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Students and Staff at PS 233 participated in Hats On Day to raise awareness and funds to fight children’s cancer. Here’s a peek at our hat-wearing participants.
Is There Poetry In the Air?
I noticed it this morning
When I first got out of bed,
That there was something buzzing
In the air around my head
It was hard to see them clearly
But they focused over time
And I saw the buzzing shadows
Were words joining up in rhyme
They were diving, they were swooping
They flew all around my home
And when they finally landed
I could see they made a poem.
The poem stayed put a minute
Then words scrambled here and there
Taking off and out the window
There was poetry in the air.
–E. Phillips 2007
April is just around the corner, and along with April showers, it brings National Poetry Month.
Take a look at some of the fun poetry websites I’ve collected for you below, where you can read, listen to and learn to write poetry. Which poem is your favorite and why? Try your hand at creating your own original poem to share.
Check out these sites today!
Scholastic.com
Tech4Learning, the company that makes Twist, Pixie and Frames (as well as Imageblender, Mediablender and Weblender) is having a contest for students just like you! Your mission, sh
ould you choose to accept it, will be to design an invention that will make the world a better place.
Here are the details (Pay close attention, winners get an iPod Shuffle and a class pizza party!):
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Deadline: Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Judging Entries should include:
Entries could include:
Prizes 1st place - Ages 4-8 Submissions and Requirements
Please send your entries to: Your submitted file must include a text box or text layer with the following information:
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WebBlender MediaBlender Frames |
As I write this post, I’m sitting in a classroom at the New York Hilton Hotel in Manhattan waiting for my class on podcasting to begin. Some of you might ask “Why are you taking a class in podcasting, when you’ve been doing podcasts with us already?” The answer is that I love learning how to do things better. I could probably figure out how to do some new and interesting podcasts with you on my own, but it’s so much more fun to be in a class with other people who want to learn and who are excited about learning. I’ll report back to you after I get home from this conference, which is sponsored by PBS/Channel Thirteen and is called a “Teaching and Learning Celebration.”Oh, if I forget, remind me to show you the picture I took with The Cat in the Hat. 
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