ElaineJuarez

toc =Livin' The Dream =

 Introduction
Elaine Juarez, Edgewood Middle School, 8th Grade English [|Edgewood Middle School] I love that every day of teaching adds a wealth of humor to my life.

Favorite Things
My favorite accessories (I'm a girly girl) 1. Belts = = 2. Earrings 3. Necklaces 4. A cute boy (namely, my husband) or a cute baby (my girl Ruby)

Burning Question
//Do you believe in magic?//

Web 2.0 Stuff
media type="file" key="EJuarezDigital Story.mov"  (You)Tubular! Thing 19 - Blog Post Youtube is an invaluable resource for both the focused and random video to incorporate into the learning of my eighth graders. Below you will see three videos: 1. A hilarious, and well-articulated look at the state of Grammar in the U.S. 2. A Grammar lesson on preferentials. 3. A book "trailor" that I believe was made by a student for Jack London's //The Call of the Wild//. media type="custom" key="4984837" media type="custom" key="4976579" media type="custom" key="4976611" What I love about youtube and teachertube is that others have already put so much effort and creativity into the visualization of their ideas and lessons, I don't have to! That's quite lovely. Even more lovely is that I can access all of this creativity with a few clicks of my fingers and then embed the appropriate videos into my class blog/wiki to enrich my students' learning (and often my own!). Youtube and teachertube are user-friendly and teeming with possibilities...we need to get more teachers on the band wagon of using these videos as valid teaching tools. I also just thought of making an assignment for which students have to research videos on youtube/teachertube related to a given topic we're studying and then embed these videos on our class wiki or blog for the other students to be able to access. Students are obsessed with youtube and all things tech...this could lead to an amazing level of engagement in things that are normally dreadful (gerunds, anyone?).

Thing 7c- I subscribe to the Dangerously Irrelevant blog, and found this entry both intriguing and terrifying. This entry is all about "disruptive innovations" and how current ways of educating are inadequate (or will be very shortly) for most learners. The research is taken from two books written by a Harvard professor. The presenter is scheduled for the K12 Online Conference 2009 (at least I believe it is this year; the website says 2008, but this entry just came to my RSS feed this week.mmm...either way, it's worth watching and pondering). Here is the link with the overview of his presentation. Take 21 minutes or so to listen and ponder how the basic laws of disruptive innovations will impact education worldwide.

Leading the Change Current leadership models are inadequate for disruptive innovations
By [|Wesley Fryer] Include a link to the post (the permalink from the original site, not a link from inside your reader). Please include "Thing 7b" (or 7c) as part of your post title
 * Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D.** Ames, Iowa, USA
 * Blog:** [|http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org]
 * Bio:** Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Administration Program at Iowa State University. He also is the Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the nation’s only center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators.
 * Bio page:** http://k12online08presenters.wikispaces.com/Scott+McLeod
 * Presentation Title:** Current leadership models are inadequate for disruptive innovations
 * Description:** In this 20-minute voice-narrated PowerPoint (Presentation Zen style) Dr. McLeod reflects upon key concepts from Dr. Clayton Christensen’s work regarding disruptive innovation. The presentation draws primarily from two of Dr. Christensen’s books, The Innovator’s Dilemma and Disrupting Class, and focuses on the different ways of thinking that are now mandatory if school leaders are to successfully navigate their organizations in transition to the 21st century. Key points from other leadership models also make their way into the presentation.

**Thing 18 - Blog Post** (edublogs is on the fritz!) Write a brief blog post sharing a bit about your podcast-making experience, including **at least one idea** you have for **producing a podcast** to support classroom learning (or your professional role).

I've made a few podcasts over the past several months, but have not yet started creating weekly/monthly files. A great idea that another teacher shared with me last year (could have been Jeff...can't quite remember) is to create weekly podcasts for vocabulary/spelling words for students. Vocaroo was super easy to use, so now I'm a little more motivated to take this step and do weekly word lists or something of that sort. Perhaps this will be one of my New Year's Resolutions...At least this will be one resolution I can easily accomplish!

