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Amber Rowland Celebration Information, 2010

When:

TRC Celebration
April 28th, 2010


Where:
Courtyard by Marriott, Junction City
310 Hammons Dr.
Junction City, KS


Time:
9:00a-4:00p


Who:
TRC grant teams including teachers and facil

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Added by Amber Rowland on March 12, 2010 at 11:39am — No Comments

joyce frederiksen Fraction Action

Glogster is the leading social network for fun expression. Glogster is a fast growing, global network that enables people to create a multimedia poster, or “Glog” for free. A Glog is made with text, images, videos, photos, graphics, music and more. Visit !window.open(this.href);"">www.glogster.com

Healy and Triplains students wanted to add some spice to their math and science classes by creating their own math and science Glogs.

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Added by joyce frederiksen on March 11, 2010 at 10:37pm — No Comments

WHIRL Opportunities for Recognition

The WHIRL post for this week is a reminder that the TRC program is now accepting nominations for the Best Facilitator and Best Administrator of the Year. These two awards can be nominated by TRC teachers, adminis

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Added by WHIRL on March 1, 2010 at 12:37pm — No Comments

WHIRL Creative Third Grade Authors: What Happens Next?

Our third graders at Victor Ornelas have decided they want to give back to their school by sharing their love of reading with the kindergarteners. In a “Reading Rainbow” style the students will choose books to read that are appropriate for the little guys. They will read the books individually

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Added by WHIRL on February 19, 2010 at 4:30am — No Comments

WHIRL Gallon Man Meets Technology

It is that time of year again. The state assessments are looming and teachers are desperately searching for the right lesson to teach those standards that students are still struggling with. Well, its time to get creative, and that's just what is happening in one fourth grade classroom in Winfield.

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Added by WHIRL on February 12, 2010 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

WHIRL YouTube Video Help

Jenny Gridley is a TRC facilitator and technology integration specialist in Wichita. She maintains a blog called the "Digital Equivalent" which she uses as a communication and sharing device for the teachers

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Added by WHIRL on February 4, 2010 at 11:24pm — 1 Comment

Amber Rowland TRC Year-End Celebration Awards

This year we are implementing program-wide awards.

  • TRC Facilitator of the Year
  • TRC Administrator of the Year
  • Best in Show: TRC Lesson Plan
  • Best in Show: TRC Teaching Video
  • People’s Choice: TRC Teaching
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Added by Amber Rowland on February 4, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

WHIRL Beyond the Classroom Walls: Active PBL in Buhler

As I listened to the teachers share their projects at our January, state-wide, TRC meeting, I was amazed! I thought to myself, many of these teachers started the school year not knowing how to use any technology except email. Now, only five months later, they are able to share quality int

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Added by WHIRL on January 28, 2010 at 10:34pm — 2 Comments

Dianna Rose 7 Tips On How To Write A Research Paper

There are various tasks accomplished by students in various academic standards and Research Paper writing is among those most complicated tasks provided to students. Below you will find out the fundamentals of writing custom research papers which can actually win an “A” grade for you… 1. Make sure that the selected view point of your custom research paper is the same of your supervisor’s viewpoint or else the probability of getting a nice grade is… Continue

Added by Dianna Rose on January 28, 2010 at 6:19am — No Comments

Amber Rowland HOTS Despite Standardized Exams

If you are trying to figure out a way to manage standardized testing while integrating Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and student-centered activities into your classroom, consider Journey North. These free, collaborative projects help address math, science, reading, and writing standards while offering your students an authentic audience to learn with. Journey North is… Continue

Added by Amber Rowland on January 26, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

WHIRL A TRC Facilitator Shares a Novel Wiki

Each December, our fourth grade students study the novel "Best Christmas Pageant Ever" by Barbara Robinson. This year, our innovative teachers decided to create a wiki where students used

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Added by WHIRL on January 22, 2010 at 1:00am — 3 Comments

WHIRL A WHIRL of Assessment Resources from TRCs

Today's WHIRL blog post includes free assessment preparation resources that have been shared by our TRC teachers and facilitators. Take a moment to read their thoughts and see if these resources and ideas can transfer to your classroom!


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Added by WHIRL on January 15, 2010 at 3:36pm — 2 Comments

WHIRL Classroom Management: TRC Style

Technology Rich Classroom teachers and facilitators integrate a wide variety of classroom technology tools everyday. From student laptops to various online resources there is always cause for the purposeful consideration of classroom management. Please view the comments below to find the suggestions given by our TRC participants! Continue

Added by WHIRL on January 12, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

WHIRL Wonderful World of Interactive Whiteboards

The TRC leadership team knows there are many great stories and resources that our teachers can share. Think of this post like a prompt on the board, because we desire YOU to comment and share your wisdom so that we can grow our interactive whiteboard resources for teachers and students and enjoy an interactive blog post. Whiteboard technologi… Continue

Added by WHIRL on January 8, 2010 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

WHIRL Funding Opportunities: Your Students Can Help!

Over the last several weeks I have received both requests, and recommendations for places where teachers can go to apply for various monetary supports. This week’s WHIRL post includes free databases that maintain updated and quality funding opportunities for K-12 teachers. In addition, I am asking that anyone with information on mini-grants, cl… Continue

Added by WHIRL on December 18, 2009 at 2:00am — No Comments

WHIRL Treasure Sharing

This week was the annual, National Staff Development Conference (NSDC). I was fortunate enough to join the masses of other educators who converged on St. Louis to harvest resources and collaborate! I sat in on several great sessions and one in particular was with two ladies from the east coast: Theresa Gray and Jennifer Borgioli. They did an… Continue

Added by WHIRL on December 11, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

WHIRL Lessons Ideas for the Season

The holidays provide many opportunities to create multidisciplinary lessons that stimulate creativity and appreciation for the true meaning of the season. One of my favorite movies is Polar Express because of the deeper meaning behind the story. Reading through the book could be a holiday treat for your students, and here are a few suggestions… Continue

Added by WHIRL on December 4, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

WHIRL Blog Remix :: Tell Us What YOU Need

This blog 'remix' involves YOU! Please make requests for resources, share burning questions, and inquiries you have related to technology integration and/or the application of technology skills in the classroom in the COMMENTS section below. We will take your requests and answer your questions in t… Continue

Added by WHIRL on November 23, 2009 at 11:00am — 9 Comments

WHIRL Digital Age Perspectives: A Thanksgiving WHIRL

One of the powerful gifts that educators can give to their students is perspective. Helping the students see a topic, whether it be fractions, DNA or poems from an angle that they have never seen before is one of my favorite challenges as an educator. Technology makes this challenge a little bit easie

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Added by WHIRL on November 12, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

WHIRL Authentic Project-Based Learning in a Wichita TRC

This week I would like to share a project that one of my TRC teachers did with her fifth grade students over several weeks in October. Mrs. Carter is in her first year of this grant and while her students were reading about helping animals in their

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Added by WHIRL on November 6, 2009 at 1:36am — No Comments

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