Connectors

I am reading a very interesting book titled "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell. I just started reading and what I find fascinating is that we are all brought together by people who are connectors and these connectors seem to have a special way about them where they can become the tipping point of relationships, economics and trends.

This book is so interesting and also brings up the fact that Paul Revere was a connector thus the reason he was able to reach so many colonist telling them that the British were coming. The fact that there was another messenger named William Dawes, who was tasked with alerting another part of Boston was never recognized in history since his efforts were unsuccessful.

Why? You ask. Two people given the same task to share the same critical information and one succeeds and the other fails...Paul was the connector.

To be continued.

Reaching Out

Now that you have been exposed to blogs and will use them with your students this school year, think about what you will do next year. Planning ahead is what teachers do so here's an example of how a teacher in Staten Island gets to know her students before she even meets them!



Sharing ideas is another way that we learn...we are life long learners.

NYLearns - Posting Assignments

Here's the answer to posting assignments to your NYLearns website. Classes need to be created so that you can link an assignment to a particular class. Sign into your NYLearns account and click on the HELP button located on the upper right and download the training manual.

Review the following pages in the NYLearns manual:

Page 54 - How to Create Classes
Page 81 - Assignments

I hope you find the document as a valuable resource. Keep it handy.

Why Teachers Teach!

Why do you teach?

Pay Attention!

Watch this video and be inspired to integrate technology into your classroom. We need to catch up.

How To Wiki

Cute and to the point. This video is a good video to share with your students when you introduce wikis.

Enjoy. Let me know what you think!

Internet Safety - iSafe

Please post your thoughts about today's lesson and visit www.isafe.org to get the latest information on cyber safety.

Using the Internet is the way of the future. Our students are digital natives and the Internet has become a large part of their everyday life. Taking away the Internet is not an option. We are all stakeholders when it comes to our students/children.

As an educator, what can you do to keep our students safe when they are online.