Monthly Archives: January 2009

Educon 2.1

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Sylvia Martinez

The second year of anything is always a test of faith against the sophomore slump. Expecting lightning to strike twice is hardly a good bet, so I approached the second year of the Educon conference with deliberately low expectations. Last … Continue reading →

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Inauguration - January 20, 2009

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Sylvia Martinez

Last week I got a chance to be in Washington DC for the Inauguration of Barrack Obama as President of the United States. It was a day of ups and downs, but the primary feeling was one of incredible hope … Continue reading →

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Free NASA opportunity for California math/science teachers

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Sylvia Martinez

NASA Ames Education and the Lewis Center for Educational Research, is conducting a special workshop for up to 25 science and math teachers from local schools February 26 - 28, 2009 at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. This … Continue reading →

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The World is Your Stage - Student Contest

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Sylvia Martinez

From Adobe: Adobe has issued the call for entries to the 2009 Adobe School Innovation Awards program. The awards program honors creative and innovative technology design projects from high school students in the US and Canada. With the theme “The … Continue reading →

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Inauguration Day

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Sylvia Martinez

Well, the plans are finalized - next Tuesday, January 20, 2009 I will be in Washington DC for Inauguration Day. It’s still unknown if I’ll be able to GET to the actual Inauguration; there are various websites predicting a major … Continue reading →

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Technology Literacy and Sustained Tinkering Time

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Sylvia Martinez

Yesterday I was reading a handout by Dr. Stephen Krashen called 88 Generalizations about Free Voluntary Reading. It summarizes the research and benefits to literacy of Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), also called Free Voluntary Reading (FVR). You give kids books, … Continue reading →

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Games that encourage student teamwork and collaboration

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Sylvia Martinez

Freechild Article | “Why Play Games…” By Adam Fletcher. Here’s another fabulous article and set of resources from Adam Fletcher of The Freechild Project. The article is about playing games with students and youth groups to encourage teamwork, model constructive, … Continue reading →

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