/maine-partners-with-common-sense-media/ http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2009/04/29/maine-partners-with-common-sense-media/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:43:44 +0000 ltaylor http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/?p=45 Maine takes another step in leading the way to involve parents in digital media education.  Read Susan Gendron’s press release to learn more about Common Sense Media and its partnership with MLTI.

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http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2009/02/youre-not-to-old-for-facebook.html

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]]> http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2009/02/06/text-messaging/feed/ 2 Grade 2 Goes Paperless http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2008/10/30/grade-2-goes-paperless/ http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2008/10/30/grade-2-goes-paperless/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:01:41 +0000 ltaylor http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/?p=40 Mrs. Schuster is posting classroom newsletters and a calendar highlighting daily events on her moodle site.  Click here to view grade 2 classroom news.

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editorial

]]> http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2008/06/12/asia-editorials/feed/ 0 Battles of World War I http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2008/03/07/battles-of-world-war-i/ http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2008/03/07/battles-of-world-war-i/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:42:29 +0000 ltaylor http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2008/03/07/battles-of-world-war-i/ Junior high students created a keynote presentation on a battle of World War I. As an extension to the project, students “flew” from Nobleboro to their battlefield using Google Earth. The Battle of Tannenberg was created by a seventh grade student.

The-Battle-of-Tannenberg.pdf

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01-track-01.mp3

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Students in Mr. Williams’ science class are creating podcasts about the nervous system. Check out one of the first projects to be completed. Awesome job Mikaela and Hannah!

]]> http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2008/01/15/circulatory-podcast/feed/ 0 The Gift of Giving http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2008/01/04/the-gift-of-giving/ http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2008/01/04/the-gift-of-giving/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:42:59 +0000 ltaylor http://ltaylor.edublogs.org/2008/01/04/the-gift-of-giving/ The XO LaptopMay and her brother received special gifts during the holiday season. As participants of the One Laptop per Child program, they received two XO laptops while another two were sent to children in a developing nation.

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