Jaci Queen's Blog (3)

Thanks for everyone's feedback..but I think maybe I've been misunderstood in my comment "BLOCKED"! First, I plan my assignments from school. As a technology teacher dealing with website's it has always been my recommendation to teachers to test the site at school first instead of at home. The problem is with putting all of the time together in planning and then by the time it's time to the work, the district decides to block another website. This has happened to me within 1 day of instruction. W… Continue

I'm very frustrated as I am moving all of my students forward and yet I feel blocked in every direction I go. I get them excited. They all show up to my classes. I give them the tools they need, then when it comes time to show off there work, BLOCKED!!! It makes me feel like I've let everyone of them down. How are we as educators going to ever get ahead and push are students ahead if everytime something great comes along, it gets blocked. Now I'm wondering why I should turn the other che… Continue

My students are currently working on animation, html, videos, and stop motion videos. They are putting all of this together using a digital cameras, web cams, cell phones or video cameras. All info must be documented first before created i.e. storyboard and outline. Those creating webpages will be writing in html or using excel. I have some students creating comics that have to tell an informational story using a 4 block storyboard. All students will be graded on a 5 pt rubric in the following… Continue