SMART lesson - hyphens

Ok, so here's my SMART Board lesson. I decided to do it on something with grammar, since I kind of like the subject and think it's something people should know. It's kind of a simple lesson...I don't know how crazy I am about using the SMART Board to teach a lesson like this, so I guess I would have to really practice it more before I started thinking about using it too often in the classroom.

Here 'tis:
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/eg/Desktop/smart%20hyphen%20lesson.notebook

^ I hope that works, if people can't see it let me know please! 

Digital Nation videos

I watched the video called "Digital Parenting: Protecting and Empowering Kids." I think this is a really important issue when it comes to what we allow kids to have access to on the Internet. We really need to teach kids how permanent everything that they do over the Internet is, but we also need to have some faith in them and not be as overbearing as the mother in this video. You have to be careful with what you do online, and you have to watch out for others who may be out to hurt you, but you still have a private personal life that shouldn't be intruded upon by parents or anyone else who may think they know what's best. I think as teachers we can only do so much during school to make sure kids are safe, and parents need to me mindful at home, but at the same time they can't push their kids away by being overprotective and sneaking into their personal life.

First day of class

Hey guys!

So...this is my first blog, and I'm pretty unsure how to run this thing, haha.

I guess what I want to learn from this class is just how to be more computer-savvy. I can do some basic things with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and things like that, but I can't do more than write papers and put together a basic presentation. I was so impressed with some of those name tags people made in class!! I have no idea how to do any of that fancy stuff, so I'd like to learn more about what Microsoft Office can do. Other than that I guess we'll be learning about all kinds of different programs and software, so whatever we go over I'm sure will be useful.

Anywho, I s'pose that's it for now...see you all in class!