March/April 2006 | Volume 1 | Number 2 |
     
     
 
In This Issue...
 
 
       
 

Welcome

This issue features...

 

 

 
  In The Spotlight Want to play the stock market? Check out what our 4th grade students are doing as they explore the stock market with the help of Linda White.  
 
 
 

In Theory

What does it mean to be "in the zone"? Lev Vygotsky proposed that understanding is developed on the edge of "the zone"-that is the zone of proximal development. Check out the video and see if you recognize this location on campus and explore Vygotsky's world of ZPD.  
 
 
 

From The Book Shelf

Enjoy Peter Reynolds wonderful short stories- "The North Star" and "He Was Me". Record your personal reflections in a wiki or review Howard Gardner's book- "The Disciplined Mind"

 
 
 
 

Sharpen The Saw

Explore the magic of power searching. Here you will have a chance to test out several internet search techniques that will increase your ability to harvest information from the Net. You will also have the opportunity to learn the anatomy of a web address.

Check out professional development opportunities at Greenhill as well as up coming conferences.

 
 
 
 

Best Of The Web

Explore NASA Quest
Preview GOALS- a site that encourages students to set and achieve their own learning goals
Make a Rubric at RubiStar
Browse the wealth of open content material at D-Space from Universities around the world
 
 
 
 

Just For Fun

 

Sing Opera Karaoke with the best of them or find the latitude and longitude of any address in the United States.