Thursday, January 29, 2009

EDUC 200 Welcome

Handout - with updates

The Curriculum Center at EWU Libraries is located in the Lower Level of JFK Library.

We have 22,000 youth materials and 20, 000 textbooks and teaching materials. Please make suggestions for materials you need.

Updates at this blog http://ewumeyer.blogspot.com
Bookmarks and tags at http://delicious.com/ewumeyer

Media in your assignments


Physical Education capstone and adolescent literacy students are working this quarter on presenting their knowledge in short media formats.

My document with the steps and tutorials updated as I find new ideas. I have found the easy to use Flip Camera with a USB port to be the quickest way to capture short videos.

TeacherTube
VoiceThread for Education are 2 great sites to post your work and to see examples happening now in schools.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Trial Something about the Author password : trial

Children's Literature Review password:centers

Let me know (comment below or email me)
James Patterson has partnered with Judy Freeman to create a sharing books website
readkiddoread.com

The look is very pleasing with lots of attention to the book covers. Judy Freeman blogas about books and there are great booklists and author interviews.

Thursday, January 15, 2009


Abraham Lincoln, 16th president and hero of our new President Barack Obama .

The Curriculum Center will feature our Lincoln books and have a contest to win 2 Lincoln books during the month of February.

Lincoln 200th year Birthday celebration

This year we celebrate the 100th birthday of the Lincoln penny.



Scramble Lincoln-related picture game
Take the Honest Abe quiz

Lincoln Bicentennial
Modules of information about Lincoln

Lincoln Log-- reports daily activities of Abraham Lincoln

Teacher resources from Abraham Lincoln Museum

EDUC 544 Poetry

Poetry

EWU has lots of resoruces in the Curriculum Center both youth poetry and how to teach poetry. There are amazing resources online that poets share and interactive lessons.
Here is a sample

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Latest best practices in Washington State

The OSPI January Conference is Seattle featured teachers of the year from throughout Washingt, new standards in Science, math 9-12 information, reading to intervention, cbas and more.
The list of presenters and many of their handouts are available.

New Science standards