Last week I was caught flat footed in the tech realm. You see, I am using Google Apps through my classroom domain name to have the kids utilized Docs and Sites and such. It’s AWESOME except that since I have to use standard (they don’t give full education to classroom deployments) I only have 50 [...]

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I am currently waiting to see a very early prescreening of a movie called Defiance. Not sure what it’s about at all. Look it up on IMDB. I can’t provide a link because I’m on the iPhone.

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It’s a thirty second video.
I get to start putting stuff in there on Friday. Expect a followup…with better lighting.

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What does this mean for us as teachers, you as parents and students.
Well, specifically in the social studies classroom: we’re seriously short on bookwork left to do. We’re exploring the effects of the 20th century in the world and all the history that we’ve hit up to this point on people. We’re continuing to do [...]

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Students were clamoring to have French French Revolution uploaded so they could see it again. Now it is.

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I have a plan to have students record a podcast to the internet. What they’ll record, I have no idea. However, I already have a hosting solution. Gcast. When it’s ready I’ll surely post a link.
We’re doing World War II tomorrow in Social Studies, so might be something to do with that.

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With the election season looming upon us, information literacy is important. I would like to focus on the ability to read political cartoons.
This is by far one of the most difficult skills to master when dealing with either current events or historical cartoons. However, they are an excellent way to get the sense of an [...]

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Today in class we talked about the possibility of American Imperialism. I outlined three ways in which we as a nation have demonstrated some of those traits.
The three I talked about were

Raw Materials – Dependence on foreign oil
Expanding Markets – American brands appearing all over the world
Nationalism – Extreme pride in our country. Average American [...]

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For today’s assignment, take a look at the GooglePages site I’ve set up specifically for today.Mr. Swanson’s Page. Links are provided from there.

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