Earlier this year I asked my students to create podcasts from book reviews they had written. They did, and you can hear a smattering of the results on my class wiki book review page. While some students were at first hesitant to complete a podcast, as the task seemed too daunting, most ended up happily enjoying the process (sort of like how I feel when I read each week's "Thing"...) We can all relate, right?  Other Ideas for Podcasting in the Classroom: 1. Auditory flash cards - vocab words, themes of novels, literary terms, etc. 2. Mini-lessons that I give in class (everything from proper apostrophe use to keeping verb tense consistency). 3. Homework assignments (I post these on the wiki each day, but this could be an additional resource). 4. Weekly "Quote of the Week" related to something students are learning in class. 5. Weekly Witticism - totally random, just for fun. media type="custom" key="4975847" media type="custom" key="4894359"

media type="custom" key="4893271" Photo Credits: [|Ashlie Dove] http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranchseeker/3792093847/ [|super-structure] http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason_coleman/2775684593/
 * [|**mrvklaw**] http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrvklaw/3088522398/

[|**Hamed Saber**] http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamed/266139764/ [|**crimfants**] http://www.flickr.com/photos/crimfants/347376641/
 * [|**Bender.Secondlife**]** http://www.flickr.com/photos/bendersecondlife/3328047384/
 * [|**wallyg**]** http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/289428381/
 * [|**mharrsch**]** http://www.flickr.com/photos/mharrsch/2959251876/
 * [|**saulgrayhildenbrand**]** http://www.flickr.com/photos/saulgh/1809842963/
 * [|**Bertelsmann Stiftung**]** http://www.flickr.com/photos/bertelsmannstiftung/3102624314/
 * [|**DWinton**] http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwinton/9318978/**

media type="custom" key="4783799" Our next class novel is //The Call of the Wild//. I found this video while searching for Yukon/GoldRush/JackLondon items. See flikr description below.

Whistling and bottleneck resonator guitar over a sad and soulful gospel tune in the pocket, soundtracking a 1901 Edison Co. film of gold miners in the Yukon Territory. = =

Public domain melody from Talk About Sufferin'

Creative Commons 0: copyright waived. Have at em.

Head over to this[| Wordpress blog entry on this song] for more info, including MP3, stems, sheet music, etc.

=== Sing along if you can keep from crying:

Talk about sufferin' here below and [let's keep a-followin' Jesus]* Talk about sufferin' here below and let's keep a-lovin' Jesus

The Gospel train is coming, now don't you want to go? And leave this world of sorrow and troubles here below. Oh can't you hear it Father, now don't you want to go? And leave this world of sorrow and troubles here below. = =

Talk about sufferin' here below and let's keep a-followin' Jesus Talk about sufferin' here below and let's keep a-lovin' Jesus

Oh can't you hear it Mother, now don't you want to go? And leave this world of sorrow and troubles here below.

Talk about sufferin' here below and let's keep a-followin' Jesus Talk about sufferin' here below and let's keep a-lovin' Jesus

Oh can't you hear it Brother, now don't you want to go? And leave this world of sorrow and troubles here below. The Gospel train is coming, now don't you want to go? And leave this world of sorrow and troubles here below.

Recorded by Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs

media type="custom" key="4783859""There are strange things done in the midnight sun..."

Famous of The Gold Rush that took place there in 1896, writer Jack London who found his home there for one winter in 1897 (The Frozen North inspired him to write "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang") and poet Robert W. Service ( [|www.yukonalaska.com/service/] ; [|www.robertwservice.com/] ).

Virtual guidebook of Dawson City can be found here: [|virtualguidebooks.com/Yukon/NorthYukon/DawsonCity/DawsonC...]  **[|Alaskan Dude]-Flikr**

November 2005 @http://www.flickr.com/photos/43344942@N00/413852572/ media type="custom" key="4783883"Klondike 2 - @http://www.flickr.com/photos/43344942@N00/413852565/in/photostream/**[|Alaskan Dude]-Flikr**

media type="custom" key="4783937" **[|Alaskan Dude]-Flikr** Shooting over the hill near Goose Lake at the ceremonial start of the 37th Iditarod sled dog race, Anchorage, Alaska http://www.flickr.com/photos/72213316@N00/3412117286/ media type="custom" key="4748389" width="360" height="360" align="left" =<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">media type="custom" key="4748841" width="20" height="36" align="center" =