Week of 10/4/2010

Each week, NHCS compiles and then a sends a list of upcoming events in the school system to all of our local media outlets (print, radio, tv, etc.) as well as to members of the school board.  This publication is known as the "Good News Report."  If you're doing something cool with your students like having a guest speaker or organizing a performance or anything you'd be willing to share with the rest of the world, please let me know. (Things like the artist who recently visited Mrs. Spencer's art classes or the upcoming fund-raising event with Bangz hair salon are great examples!) I send this report in for our school every week - and with all the great stuff we've got going on at the Grove, there's no reason why we all shouldn't be ready for our collective closeups!

In other news, please be on the lookout for a Nook Proposal Form to be disseminated in the next week or so.  This form will help us purchase content for our new eReaders.   Thanks so much to our generous PTSA, we now have covers for these new devices.  And thanks to Eric Ludwig, we also have an (almost) new locking, rolling cart to put them in.  And finally, thanks to Robin for coming up with some money to purchase content.  Woo Hoo! All we need now is your ideas.  So... be thinking of how you'd like to use these gadgets with your kids and keep your eyes peeled for the form which will be emailed to you soon! 

Finally, this video is related to this week's 21st Century Resource.  The student who created the video uses the resources that I've linked to/reviewed on the left.  However, the video also contains a powerful lesson regarding the role of technology in our students' lives.  It's been said, and rightfully so, that no technology can replace a great teacher. However, it's also true that our students are growing up in a digital world and there's no limit to what a great teacher can do when they embrace the technologies that are at the center of our students' world.  Anyway, check out the video and then check out the resource.



Have a great weekend, everyone! 

PS:  For those of you who are using Wordle, here's an interesting link with lots of suggested uses for this great resource.

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