Category Archives: Teaching Resources

Last Educator’s Community of Practice of Spring 2013

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Melia Abreu
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Hi Everyone,

I’ll be covering some of the following sites today during our EdCoP…please check them out when you have time.

Creation
•http://advanced.aviary.com/: Aviary is a suite of powerful creative applications that you can use right in your web browser.  This suite has recently been picked up as a Google App and you will need to acquire it using your Google Apps Account.
•http://prezi.com/: Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides.
•http://edu.glogster.com/: Make your interactive poster online and share it with friends. Mix Images, Text, Music and Video. It is fantastic!
•http://create.visual.ly/: You can now create infographics with visual.ly! These data visualization tools allow you to build customized infographics that tell your story.
•http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/: Flame Painter is a unique free online paint program, drawing tool that lets you create original paintings with flame brushes.

Typography Tools:  http://mashable.com/2013/05/02/typography-tools-resources/?WT.mc_id=en_my_stories&utm_campaign=My%2BStories&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter

I’ll also be talking about Making_Claymation_in_the_Classroom and Stop Motion Video using an iPhone. There are many Stop Motion apps on iTunes…here’s one called Vine https://itunes.apple.com/app/vine-make-a-scene/id592447445 as you have seen in Common Craft’s videos. Really fun stuff!

If you do happen to try anything out, please let me know what you created and how you used it in your classroom. Thanks, in advance, for sharing!

About Melia Abreu

Hi! My name is Melia Abreu and I am a Mentor Teacher/Instructional Coach and classroom teacher. I teach a course called Explorations in Education, an elective course designed to entice high school students to enter into the field of teaching. Because I am always learning and trying to grow, my current mission is to become the leader I would like to follow. Contact me to chat and learn together.
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KS Hawaii Tech Slam 2013: Rubrics: What, When, and How

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Melia Abreu
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Hi Folks,

Here are the slides from my presentation as well as other information I presented during my session. Please feel free to use what you can and source appropriately. Thanks!

Rubrics-What, When, Why

Book Reference: Arter, Judith A., and Chappuis Jan. Creating & Recognizing Quality Rubrics. Portland, Oregon: Educational Testing Service, 2006.

Also, please consider joining our KHS Kapalama Educator’s Community of Practice at http://edtechtrain.ksbe.edu/khsedupractice or Midkiff Learning Center on Wednesday, May 1 at 3:15pm-3:45pm. Our topic this week will be on the question: How might we integrate more creativity into our classroom?

As always, should you have any questions or need any clarification, please feel free to email me at metauvel@ksbe.edu.

Happy Assessing and Evaluating!

Melia

About Melia Abreu

Hi! My name is Melia Abreu and I am a Mentor Teacher/Instructional Coach and classroom teacher. I teach a course called Explorations in Education, an elective course designed to entice high school students to enter into the field of teaching. Because I am always learning and trying to grow, my current mission is to become the leader I would like to follow. Contact me to chat and learn together.
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4.26.13 #5EdCs of Teaching/Learning in 2013

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Melia Abreu
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5EdCs of Teaching:Learning in in 2013

Here’s an example of one of my student’s eportfolios and a great example of the 5EdCs in motion:

http://corymau.wix.com/site

Enjoy!

About Melia Abreu

Hi! My name is Melia Abreu and I am a Mentor Teacher/Instructional Coach and classroom teacher. I teach a course called Explorations in Education, an elective course designed to entice high school students to enter into the field of teaching. Because I am always learning and trying to grow, my current mission is to become the leader I would like to follow. Contact me to chat and learn together.
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Educator’s Community of Practice: Making Inferences

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Melia Abreu
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Making Inferences

Welcome to our first Educator’s Community of Practice for Spring 2013. As promised, I waited for Song Contest to start us up again so I hope you all had a restful Spring Break! Today, we will be exploring how and why teaching students how to make good inferences is important to their own decision and life making. Here are the slides we will be discussing. Should you have any questions, please contact me.

