Thriving in School

In the last post I tried a new application that gives you the option to hear the text. Some of us may not have needed it, some may have fou...

I cringe when I walk into a classroom and all the desks are the same height. Yes, they look ordered and they line up so well. Once you add...

Autism: The Musical This uplifting documentary explores one L.A. woman's pledge to lead a group of autistic children in defying diagnose...

Did you know that you can have fun playing with beach balls all year long and not just when you're frolicking on the beach? Beach balls ...

Here's a fun activity to help children develop a tripod grasp. Find a simple line drawing. Preschool coloring books a...

Here's a nice tool made by Kim, here at Hosmer , to help a student with significant difficulty with motor control learn to draw shapes. ...

Doodling in class doesn't always have to be bad. At times, it can enable a student to listen to classroom instruction. I know because dr...

Picturing Writing is an art-and-literature based approach to writing developed by Beth Olshansky to meet the needs of stud...

Try this simple and easy online multi user whiteboard. After signing up for the free account, give out your URL & start working togeth...

Did you miss it too? January 24 was Global Belly Laughing Day . I am putting this on my calendar for next year. The physiological benefits...

Things I am reflecting on after attending the Educon2.0 conference in Philly several weeks ago: putting kids at the center of their learning...

I don't know why, but g always gets picked on when people talk about handwriting. In the Mar/April edition of Good Magazine (what a m...

One of the big lessons in kindergarten is learning how to "share". Sharing work on the Hosmer student blog gives wings to our ...

This promises to be a great conference...instead of workshops, there are "conversations". EduCon 2.0 is both a conversation and...

I noticed the stress level was a little high at work this week. It is helpful to remember we work with kids, after all. We must all, in orde...

While I was on Twitter, I came upon an interesting site. What is Twitter, you ask? Well that is for another post. Suffice to say that I g...

Convert any photo into a talking character with PQ Talking Photo . Currently it runs on Windows XP/Vista, but a Mac version is expected so...

Winter break is over. It was a time for many of us to connect with families and friends. If you had a camera clicking the whole time, what ...

In his Science News Online article titled "Certain memories may rest on a good sleep" , Bruce Bower reports on the need for sleep...

"Work is nature's physician, it is essential to human health and happiness." - Galen Mel Levine talks about the family's r...

Last Thursday we got such lovely snow, about 10 inches of it. Before school on Friday, there was a fair amount of shoveling that had to be ...

FreeRice is a site that lets you do good while getting smarter! How cool is that? For every vocabulary word you get correct, it donates 2...

The bell rings and the school day is officially over. Now what? You would be surprized how students are connecting, sharing and creating...

Take a look at this creative way of using VoiceThread. I am not sure where this student goes to school or how old he is, but he certainly k...

Introducing your very own personal assistant. No, you don't need to hire anyone. Instead sign up for a free account at Jott. Use your...

Take a digital image (from your cellphone camera or digital camera) and turn it into a sharable document. - Scribbled ideas on napkins - Whi...

My New Favorite Tool! Why? It's Simple (the less clicks it requires, the more we are apt to use it) It's adaptable (can be used in ...

John Schinker from Taste of Tech wrote this post on being responsible for your own learning. Daily we are faced with new technologies to...

Come to the Watertown Special Education Parent Advisory Council meeting on Wed., Nov. 14, 2007, 7:00pm Lowell Elementary School Library, 1...

Tagging - the act of labeling your luggage for quick identification at the airport carousel Wiki - short for wiki sticks, those waxed piec...