My #eddies14 Nominations

Here are my nominations for the 2014 Edublogs Awards:

Best Indvidual Blog: My Island View

Best Group Blog: The Global Classroom Project

Best New Blog: 2TechSavvyLibrarians

Best Class Blog: An Educational Phoenix

Best Student Blog: Steven's Blog (one of my students)

Best Ed Tech / Research Sharing Blog: Free Technology for Teachers

Best Teacher Blog: My Paperless Classroom

Best Librarian Blog: Continuously Learning in the Library

Best Administrator Blog: Ninja Reflections on Education

Most Influential Blog Post: Are You Making Your Most Difficult Students Worse?

Best Individual Tweeter: @alicekeeler

Best Hashtag/Twitter Chat: #2ndchat

Best Free Web Tool: Twitter 

Best use of Media: Ted Talks

Best Educational Wiki: The Global Classroom Project

Best Open PD/Unconference/Webinar: The Global Education Conference

Best Educational Use of a Social Network: EdTechBaton on Instagram

Best Mobile App: Remind

Lifetime Achievement: Peggy George

For more information and to make your nominations click HERE and follow #eddies14 on Twitter.

Possessive Noun Disorder

Teaching possessive nouns to 2nd graders is just downright frustrating. Our curriculum has some boring worksheets, but I needed to ramp up the teaching level on this one so last week I did some looking around and found a few songs and activities that would make learning this concept a little more fun.

I am fortunate to have a Mimio (interactive whiteboard), so I went to the MimioConnect sight and found a fun activity just by searching grade level and "possessive nouns". The kids really enjoy using the whiteboard. On another day I used a Brainpop Jr. video and the interactive activities that go with it.

I also found some songs on youTube. Moving and singing really helps cement it all together.

We are continuing to work on possessive nouns this week. My plan is to have them create some content using photos. Here is the task card they will use:

For more task cards click HERE

The finished product! see more HERE

Edrocker.com has some fun "screamo" videos.


I always look for an excuse to use The Electric Co. vidoes. It's what I grew up on!

Global Education Conference 2014

I am looking forward to attending the Global Education Conference beginning on November 17th. The online conference schedule is full of keynote speakers and presenters who will enlighten and inspire. The highlight for me will be the launch of the Global Classroom Project on Nov. 21st at 6:00 am CST. We will officially launch our 5th year of global connections and projects. Please look over the information below to learn more about participating in this amazing event!