In this post from guest blogger, Jessica Sanders of www.learn2earn.org, explore some of the new and efficient ways to help raise money for your school community. School fundraisers are a necessary evil, but that doesn’t mean they need to be a pain to facilitate. Luckily, technology is making it easier to run effective fundraisers without the headaches.
From something as quiet as a whisper, to as loud as a concert; sound is everywhere. As many technologies have advanced our capacity to record and edit video, so have audio technologies advanced as well. News articles are now turning into audio edited podcasts; new tools have been created to modify beats and soundtracks.
As a fourth grade educator, one writing standard in particular stands out to me, Writing Standard Number 6. It states that with support from a teacher, by the end of the year, fourth graders should be able to “1. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
They feature multiple-choice questions and practice tests. At the end, students can view their results and how much time they spent on each question. All this information is displayed on a bar chart so they can see their strengths and focus on weak areas. The questions cover everything from adjectives, verbs, and pronouns to adverbs, tenses, and transitions.
Here’s an idea. You see that category list to the right side of this blog? Well, the one called “Here and Now” is usually dedicated to posts relevant to the day they are published on, such as “Pi Day” and other “holidays”, as well as current events. What if I looked up today in history? Then I could find something to share with you!
The Sun is a star that gives us heat and light and, believe it or not, the heat that comes from the Sun is constant and never changes in its intensity. So, the amount of heat that the Sun gives in January in Chicago is actually that same amount of heat that is given in July in Chicago! Why is that? Head on inside to learn more about this interesting science fact.
