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Ms. Sheri Edwards |
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| My Wishlist |
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| Blue-Ray HDD/DVD Hybrid Camcorder |
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| Single Unit |
Why I need this:
One thing is true: the world is going video, and students are ready to write their own scripts -- a clear way to engage students to write clear and detailed, clever and concise, engaging and organized -- which meet our communication and writing standards as well as prepare students for the future they will write themselves. |
| Quantity: 1 Price: $1099.00 |
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| Get Blu-ray disc recording capability along with a 30 gigabyte built-in Hard Disk Drive to record approximately four hours of hi-def video. |
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| Flip Video Ultra Mobile Lab |
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| Flip Video Ultra Mobile Lab |
Why I need this:
Improve writing curriculum and student writing as students write scripts for: news, sports, plays, public service announcements, student-created learning modules, etc. Integrate with content areas as students present interpretations and informed opinions of history or science. |
| Quantity: 1 Price: $3539.95 |
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| A durable rolling crate with 12 4GB camcorders, double battery power, tripods, and all the software you need to start a classroom video program. |
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| Podcasting Mobile Lab |
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| Educational Mobile Lab |
Why I need this:
Create audio bulletins, lessons summaries, news events, sports information in podcasts for the community; create podcast student created lessons to deepen understanding and provide resources for current and future students. |
| Quantity: 1 Price: $3459.99 |
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| Roll in the crate and start podcasting! |
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| Ms. Sheri Edwards |
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| http://msedwards.pbwiki.com |
| Nespelem Elementary School |
| Hometown: |
| Coulee Dam, WA |
| Class Information: |
| Room Number: Edwards 8 |
| Students per Class: 60 |
| Class Description: |
| I teach grade 8 reading and grades 5-8 writing in a very rural area of Northcentral Washington on the Colville Indian Reservation. |
| Needs: |
| 6 iMac Intel computers
6 flip-cameras
1 airport extreme |
| My Philosophy: |
| I believe all children can learn-- in their own time and in their own way. My invitation to them includes meeting them where they are and guiding them to where their potential propels them.
Students today enjoy connectedness of social networking; it is part of their very being. My goal is to bring my instruction into that cloud to teach the content required in ways that inspire online responsibility and ethics in this new, very public world.
My students know about the "connected world," but most are deprived of the ability to participate because of poverty and remoteness. I hope to bring the world to them and guide them as responsible media literacy participants. |
| Personal Information: |
| About Me: |
| I believe all students can learn, in their own time and in their own way. Students are smart in spots, and I try to find those spots. Successful people use their strengths, and they don't waste time on their weaknesses. My goal is to guide students in using their strengths, and to help them improve weak areas, which may become new strengths.
I love integrating the language arts into the content areas, so many of my writing assignments involve science and social studies.
"I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases so long as it in no wise interferes with any other man's rights." ~Abraham Lincoln. I try to work with each student's unique talents, and I also manage them in one learning environment so we all succeed, teacher and students. |
| College and Degrees: |
| * 1992 Masters of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Integrated Language Arts Emphasis, Eastern Washington University
* 1985 Teaching Certificate: K-12 Reading; 4-12 Math; K-8 Elementary Endorsements
* 1985 Bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude, Major: Reading; Minor: Math; Eastern Washington University
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PB Wiki Educator |
| Favorite Books: |
| Between Teacher and Child by Haim Ginott
Go and Come Back by Joan Abelove |
| Favorite Quotes: |
| "Be the change you want to see in the world." ~ Mahatma Ghandi
Live to make the world less difficult for each other.
~ George Eliot
Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. ~Alfred North Whitehead
"I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases so long as it in no wise interferes with any other man's rights." ~Abraham Lincoln. |
| Interests: |
| Grandkids; Web 2. 0 community-building;reading; writing; dog-walking |
| Employment History: |
| Current Position
ReadingGrade 8
Writing Grades 5-8
Previous Positions
Talentedand Gifted Instructor
Grade8 Self-contained classroom
Grade 7-8 Combination classroom
Grade 6 Self-contained classroom
Grade 5-6 Combination classroom
Grade 1 Self-contained classroom
STAR Club: Students That Are Rare Gifted and Talented Program (10 years)
ServiceLearning with Elders |
| Why Do I Teach?: |
| I teach to guide the future, to encourage democracy, and to enable each child to become their dreams. |
| Percent of Students are: |
| At-risk: 40 % |
| Average: 50 % |
| High-achiever: 5 % |
| Special Needs: 5 % |
| Percent of Students are: |
| White/Caucasian : 2 % |
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