Hempfield Middle School Tech

Cyber Bullying at Centerville Middle School

For the past two weeks the seventh graders in their CSS Classes have been discussing the use of technology to take bullying one more step - into the world of Cyber Bullying!  Students tackle the following goals:

1 - Define it! (Cyber Bullying)

2 - Discuss it! (What are some examples of techniques used by the Cyber Bully)

3 - Stop it! (What can a person do to minimize Cyber Bullying)

The web site & story used to stir discussion is the Ryan Halligan Story.

http://www.ryanpatrickhalligan.org

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Multiple Intelligences

Instead of having one intelligence that we use to understand the world around us, we have several different intelligences:

Kinaesthetic - Body Smart

Logical - Number Smart

Intrapersonal - Myself Smart

Visual/Spatial - Picture Smart

Linguistic - Word Smart

Interpersonal - People Smart

Musical - Music Smart

Naturalistic - Nature Smart

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm

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Veteran’s Day Project at LMS!

Veteran’s Day at LMS will never be the same!  With the help of Ms. Mummaw, Health & Phys Ed instruction at LMS, we tackled the following project:

Eight students we selected to travel to Willow Valley Retirement Community & interview veterans of World War II & Korea!  The transportation down was by my Army son’s bright yellow H2 Hummer(Mom & Dad need to baby sit the Hummer will Jared is on his fourth tour or Iraq.  Captain Albright is now in the second month of his tour south of Baghdad.

The students asked the following questions & the interviews were filmed:

In what branch of the military did you serve?  Where did you serve?  What does Patriotism mean to you?  And what does Freedom mean to you?  Also, the veterans shared special stories from their experiences.

During the week before Veteran’s Day, the interviews were shown to the students of Landisville Middle School during the morning announcements.  The project will culminate on Veteran’s Day - November 11th.

Thank you to all the Veterans for what they have done to keep the USA safe & free!!!

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Looking for a great education game site? Try PurposeGames.com

PurposeGames.com is host to educational quiz and trivia games created by its members.  You will be able to create your own trivia & games in a matter of minutes.  Make up a quick review game for your students for home or school!

You can play games against your friends & classmates!

A great way to learn is by having fun while you are learing!  Geography, Science, and Languages, any subject is easier and more fun to learn by playing a quiz game!

http://www.purposegames.com/

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CyberSmart

Stay safe on the Internet.  This site is a great for Educators.

CyberSmart

http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/

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What is GeoGebra

What is GeoGebra? GeoGebra is dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that goes from basic arithmetic, geometry, algebra and all the way to calculus. It offers in graphics, algebra, and spreadsheet views that are all dynamically linked.

The idea behind GeoGebra is to connect geometric, algebraic, and numeric representations. You can do constructions with points, vectors, lines, conic sections as well as functions and change them dynamically afterwards. Great for students in middle school through high school!

And, it’s free!  Download at:

http://www.geogebra.org

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Middle School Updates

I will be adding middle school websites each week that teachers are using for classes!

Health & Phys Ed   mypyramid.gov

DNA Interactive     dnai.org

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