A short video on my daughter's first year of life...

Are you going to finish strong??

http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=73655&title=Life_Without_LImbs&vpkey=e2ecb97dc6&album_id=

This video link is to an inspirational video on Nick Vujicic.  He was born with no limbs and does inspirational talks to students to encourage them to not give up in life and to finish strong!  The message of never giving up regardless of hardships encourages students to try again and again!  I chose to post this video because I feel that students and teachers need to have some motivation and inspiration in life.  A positive attitude is contagious and I show my students inspirational videos and photos frequently to keep them in a positive, "I can!" mindset!!

Ideas to incorporate media literacy into your school...article review video

This is a video article review on the article "Getting Started: Ideas for Introducing Media Literacy into Your School or District". 

Podcast review...

I recently listened to some podcasts on iTunes.  I subscribed to the "Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day" podcast.  This podcast has a word of the day that they post.  The podcast gives the word, meaning of the work, and example sentences.  I do a "word of the day" and a "did you know..." daily in my classroom with students.  I challenge them to use the word of the day throughout the day in their conversations or in their writing.  This would be another avenue to teach the word of the day that uses technology.  I like this podcast due to the simplicity and the quick podcasts.  The podcasts are short enough to use in a classroom!  I think that the students will enjoy hearing someone else's voice besides mine share the word of the day!!