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Wordle

scheney — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:56:19 +0000

Testing out Wordle…cloud tags w/cool fonts. Looks to your del.icio.us account id or a bunch of words you copy/paste from somewhere else. Neat images. You can adjust vertical/horizontal, colors, fonts, etc. Free, free, free.

Wordle

Switch to Off

scheney — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:40:33 +0000

I’ve been feeling overly connected lately. Between e-mail (3 accounts), facebook, blackberry, ichat, and twitter…I think that the upcoming long weekend is a good opportunity to turn it all off and enjoy the sunshine and warm weather. Don’t get me wrong, the connectivity provides me with great resources for work and life and I value having the opportunity to have so many intelligent, caring people in my electronic life but it needs to be consumed in balance with the other important stuff (husband, cats, garden). So if you don’t “see” me for a few days, I’m busy with other stuff.

Travel?

scheney — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:18:57 +0000

4th Grade: During your travels around the world, you visited many different places and learned about cultures not like ours. Why is it important to to do this? If you could visit any place on Earth, where would you go and why?

Go Places 4th Grade

scheney — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:57:33 +0000

Over the next couple of weeks you’ll travel the world! Visit countries on many of the continents and write about what you learn in a way that makes me want to visit too. Respond here: tell me where I should visit, what language I should be prepared to speak, and two important dates in the history of the country. Your writing will earn you a stamp in your passport.

Here is an example:
Aloha from Hawaii where I visited my friend Julie in the capital city of Honolulu. We went to the North Shore and surfed at Waikiki’s Beach where the waves are huge and the beach is beautiful. Mount Kilauea is an active volcano and we saw it spewing magma into the ocean, it was cool! People in Hawaii speak English but use Hawaiian words when they talk, like aloha and mahalo which means thank you. Hawaii didn’t become a state until 1959, after the military base at Pearl Harbor had been attacked, entering the US into World War II. The weather in Hawaii is warm and sunny and the pineapples juicy! This was a great place to visit.

Typing Pal

scheney — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:17:12 +0000

Access this new web-based typing program from any computer with Internet access.
http://school.typingpal.com/index_ecole.asp?cs=434&ecole=2201

Log in with your short name (ex. 14scheney) and password to continue where you left off. Check your progress and remember to keep your fingers on the “home row”!

5W Spanish Practice

scheney — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:21:40 +0000

After listening to your first Spanish recording, respond to the following:
How did you sound?
Identify one good thing and one less than good thing about your conversation.
How can you improve?
Write any other comments about the process of recording using the iPod.

5th Grade Audio Musuem

scheney — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:10:19 +0000

We have finished the audio museum (YEA!!) and you will be listening to your file and those of your classmates during class. Please evaluate the project by responding these questions :

-What parts did you do really well?
-What parts did you struggle with?
-What component did you most enjoy working on?
-How could the project be improved?

eBoard

scheney — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:16:57 +0000

Check out this cool piece of technology:
http://www.northhampton.eboard.com/

Lessons for the computer lab will be posted here throughout the year!

Taking Care of Our Earth

scheney — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:08:44 +0000

After watching the movie at UnitedStreaming, write about one thing that you can do to take better care of our Earth.

Fire Safety

scheney — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:57:52 +0000

Check out this website for more information about fire safety: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/flash.shtm

Test your knowledge with the crossword puzzle and hazard house!