Justin’s Place

Special Education or Segregation?
Is segregation really finding its way back into our schools? Many people feel that is exactly what special education has become in America. As the five year window after the Gaskin’s settlement narrows, Pennsylvania educators and administrators have a lot to worry about. In fact, many schools are jumping [...]

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You can find my comment at:
http://davidbakki195300.edublogs.org/2007/10/25/6-a-1-using-flickr-in-the-classroom/#comment-21

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I’m a math teacher who also really likes history. From time to time during the year, I like to have my students investigate how all this math stuff really came about. I like to have them research the interesting and often crazy facts of mathematicians. The trouble with this is that most [...]

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Flickr is really a neat tool.  One of the biggest obstacales in any math classroom is the question “when are we ever going to use this?!”  Hopefully a flickr album of mathematics in real life and in action would help do the trick and help be a reminder to students that math really is out there.  I [...]

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It has been a lot of fun learn about wikis this week.  I would have to say that the most difficult aspect of the wiki, like any tool that is new to you, is just getting use to its capabilities and limitations.  The first time David and I were able to really start working on [...]

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My comments for week for can be found at the following links:
Blogicial Discussion -
http://techinclassroom.blogspot.com/2007/10/4a2-blogical-discussion-forum.html
RSS comment -
http://patriciaj.edublogs.org/2007/10/10/rss-2/#comment-15

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I hinted at this idea on our discussion board, and I’m really considering running with it in the near future.  My goal is to create a resource that our teachers can turn to in order to see how everyone integrates technology in their classrooms.  With that focus in mind, I hope to introduce my staff [...]

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Time and organizational skills are two things that I really lack, and wow can this little handy tool help me tackle both of these!  RSS will definitely help me stay on top of my game when it comes to keeping myself well informed and well educated.  This in turn is obviously rewarding for my students.  [...]

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Here’s the link to my pageflakes.  Hope you have some time to check out the podcasts.

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I know we’ve talked about global, but this project is out of this world, literally!  The ISS07 project (http://iss07.yesican-science.ca/) gives your students the ability to communicate and collaborate with scientists, engineers, and even astronauts that are currently in space!  What a better way to motivate your students then to have them actually blogging with the [...]

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