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		<title>Video of Starry Night Grant Proposal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click on the link below for a voicethread of my proposal.
 
http://voicethread.com/share/567839/
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		<link>http://jsief3tv.umwblogs.org/2009/07/25/video-of-starry-night-grant-proposal/</link>
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		<title>Grant Project:  Starry Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a $200 grant propsal for a technology resource called Starry Night Middle School Curriculum Software.  Here are the evolutionary steps that were taken in coming up with this grant.
1.  Currently, I am assigned as an administrator at Post Oak Middle School in Spotsylvania County.  I decided to look over the science SOL data [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jsief3tv.umwblogs.org/2009/07/25/grant-project-starry-night/</link>
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		<title>Week 9 Reflection on LeBaron Chapter 3 and 9</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When reading LeBaron Chapter 3, I couldn’t help but think of the urban school setting in Cleveland where my sister is working as an assistant principal.  They haven’t had a budget increase since 1992.  When I asked if she had ever used any textbook inventory software, her response is that they didn’t even have textbooks.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jsief3tv.umwblogs.org/2009/07/13/week-9-reflection-on-lebaron-chapter-3-and-9/</link>
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		<title>UBD Activity: Galapagos Tortoise Evolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was a differentiated project that I had done a year ago with a couple of Scope students.  My personal goal was to evaluate a technology curriculum resource obtained from a National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) conference.  A description of this resource can be found on the NSTA website at http://www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/9781929614189
Activities:      
A.  Read Galapagos: An Inquiry into Biological Evolution  (Student [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jsief3tv.umwblogs.org/2009/07/12/ubd-activity-galapagos-tortoise-evolution/</link>
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		<title>Week 8 Reflection on Wiske Chapter 6 and 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teaching for understanding is a process that makes sense.  The components of having frequent assessments that can be analyzed by the student, their peers, teacher, and outside people really helps to develop a collaborative learning environment.  Technology can help facilitate this style of teaching and learning and it makes sense that student revision, or possibly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jsief3tv.umwblogs.org/2009/07/12/week-8-reflection-on-wiske-chapter-6-and-7/</link>
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		<title>Tapped In Reflection:  Cyber 3 Discussion on &#8220;Sexting&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Davine Pruitt-mentle, teacher of education at University of Maryland at College Park was the leader of this course.  The chat focus was on cyberethics specifically relating to sexting.   Over Twenty-four people participated in this discussion during the 1 hour session.  BJ Berquist, a retired correctional facility teacher,  also helped to facilitate the discussion on this issue.  Many of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jsief3tv.umwblogs.org/2009/07/06/tapped-in-reflection-cyber-3-discussion-on-sexting/</link>
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		<title>Tapped In Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was present at the session on Webheads in Action Sunday morning at 8:00.  This experience wasn&#8217;t a good one as the leader of the group was on vacation.  I was left wondering why the session was even scheduled to begin with.
Many of the first participants were from the Fredericksburg area, and we were all wondering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jsief3tv.umwblogs.org/2009/07/05/tapped-in-experience/</link>
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		<title>Week 7 Reflection of Chapters 2 and 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last 3 weeks, I have had the opportunity to work in 3 different middle schools.  Each one has its own unique learning organization.  Generally speaking, the needs of all of these schools are going to be very similar as each will see an increase in class sizes and an increase in Smartboard access.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jsief3tv.umwblogs.org/2009/07/05/week-7-reflection-of-chapters-2-and-4/</link>
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		<title>Update on Course Project:  Starry Night Grant Proposal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


 
 



The purpose of this grant will be to evaluate a space science curriculum entitled “Starry Night”.  See the following website for a description:  http://www.starrynighteducation.com/product_5-8.html.  Cost= $199.99
Reasons to focus on this grant:  
1.  Personal reasons:  I am scheduled to teach 6th grade general science during the 2nd semester and the resources available for teaching abstract concepts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jsief3tv.umwblogs.org/2009/06/28/update-on-course-project-starry-night-grant-proposal/</link>
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		<title>Week 6 Reflection on Wiske Chapter 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Project based learning certainly has its merits. Specifically, the concepts of developing target goals, getting students to critically think, and take on personal responsibility are admirable. The sequence of performance presented by Wiske also appears logical with an introduction, guided inquiry, and then a summative assessment or project.
This style of student learning can be difficult [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jsief3tv.umwblogs.org/2009/06/28/week-6-reflection-on-wiske-chapter-5/</link>
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