4-17-2015

Thanks to Jessica E for taking some of her students to the Engineering Expo at the University of Wisconsin Madison.   what a great opportunity for these students.

Good article!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/04/16/the-most-powerful-classroom-innovation-by-the-1-million-teaching-prize-winner/


It takes a village...wow, the track meet last night was impressive!  Thanks to John and all of the teachers who made it happen.  The kids did a great job in the events as well.

The Roomba for your Lawn...not so fast Astronomers' say.
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/irobot-lawnbot/

Angela's baby shower was awesome.  Thanks to everyone who came together and celebrated with Angela and her family.

Unlimited screen time for students....interesting read:
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2015/04/why-you-should-let-students-have.html

Jessica A and Mike did an awesome job of presenting the Stem and tech literacy courses for the school board on Monday.

Librarians Rocking technology!

and an article on if libraries were arranged like youtube instead of the dewey decimal system.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-exactly-is-a-library-terry-heick?utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=what-is-a-library&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_term=second-image

 Thanks to the 8th grade team for working hard to put together the White Sox game for the students next week.

Learn to talk a new language with Hello Talk

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/04/learn-new-language-with-help-of-friends.html?utm_content=bufferdaa31&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#.VTDqefnF-So


Thanks to Coleen and Alex for all of their hard work that they have done to plan and organize the Student Council Convention Trip to Springfield today.



Mark your calendars and get your dancing shoes out of the closet.  Next Friday is the student council dance and all are invited to help chaperon.