Helping Children Cope

It is hard for all of us to cope with tragedies, particularly when they involve children, but they can be especially hard for sensitive kids with vivid imaginations.


See the following article from About.com by clicking on the title below:

Helping Your Gifted Child Cope with Tragic Events

We can all sometimes feel helpless when we experience or even just hear about catastrophes and tragedies. Earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, kidnappings, school shootings -- all these events can affect us profoundly. However, children can be even more profoundly affected because they look to adults to keep the world safe, and when things happen that even adults have no control over, they can lose their sense of security.  Read more....

Free Books for Read Across America Day

Free Books For Read Across America Day

Dear Educator, The Literacy Empowerment Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, invites your school or other literacy project to apply for FREE books for Read Across America Day. During the past year, LEF has distributed over 3,000,000 books to schools all across the country for Read Across America Day and other literacy projects. Resources are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Orders must be received by February 16th, 2013. Please share this information with your fellow educators! Free Books for Read Across America Day: Order Form at http://www.lefbooks.org LEF 1311 West Chester Pike West Chester, PA 19382 Phone: 610-719-6448 Web site: http://www.lefbooks.org E-mail: info@lefbooks.org

Effective Mobile Learning Resources

10 Proven Strategies to Break the Ban and Build Opportunities for Student Learning with Cell

Phones

by George Engel, Rob Griffith, Scott Newcomb, Lisa Nielsen, Jason Suter, and WillynWebb

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Mobile Learning in the Classroom (resources and presentation) by Carl Anderson

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Despite School Cell Phone Ban, Course Sees Them as Aid by Elizabeth Green

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Can Cellphones Be Educational Tools? by Katherine Schulten

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Texting Poetry Inspires Kids to Learn by John Sullivan

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Kicking Off the School Year: Web 2.0 Style with Cell Phones by Vicki A. Davis

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Under-aged Texting: Usage and Actual Cost by Roger Entner, Nielsen report

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Speak Up 2009: The biggest Obstacle to Using Technology in Ed...Not Being Able to Use

Student's Own Mobile Devices!

by Liz Kolb

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The Next Generation? Using Apps for Interpretation [Prezi] by Losehill Hall

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St. Marys Mobile Learning Technology

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Mobile Learning Documentary Hosted by Verizon Wireless

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Smartphone Computers in Rural Schools Webinar Archive with Scott Newcomb and Kyle

Menchhofer

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Case Studies (St. Marys City Schools) by Verizon

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GoKnow

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GoMobile4Learning• Mobile Learning Portal

Byrdseed Post - Check It Out!

The website Byrdseed http://www.byrdseed.com/ has a new post entitled Remix Poetry: Christmas to Thanksgiving. http://www.byrdseed.com/remix-poetry-christmas-to-thanksgiving/

Check it out when you get a moment!

Check out High Ability Blog post

An blog post on the High Ability blog caught our attention and thought it may interest you:
Click on the following link for a story entitled,

A Ghoulish Gifted Halloween Tale (and It’s all Frighteningly True…)

http://highability.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/a-ghoulish-gifted-halloween-tale-and-its-all-frighteningly-true/

Halloween Movies for Gifted Children

Carol Bainbridge with About.com Gifted Children Guide offers an article about 13 Halloween Movies for Gifted Children. The link below takes you to the website which offers a brief description of each movie.






Thirteen Halloween Movies for Gifted Children

Whether you have a party or not, you might want to have one or more great movies on hand for the kids to watch. You can find one suitable for every age group. These movies, which include "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and "Hocus Pocus," will provide some fun for the kids at a party or with the rest of the family.

1. Sesame Street - A Magical Halloween Adventure

2. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

3. Casper

4. The Worst Witch

5. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

6. Scared Shrekless

7. Double, Double, Toil & Trouble

8. Halloweentown

9. Goosebumps: Attack of the Jack-O-Lanterns

10. Hocus Pocus

11. The Witches

12. Beetlejuice

13. Ghostbusters

Professional Development Opportunity

2012 JCESC Fall Technology Workshop

Photoshop and Photo Editing Tools
October 8, 2012- November 4, 2012 6-7pm
Earn 1 Hour Graduate Credit with JCESC and Franciscan University of Steubenville!

Workshop DescriptionTeachers who complete this workshop will have a basic understanding of the principles of design and visual editing. These skills can be used to meet the needs of their students, and can be applied to multiple grade levels. Knowledge of the online tools and software presented in this workshop will enable teachers to engage and challenge their student’s creativity, collaboration skills, and critical thinking capabilities.

All projects may be completed at the student’s own pace as long as they are done before the end of each week. The first lesson will introduce the tools of Photoshop, and then the class will use Gimp to complete various in-class projects designed to teach basic photo-editing skills. As the class moves on, they will be introduced to other free, photo-editing platforms that are available online. The class will then start their own, independent projects. Projects can be for personal use (touching up an old photo, perhaps) or for use in the classroom.

Students will be required to have internet access, and will work with the latest version of Gimp, a free, open-source photo-editing program specifically engineered to imitate Photoshop. Students will also be required to access the following free, online photo-editing platforms during the workshop sessions:

• http://www.aviary.com/
• http://advanced.aviary.com/tools/phoenix
• http://www.picmonkey.com/
• http://picasa.google.com/
• http://www.sumopaint.com/start/
• http://pixlr.com/
• http://fotoflexer.com/
• http://www.phixr.com/
• http://www.splashup.com/

ScheduleThis workshop will be held online over a span of four weeks.  The instructor will introduce new material once a week through an online, interactive session. The student will use the rest of the week to complete the assignment given at the end of each weekly session. If help is needed, the instructor will be available via email.  (Click here for online workshop requirements.)

Online Sessions:
Monday, October 8th 6-7pm
Monday, October 15th 6-7pm
Monday, October 22 6-7pm
Monday, October 29 6-7pm
Sunday, November 4th- Voluntary session/ last questions 6-7pm

RegistrationIn order to receive 1 graduate semester college credit, you must enroll in the Graduate Education program at Franciscan University of Steubenville. There is an additional one‐time application fee of $25, but you may avoid this fee by applying online. The FUS Application Help Sheet will guide you through this process. Please apply prior to your workshop session at My Franciscan.

To apply for the workshop go to the following link http://www.jcesc.k12.oh.us/protected/EventRegistration.aspx?rCode=3YUY

Please send your $200 payment made out to JCESC to the:

Jefferson County Educational Service Center
Attn: Online Workshops
2023 Sunset Blvd.
Steubenville, Ohio 43952

If you have any questions or need additional information, please call 740-283-3347 or email:

Christy Kelley (christy.kelley@omeresa.net)
Patty Ferrell (patty.ferrell@omeresa.net)