The Jammed Locker

I advise the middle school newspaper, also known as the Jammed Locker.  This year participation has been so high that I’ve requested an iCart of laptops to be delivered to the computer lab to supplement the 25 iMacs I have in the computer lab.
On Thursday afternoons the student journalists stream into the lab, drop their [...]

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
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Lamb-ster on a Piano

Sixth grade students are learning to program using Scratch. Right now they are designing musical instruments and teaching themselves how to play them. The test is to play “Mary Had a Little Lamb” for the teacher on demand.  In addition to mulling over the fate of the lamb (”Why does it say she HAD a [...]

Posted on October 20th, 2009 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
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