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Michelle Gelrud commented on the blog post Final Class 1 year, 6 months ago
Tom – here is my URL. Thank you again for a great class!
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Michelle Gelrud commented on the blog post Class 13 – 7/13 – Portfolio Work 1 year, 6 months ago
Please remove ‘Home’ from Beachland. Thank you!
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Michelle Gelrud wrote a new blog post: Classroom 2.0 1 year, 6 months ago
I joined Classroom 2.0 when it was first introduced to us in our Technology class. I have posted my introduction on the site, as well as initiated conversations with others that are on there. I have not, however, received a response. In looking at the posts, the majority of them that are geared towards collaboration [...]
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Michelle Gelrud wrote a new blog post: Second Life and Elluminate 1 year, 6 months ago
I chose to compare Second Life (2nd Life) and Elluminate. I have used 2nd Life for entertainment before. To be quite honest, I got lost, couldn’t make any friends, and felt very rejected! Upon revisiting the site after our class discussion, I do see that it could possibly be used for educational purposes (such as [...]
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Michelle Gelrud commented on the blog post All is well 1 year, 6 months ago
Felicidades! He is a beautiful baby! I’m glad everyone is doing well. Your poor wife; she’s STILL the only woman in the house. She may want to try JUST ONE MORE TIME for a girl, you know…haha
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Michelle Gelrud posted on the forum topic Congratulations to Tom and his family! in the group
EdTech – Summer 2010: 1 year, 7 months agoFelicidades, Tom! Please send congrats and thoughts to your wife, too!
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Michelle Gelrud started the forum topic Congratulations to Tom and his family! in the group
EdTech – Summer 2010: 1 year, 7 months agoI thought I would create a place for all of us to send our congrats to Tom and his family!
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Michelle Gelrud wrote a new blog post: Audio Activity and Lesson Plan 1 year, 7 months ago
I have used this listening activity with my Spanish 1 students as a practice activity. They have been learning the vocabulary needed for talking on the phone and making, accepting, and declining invitations. This presents an opportunity for the students to listen for comprehension. After this activity, they are paired up and responsible for creating [...]
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Michelle Gelrud and Ann Marsh are now friends 1 year, 7 months ago
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Michelle Gelrud wrote a new blog post: Great Website for all of us! 1 year, 7 months ago
Greetings and Salutations! I have been going to this site since before I started teaching last summer. It has amazing resources for all teachers! Check it out. I have used it for lesson plan ideas, posted/commented on chatboards, gotten Harry Wong info, and more. I hope that it helps you, as well! http://www.teachers.net Michelle [...]
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Michelle Gelrud commented on the blog post Hello, All! 1 year, 7 months ago
Thank you! I appreciate it!
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Michelle Gelrud wrote a new blog post: Hello, All! 1 year, 7 months ago
I am trying to get the audio file for “March of the Brooms” from Fantasia. Does anyone have the DVD or the audio file? I can’t find the REAL ONE that was in the movie!!!! If anyone has a copy, I would really appreciate it if I could borrow it! If you bring it Tuesday [...]
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Michelle Gelrud commented on the blog post 21st Century Schools and 21st Century Skills 1 year, 7 months ago
I agree that school has had many rules, and still does have some, that make it like a prison. I agree with much of what is quoted in the article that you linked. I do, however, feel strongly that structure is needed as part of the educational process. Even identifying the parts of a structured [...]
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Michelle Gelrud wrote a new blog post: 21st Century Schools and 21st Century Skills 1 year, 7 months ago
I read all 4 of the referenced articles for this assignment. I don’t know if it is because I grew up in a time where, in elementary school, the most we did on a ‘computer’ was use coding to create a graphic of a flower or something on the screen, or if it is just [...]
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Michelle Gelrud commented on the blog post Incorporating video 1 year, 7 months ago
I think it sounds like a good plan, but my question is this: What is the PURPOSE of the activity? What do you hope that the students will gain (learned content) from this activity and watching the movie? Is it sharing? Teamwork? I’m just curious because we always have to state ‘students will be able [...]
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Michelle Gelrud wrote a new blog post: Lesson Plan with Video Integration 1 year, 7 months ago
This lesson plan focuses upon the conjugation of -ar verbs in Spanish. Students have used various conjugated verbs in class so far, but this is the first formal lesson on how to conjugate these verbs. The majority of the class is teaching them the information. The lesson concludes with a video from YouTube entitled “Conjugation [...]
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Michelle Gelrud wrote a new blog post: Media Example for the Classroom 1 year, 7 months ago
I use a lot of videos done by Spanish students for projects that are posted to the web by the teachers. One of them is ‘Que Hora Es’, which is a parody of a telenovela (Spanish soap opera) that was on the Bernie Mac comedy show. It’s hysterical! Telenovelas are very popular in Spanish culture. [...]
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Michelle Gelrud commented on the blog post Day 6 – 6/15 – Good Lessons 1 year, 7 months ago
Here is a link to an article in a Spanish newspaper about the BP oil crisis. I use current events articles from Spanish tv and newspapers for class discussion, reading comprehension exercises, etc.
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Michelle Gelrud wrote a new blog post: For tonight’s class 1 year, 7 months ago
I have used TeacherTube several times this year; it is where I originally found the Conjugations song (in my embedded post, if you want to see it again). I think most Spanish teachers show this in class – it’s hysterical and a great way to warm things up the first or second month of school. [...]
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Michelle Gelrud commented on the blog post A Good Presentation… 1 year, 7 months ago
I like the PPT, too! It really does provide a lot of information. I do, however, think that it is really long – I started to get kinda bored, even though I am interested in the topic.
I also agree with you about the need for font changes.
See you in class!
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For my last assignment, I decided to create a website, 
Bring it to class. We’ll see what we can do. It may be a protected file, it may be an actual streaming file. I can probably tell you what the issue is at least and possibly offer some solutions.