About Melia Abreu

Hi! My name is Melia Abreu and I am a Mentor Teacher/Instructional Coach and classroom teacher. I teach a course called Explorations in Education, an elective course designed to entice high school students to enter into the field of teaching. Because I am always learning and trying to grow, my current mission is to become the leader I would like to follow. Contact me to chat and learn together.
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2.15.13 Keynote Session

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Melia Abreu
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Digital Worksheet:

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About Melia Abreu

Hi! My name is Melia Abreu and I am a Mentor Teacher/Instructional Coach and classroom teacher. I teach a course called Explorations in Education, an elective course designed to entice high school students to enter into the field of teaching. Because I am always learning and trying to grow, my current mission is to become the leader I would like to follow. Contact me to chat and learn together.
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USC Collaborative Tools

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Melia Abreu
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Hi Classmates,

Here’s the screenshot tutorial I made to discuss some of the collaborative tools we could use to help each other out. I have also shown you how to create a Google Doc in the Shared Folder so that you don’t have to email anything anymore and everything will have the appropriate naming protocol. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Melia

About Melia Abreu

Hi! My name is Melia Abreu and I am a Mentor Teacher/Instructional Coach and classroom teacher. I teach a course called Explorations in Education, an elective course designed to entice high school students to enter into the field of teaching. Because I am always learning and trying to grow, my current mission is to become the leader I would like to follow. Contact me to chat and learn together.
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Great Infographic for US History Classrooms

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Melia Abreu
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Source: visual.ly via Melia on Pinterest

About Melia Abreu

Hi! My name is Melia Abreu and I am a Mentor Teacher/Instructional Coach and classroom teacher. I teach a course called Explorations in Education, an elective course designed to entice high school students to enter into the field of teaching. Because I am always learning and trying to grow, my current mission is to become the leader I would like to follow. Contact me to chat and learn together.
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Classroom Management Strategies in a 1-1 Environment

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Melia Abreu
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Had our second Educatorʻs Community of Practice yesterday and was able to discuss strategies from two articles:

1. One-to-One Computing and Classroom Management by Mike Hasley from Tech & Learning. (August 1, 2007)
2. From Ringmaster to Conductor by Matthew A. Kraft from Kappan (April 2010).

Classroom Management Strategies

Want to invite you to next weekʻs Educatorʻs Community of Practice as we discuss 5 ways to push out content without lecturing…

Wednesdays
3:15-3:34pm
Midkiff Reference Area
Online at edtechtrain.ksbe.edu/khsedupractice

Next weekʻs session will be recorded for those who cannot attend.

About Melia Abreu

Hi! My name is Melia Abreu and I am a Mentor Teacher/Instructional Coach and classroom teacher. I teach a course called Explorations in Education, an elective course designed to entice high school students to enter into the field of teaching. Because I am always learning and trying to grow, my current mission is to become the leader I would like to follow. Contact me to chat and learn together.
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Weekly Educator Community of Practice: Classroom Management

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Melia Abreu
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Classroom Management Flyer

KHS CoP Overview-Final

Want to welcome everyone out to our second Community of Practice on Wednesday, October 31 from 3:15-3:45pm in Midkiff Reference Area or online at http://edtechtrain.ksbe.edu/khsedupractice. Please see the following flyers for details!

About Melia Abreu

Hi! My name is Melia Abreu and I am a Mentor Teacher/Instructional Coach and classroom teacher. I teach a course called Explorations in Education, an elective course designed to entice high school students to enter into the field of teaching. Because I am always learning and trying to grow, my current mission is to become the leader I would like to follow. Contact me to chat and learn together.
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New York Times Feature

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Melia Abreu
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I would like to give Sarah Razee kudos for all of her hard work with her students. She is always looking for new and exciting ways to share her work with others as a way to collaborate and her article in the New York Times Learning Network Blog is her latest collaboration.

“Reader Idea | Students Create Video Ads for Historical Presidential Elections” target=”_blank”>http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/reader-idea-students-create-video-ads-for-historical-presidential-elections/#comment-763668.

Check it out when you have a chance!

Kudos Sarah!!!!

About Melia Abreu

Hi! My name is Melia Abreu and I am a Mentor Teacher/Instructional Coach and classroom teacher. I teach a course called Explorations in Education, an elective course designed to entice high school students to enter into the field of teaching. Because I am always learning and trying to grow, my current mission is to become the leader I would like to follow. Contact me to chat and learn together.
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