Comments for Amber Coggin

Comment on Educational Rap by Kari

Kari — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:56:06 +0000

I am a sophmore in college majoring in Elementary Education and special education. I thought it was neat to read how another way of making learning fun in the classroom was by using rap.

Comment on Educational Rap by Emily

Emily — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:32:35 +0000

Thanks for posting this blog. It is so encouraging to be reminded that learning is fun. Teachers are so much more effective when their students agree. Thanks for helping children enjoy fractions.

Comment on Wordle Holiday Cards by N Peery

N Peery — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:56:05 +0000

I am trying to come up with projects for my 3rd through 5th graders to do. We use to spend our 45 minutes in the computer lab doing SRA TechKnowledge lessons. I love wordle, so I decided to do a project called Flavor of My Class. The students will type the answers to questions in google docs. They will all type in the last name of their teacher so it will show up as the largest word. They will choose an answer from a selection of answers to questions like: favorite color: red, blue, yellow, etc. /favorite restaurant: Sonic, Wendys, etc. I will print one in color to post outside the computer lab. I am hoping the 15 classroom teachers will want to post theirs on their website.

Comment on 7 Things Meme by Sharon Elin

Sharon Elin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:14:56 +0000

Amber, I’m impressed that you’re ambidextrous, and maybe that explains your easy ability with juggling! A teacher I know here teaches his students to juggle and they take frequent breaks to do it. He’s convinced that it helps them academically with focus and reaching different parts of the brain ~ how do you feel about that? I’ve observed that it definitely gives them a much-needed physical/mental break during the class (middle school English). Thanks for sharing — oh, and as for your husband’ “Fear Factor” experience, keep the cabinets locked up. No telling what he’ll eat/drink!

Comment on Wordle Holiday Cards by Teresa McNamara

Teresa McNamara — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:55:37 +0000

This is wonderful idea. I’ve saved it up for next year. School finished for the year for us on Friday December 5. I’m off to investigate Wordle now

Comment on Wordle Holiday Cards by barb

barb — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:58:27 +0000

I love that! I may use your idea after Christmas. I’ll bet my kids (especially 4th grade) will like it!

Comment on Wordle Holiday Cards by Kevin Jarrett

Kevin Jarrett — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:11:05 +0000

Amber!

Epic win! Easy, quick, original, goregous! Web 2.0 at its best in the hands of a master!

Happy Holidays!

-kj-

Comment on Teacher Pay by Lori Feldman

Lori Feldman — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:56:40 +0000

Great post! I added this post to my ning blog.

Comment on Scary Spuds Project by Mrs. Coggin

Mrs. Coggin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:00:59 +0000

Kevin, that’s exactly how I got them on there. We are having the students copy and paste into a Word document, though, so they can type directly under the picture. Thanks for commenting.

Comment on Scary Spuds Project by Kevin Jarrett

Kevin Jarrett — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:35:49 +0000

Hi Amber! This looks terrific! How do you get the Spud pics onto the wiki? Screenshots pasted into a graphics program? -kj-