The Innovative Educator

Connecting educators passionate about educating innovatively

Welcome to the space where educators connect to share ideas about enhancing education with 21st Century tools within content areas.

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Ezra Jack Keats book making contest at M.S. 202 Added by Janet Fash
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The DOE is creating a DVD about cybersafety to teach our children how to keep themselves safe on the internet.The DVD will contain four short films about the following subjects: Online Gaming Safety, Sexual Predators, Cyber-Bullying, and Protecting Identity. Your input is needed to help produce videos that are effective and work with your existing curriculum.Please complete this short survey to help guide these efforts.

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1-Add your photo or avatar (go to settings on the top right) so those interacting with you have a better sense of who you are. Those who add a photo or avatar become featured members!
2-Introduce yourself in the "Introduction" forum discussion.
3-Participate in a forum discussion or start one of your own.
4-Click on the "Groups" tab above and join a group (lit, sci, ss, tech, special needs) that's right for you.
5-Invite colleagues to this site to participate in discussions & to connect to others doing similar work.
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7-Click on My Page above & customize your page. This is your groups & discussions live. It is also a space for you to create a blog and posts will be featured on this site for other innovative educators to read.
8-Click Events above. See what's happening @ other schools. share what's happening @ your school.
9-Share this site during professional development to begin conversations and keep them going.
10-Read your colleague's blogs below. Comment on them and learn from each other.

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Digital Cameras 3 Replies

What digital camera(s) do you and your students use (preferably owned or provided by your school)? Would you mind completing a short survey (4 simple questions)? The survey is for a magazine artic...

Started by Jeff Branzburg in Hardware Discussions. Last reply by Dan Downs Jul 2.

Middletown, NY

Hey everyone: I figured I'd put this here in case someone was interested in it, was moving out of the city, or whatever other reason they may have for interest... I have a friend who runs the Titl...

Started by Keith Elgart in Welcome Jul 1.

Introductions 5 Replies

Please introduce yourself, let us know a little bit about you, and where you are from.

Tagged: welcome, introductions

Started by Lisa Nielsen in Welcome. Last reply by Debbie Jun 26.

Are teachers allowed to borrow laptops over the summer vacation? 2 Replies

I was wondering if there was a form used for teachers to sign out laptops over the summer vacation. Many of them would like to work on lessons using the SmartBoard software as well as other applica...

Started by Danielle Melfi in Welcome. Last reply by Danielle Melfi Jun 19.

Effecting Change in the DOE's Filtering Policy 2 Replies

It is with great frustration that I find wonderful internet sites with great educational value that get blocked by the DOE's filters. Some of them I am able to get re-categorized, but others contin...

Tagged: glow, secondlife, filtering, reality, virtual

Started by Chris Johnson in Educational Issues. Last reply by Chris Johnson Jun 18.

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