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Artistry Through Technology

16, Jan 2010

Lately, the DreamExtreme class has come across some very fun and interesting technology tools that could lend themselves to learning projects. Students have already used some in class work, and have only just begun to explore others. I’m including links and screenshots in this post to give you a launch pad to do some exploration [...]

Xtranormal Animation

11, Dec 2009

Students in the DreamExtreme classroom have been exploring a web-based tool called Xtranormal.com. Xtranormal allows a person to use text to create an animation sequence. The user is able to select a character, background, voice, and other video and audio elements. It also allows you to add actions, camera angles and other semi-cinematic elements. Above, [...]

Video Connections and Literature Circles

4, Dec 2009

As we barrel toward the Christmas break, we’re feverishly trying to tie up loose ends and bring projects to a satisfying and successful close. We’re also throwing some new irons into the fire just to keep things interesting. This week we had the wonderful opportunity to connect with artist Lonnie Powell from Missouri. Along with [...]

A Bug’s Life: Up CLOSE!

29, Oct 2009

Bugs. They’re kind of tricky. Some people love them. Love to look at them and catch them and play with them and learn about them. Other people just like to squash them as soon as they amble across their paths. Today, in the DreamExtreme classroom, we had the extraordinary opportunity to look at bugs up [...]

Door to Door Virtually

16, Oct 2009

Each one of us has to travel some distance to get to school each day. Some students walk or ride bikes and scooters. Some ride on a bus while others are dropped off by parents. I drive to school each morning in my family van with my two children who attend Kennedy. For all of [...]

Finding Our Voice(Thread)

28, Aug 2009

Survive. It’s a good goal for all of us. I mean, it’s pretty obvious that to accomplish anything in life we’ve got to survive just to be able to start the next day…right? As a teacher, my first several years in the classroom could be described as survival years…just getting through each day so we [...]

(Mind) Mapping The Year

28, Aug 2009

The Good News: There are many big things in the works for this school year. The Bad News: It’s awfully easy to lose track of all those big things in the busyness of teaching and learning. The Need: Find a way to map out what we’re going to do that will keep us organized and [...]

DreamExtreme on Twitter

25, Aug 2009

The DreamExtreme classroom now has its own official Twitter account. As a teacher, I have been using Twitter for a couple of years now and have found it to be a powerful way to connect with and learn from other educators around the world. In fact, many of the collaborative projects we do in class [...]


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