Technology and Learning

I know that this is off the beaten path of what this blog is about - but I am SO SO passionate about this and the NEED for all students and staff to be trained in QPR!  Question, Persuade, Refer are three easy steps that anyone can do and learn regarding suicide prevention.  Maria Willits, a parent that has experienced first hand the effect of suicide, as she lost her son, is absolutely amazing.  She came to Barnesville the past two weeks and trained our high school staff and all students in grades 7-12 on QPR!  The student body watched the documentary "Not Alone," and then Maria went into the classrooms to train the students.  TAKE THE TIME to have her come!  She will come to your school and train you, she will train your students!  Talk the talk that all schools need!!! PLEASE PLEASE look into this option!  Contact ME and I can get you in contact with Maria!! Have a safe night everyone, Mrs. I:)

I had the privilege of going into each of the 6th, 7th and 8th grade classrooms to talk to them about digital citizenship and what is means to be smart and safe online.  I absolutely LOVED THIS!!  Not only did I feel the kids were raw and honest, but we ALL know that it is SO NEEDED in our school today!  Whether we want to be or not, we parent these kiddos for 7 hours a day, 5 days a week for 9 months!!  It IS our duty to help them along this path of digital learning, especially since SO many of use are "PLACING" these devices into their hands.  Here is a breakdown of what I did for each of the grade levels - using Commons Sense Media , NetSmartz , and a few other videos that I found online through YouTube that were suggestions that I read on blogs or these two sites.  ALL of my resources that I used are HERE - use and take what you'd like;) 6th Grade -  1.  What is the difference between: face-to-face bullying, cyber bullying and respect? -...

I have PROBABLY shared this before, but IT. IS. WORTH. SHARING. AGAIN.  If your district is like ours, we are ALWAYS trying to find ways to improve reading.  Most schools now have incorporated RTI (Response to Intervention) throughout Language Arts, and probably have started, or at least talked about the same for math.  Years ago, the Florida Center for Reading Research took ALL The strands of reading, which is within RTI and the AIMS webs testing along with benchmarks from the NWEA test and created some really great materials that is USER READY for others to use. SERIOUSLY - this stuff is GOOD!  No, GREAT!!  Some you have to prep a little but many are pretty easy to use.  YOU ARE WELCOME:) Florida Center for Reading Research Happy Tuesday all,  GO VOTE!!! Mrs. I:)