Introduction

Greetings from your English teacher, Mrs. Cannady. Feel free to contact me at Whitewater Middle School between the hours of 8:45-10:15 a.m. at 770-460-3450.
I began this blog while attending the University of West Georgia. It was a project I began for course I took while earning my Specialist Degree.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Technology rich lesson plans

Looking to integrate more technology into your curriculum? Having trouble finding the time to create a lesson plan? Explore Happy viewing!

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Interwrite SchoolPad in Action

Mrs. Pettite, 8th grade math teacher on team 8-3, volunteered to assist me in creating a video for my MEDT 7470 class. Mrs. Pettite uses the Pad each day to engage our students. I wish I had a Pad of my own....

Sunday, September 21, 2008

22 September 2008

This week my 8th graders will be revising and editing their favorite room papers. Please go to the following web page for assistance and practice with proofreading.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Gadget of the Week

Interwrite SchoolPad is a technology tool used by several teachers at my school. I observed a math teacher walking around the room writing on the Pad while monitoring student behavior.

Monday, September 15, 2008

15 September 2008

This week my students are writing about their favorite room in their house. I have posted some links to web pages (see left side of blog) that define supporting sentences. If you click on the links, you will be able to see good examples of supporting sentences. You will also be able to practice writing supporting sentences.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

3 September 2008

Today we worked on a capitalization worksheet. Students worked in pairs to determine if words in a sentence need to be capitalized. They were required to list the rule used to determine if the word should be capitalized or not. Continue to use the capitalization link to the left in order to explore the rules.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

September 2, 2008

I was absent today, so the students completed workbook pages on capitalization. Please check the link on capitalization rules under featured web sites. Please view the capitalization video under Grammar videos on left side of page.

My technology movie

This video summarizes my feelings towards technology integration.