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Educational Resources = = =This site is designed to include a variety of educational resources.= = //The following is a ranking system we developed to evaluate the usefulness of these educational blogs and links. Please feel free to navigate through our pages and peruse the information under each category. Furthermore, each blog and link will include one of the faces below that will help to indicate our evaluation of that resource and any potential value.// =

= __**"At a Glance" Ranking System ﻿**__ = Current Updates Reliable Source Helpful Information || Infrequent Updates Fairly Reliable Source Questionable Information || Not Updated Frequently Unreliable Source Unhelpful Information ||
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=__ Contributors to the Wiki: __= = = = My name is Melissa Dills. I have been teaching kindergarten for 9 years now. I love my job and am excited to find resources to use in my classroom. I am available in the evenings through my Walden email. = = = = My name is Chelsea Blasius. I have been teaching for five years; 5th, 4th, a 5/4th split and two years in Kindergarten. So far this year I have been teaching two half day sessions of Kindergarten. But on Monday I will be switching to full day kindergarten because my school hired a part time teacher to teach one of my sections. I am excited to go back to full day, but nervous for the change. I have a SMART board in my room, 3 student computers, an ELMO, and a projector. I look forward to finding new ways to incorporate wikis, blogs, and podcasts into my curriculum! = = = = My name is Angel Schwartz. I have been teaching Kindergarten for 4 years now. I have also taught 5th grade for a year and was a Title 1 teacher for a year. I primarily respond to emails in the morning or in the evening. I can be reached via the Walden Course page. I am excited to try out this new form of technology as it is completely new to me. It is also great to be working with teachers who teach a similar age group. I am hopeful that we can bounce some ideas and suggestions off of each other as we learn and work together. = = = == My name is Carlos Oliveira. I taught 2nd grade for two years and then taught 4th grade for 2 years. Currently I have made the move to a new school were I now teach history to grades 6th through 8th. I like the idea of rating the usefulness of the blog. We have the an opportunity to review sight that may be useful for grades k-12. ==

== Hi my name is Tricia. I have taught kindergarten for 8 years and am now teaching first grade. This is my second year in a new building with all new technology and I am loving it. I am available through my walden email in the afternoons during school. I have have 4 year old and 2 year old who take up my time in the evenings so I rarely try to do all my work during plan or before and after school hours. And I love the smiley faces that you used for the criteria. ==

== My name is Margaret Corrigan. I taught preK-8th grade visual art for 4 years. I am currently teaching 10th grade digital art and I am co-teaching with a biology teacher so many of my projects incorporate the science curriculum. I am in a new teaching environment using new technology. I have been watching a lot of online tutorials and podcasts to help me learn how use the adobe creative suite programs that I am using with my students. I hope that I will be able to use some of the technology that we are learning about in my classroom. ==