Teaching with the Web	The Instructional Technology Journal of Greenwood School District 50 http://www2.gwd50.org Volume 02, Number 17 March 1, 2007
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten* March 1, 2007 If you attended the staff development on creating WebQuests, you viewed: http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html, the Spartanburg District 3 site created several years ago. Spartanburg teachers worked together to present step-by-step directions, templates, and a large selection of WebQuests to share, not only in their district, but also with teachers across the web. Last week, a relative who is an Instructional Specialist in Conway, SC, sent me a Social Studies link to share with all of my “teacher friends.” Several elementary 3^rd, 4^th, & 5^th grade teachers created lessons to address the SC Social Studies Standards while incorporating ELA. The units are called “Standards in a Sack” and can be found here: http://www3.hcs.k12.sc.us/Departments/Instruction/SocialStudies/conference/Conferenceindex.html. These units are wonderful, and it is great to be able to share them. The two references above brought to mind Robert Fulgham. He offered some prudent advice in his book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. It was popular in the early 1990’s, when one could find his lines on at least one poster in every school. Sometimes it is a good thing to revisit the past, especially wisdom like this: “share everything, live a balanced life, and when you go out into the world, hold hands and stick together.” Perhaps this could be the answer to some of our time issues. If teachers across the district in the same grade level or teaching the same subject would work together to create lessons that integrate technology and then share them, wouldn’t that cut down lesson planning time? Why not get together, divide the work, and share the load? (That’s the “sticking together” part.) This is not a new idea in our district. It has been tried before, but now, more than ever, we need to try it again. Teachers? The link to “Teacher Created Lessons” will be found on the Instructional Technology home page and on the TWTW page. I’ll add to it if you will! Send your lessons to me (hughesc@gwd50.org) to be posted. Let’s not have a blank page on our website! I look forward to hearing from you! Cindy *(http://www.kinderthemes.com/thoughtsforteachers.html & http://robertfulghum.com/index.php/fulghumweb/booksentry/all_i_really_need_to_know_i_learned_in_kindergarten/ )	Important Teacher Notes · Weather WebQuests from EduHound http://www.eduhound.com/showlinks.cfm?subj=WebQuests&skey=Weather%20WebQuests · More WebQuests from EduHound http://www.eduhound.com/showlinks.cfm?subj=WebQuests&skey=Webquests · Resources from Royal Oaks Elementary in Woodbury, MN http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/studentlinks/geography.htm The number of useful links on this page is incredible! Scroll to the bottom of the page to access links for other subject areas. · Safari Montage http://www2.gwd50.org/TechPlans/MontageLinks.htm Just a reminder that you can search Safari Montage by SC Curriculum Standards. Once you log in, choose the “Standards” tab at the top of the page and fill in the search information.
	Site Survey: Websites that Educate, Enlighten, Entertain, and Engage · Random Acts of Kindness for the Classroom http://www.actsofkindness.org/classroom/ “The Random Acts of Kindness™ Foundation inspires people to practice kindness and to “pass it on” to others. We provide free educational and community ideas, guidance, and other resources to kindness participants through our website www.actsofkindness.org.” · Sciway News http://sciway.net/ SCIway, pronounced "sky-way," is an acronym for South Carolina Information Highway. SCIway includes thousands of links to other South Carolina web sites as well as a growing collection of maps, charts, articles, and other resources. It is organized by subject areas – such as education, history, jobs, real estate, and tourism. This site is a great classroom resource! · Animal Diversity Web http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html This site is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan. It includes thousands of species accounts about individual animal species. These may include text, pictures of living animals, photographs and movies of specimens, and/or recordings of sounds. Also included are descriptions of levels of organization above the species level, especially phyla, classes, and in some cases, orders and families. Hundreds of hyperlinked pages and images illustrate the traits and general biology of these groups. · Jim Moulton’s Educator Resources http://jimmoulton.org/educator.html An educational portal with wonderful resources!
	The Laptop-and-Projector Project Website Tech Project: http://www2.gwd50.org/TechPlans/TechPlan2006.htm Instr. Resources: http://www2.gwd50.org/TechPlans/StaffDevResources.htm Previous TWTW Issues: http://www2.gwd50.org/techplans/TWTW-Index.htm