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This week the show focused on starting the school year. We discussed what folks do when planning for the year and what routines and procedures are important to establish with students. We also shared what we might do differently in the upcoming school year and any new projects or ideas we are thinking about. Chat Log read more

This week the show focused on bullying.  Lisa Parisi and Ginger Lewman, filling in for Maria Knee, were joined by Nicole Hill and Robin Martin.  Together we tackled such issues as a school's responsibility when it comes to bullying, the best thing for a parent to do, and how to deal with bullies and victims. Chat log below: read more

Maria Knee and Lisa Parisi conversed with Ben Hazzard, Lisa Thumann and Ginger Lewman about the use of interactive white boards in the classroom. They discussed the benefits of using IBW's in the classroom, using the without the environment be too teacher centered, the advantages of one brand over an other and best practice in using IBW's. Chat Log read more

Lisa Parisi and Maria Knee are joined by Alice Barr and Pamela Livingston to discuss changes in school environments.  They tackled such questions as What changes do we want to see in a school environment and why?  How do we help create change?  What holds us back?  Why are some teachers so eager for change while others avoid it? Chat Archive: read more

Maria and Lisa are joined by Kevin and Michelle Honeycutt, Debbie Boisvert and Sheila Adams for a conversation about good teaching and technology. read more

In this first show, Maria Knee and Lisa Parisi are joined by Colleen King and Ginger Lewman.  Together, they discuss the issues and effects of praise in the classroom. Chat: read more

The It's Elementary team shares the successes and challenges of their year.

We had a great discussion with James Sigler 1. James Sigler shared his background and how he started video-conferencing, including some pertinent points It involved serendipity and a willingness to try something new, rather than a technology plan... 2. Why do it? Our guest and host shared about the learning connections they've made, and students make using this We discussed the standards, like NETS Communication and Collaboration and looking on how our students are communicating with authentic audiences. 4. The It's Elementary team share their experiences 5. And shared barriers to effective implementation or sustainability, blocking and coordinating schedule/time zones came up as the big issues. We then threw it open and had the audience join in. Our Next show will be on Monday June 9th, Year in Review.   What were your sucesses and challanges? What are your plans for 2008-09?  Visit our Blog at http://itselementary.edublogs.org Chat Below read more

Lisa and Maria shared their EduCon 2.0 experience with several guests who were also in attendance. The post show conversation added to the overall discussion and the chat room was lively as well. It was a record breaker! Chat Below read more

Our guest, Jennifer Dorman, gave lots of great information about using RSS in education. We defined RSS feeds (sorta like a magazine subscription, but online); We discussed why you would want to use it as a teacher, and in your classroom; We shared examples of how we use it (sometimes for ourselves and our professional development, sometimes to automate information given to and from students); and We talked about opportunities and challenges. You can find our planning wiki here. Some featured bookmarks from the show are here: From Jennifer Dorman: RSS for Educators wiki page RSS Presentation file RSS in Plain English (from Lee LeFever at CommonCraft, examples it really simply) A more extensive list of bookmark is here on Diigo. One issue that came up was the lack of RSS on content pages geared towards students. We've used feeds from Highlights, and Discovery Science. If you have other elementary-age content that has an RSS feed, please share it on in our Diigo group, or here as a comment. Thanks! Chat Log Below read more

Steve Hargadon joined the It's Elementary Team for a disscussion about tagging. Jose could not continue in the conversation due to skype gremlins messing around with his audio. Jose remained active in the chat room. Chat Log Below read more

Our guest for this show is Aimee Bissonette whose legal practice focuses on copyright and trademark law, as well as rights licensing issues. Alice presents a case study to inform teachers about copyright and how it affects multimedia projects that you post on the web. Chat Log read more