Monday, November 07, 2005

ISTE Presentation - Philly July 2005

ISTE - Hearing the Call of our Earth - Rationale



Earth Site

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Here are some examples of blogs we have used are using are St. Mary's School:

Peace and Social Justice Blog


Peace and Social Justice Web Site - St. Mary's School

Our theme for this schol year concerns peace and justice. As little as two years ago, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany encouraged our schools to form"faithful citizens".

This year at St. Mary's School we will explore, develop and even blog what is meant by "faithful citizens." Some of our goals this year and some questions we will ask are:

* What is a "faithful citizen"? In other words, is it enough to be "people of faith" in terms of character formation or does or citizenship extend beyond a laudable personal morality?
* Might this be a year of learning about various issues, what causes these needs to come about and what changes may need to take place to change our world at a systemic level?

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Bookmarks Accounts

Bookmarks that are publically listed on the internet are valuable tools because:

* They help the teacher and learner organize their knowledge.
* Bookmarks are a good way to save links for future use.
* Links are able to be shared outside the immediate classroom situation.
* A great way to collect links while developing a project.

Bookmark sites:

I Keep Bookmarks - login as D Timmis password stmarys

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Webquests

Some webquests that teach to essential questions created by Sister Debbie for St. Mary's School:

* Human Body
* Virtual Scrapbook of the United States
* Wear Your Seat Belt On Line

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