Paul Beckermann Media & Digital Learning Specialist
We’ve Learned that CMLE member Dassel-Cokato Schools (ISD#466) is recognizing Paul Beckermann, Media and Digital Learning Specialist, who has been selected as a semifinalist in the 2013 Minnesota Teacher of the Year program!
This annual program honors excellence among Minnesota educators. Now in its 48th year, it is the oldest and most prestigious recognition program for the State. The Minnesota Teacher of the Year represents the profession as an advocate for education and spokesperson for teachers. The program chooses one teacher to represent Minnesota’s thousands of excellent educators. To learn more, go to Education Minnesota‘s website!
As part of an on-going series, ELM is offering the following webinars this March:
Intro to ELM for Teachers: English Language Arts [Session 4] Tuesday, March 5, 3:30-4:00 PM
This 30-minute webinar will introduce the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) and discuss ways English language arts teachers from across the state use ELM in the classroom. The session is geared toward classroom teachers looking for trustworthy online content to support classroom preparation, lesson plan building, and student projects.
Intro to ELM for Teachers: Education Professional Development [Session 5] Tuesday, March 12, 3:30-4:00 PM
This 30-minute webinar will introduce the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) and discuss ways educators from across the state use ELM to stay current in their field. The session is geared toward classroom teachers looking for education-related news, research, and best practices.
In her blogCanadian teacher, Lisa Noble, lists three very different ways Twitter made a difference in her life. 1) Among her peers she was able to stay connected with the latest labor union news. 2) In her class the students are able to view real-time images and information feeds sent from astronaut Chris Hadfield’s during his amazing space expedition. 3) After hearing about a science project, through her Professional Learning Network (PLN), Lisa tweeted about the need to find a less expensive alternative for materials her family could use to create electrically powered inventions. You may be surprised at how “tweets” rewarded her. Click here to read more.
Math Dance. Image by Dylan231. Retrieved on Flickr. Used under Creative Common License.
Do you often have teachers requesting new tools to help teach math? Richard Byrne, a blog guru, showcases his top five blogs for math teachers looking to make their curriculum stick! Meeting challenges to how traditional math instruction can be delivered electronically to students is not easy. This 1 site adds 5 possibilities for teachers. CMLE is giving it five stars-it just adds up! Each day this week he will highlight a different subject area for interested teachers. For a complete list of his top blogs go to http://tinyurl.com/b85mb99.
Could it be true? Are robots teaching classrooms full of children in South Korea? An article I stumbled across today on Yahoo News from AFP, titled S. Korea Schools Get Robot English Teachers describes this trend as it’s occurring in South Korea. Apparently it seems to be a success. It keeps children interested, allows shy children to express themselves more easily, and allows students in towns that have been “shunned” by foreign English speakers to learn English. Another article from CNN dated October 22, 2010 delves into this trend as well. Both articles claim that the robots are not replacing teachers, rather they are a learning tool available to students, and they act as assistants to the teachers.
Image: ‘Robot’ from http://www.flickr.com/photos/avoiretc/3441244946/
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