42: Mr. Balcom’s Blog: Conversations on Teaching and Technology

a fourth grade teacher discussing teaching and technology, while pondering the great question of life, the universe, and everything.
 
 

Parental Involvement in Elementary Schools

• March 30, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Teaching and Technology
Tags: 42, administration, administrators, balcom, children, elementary, elementary school, involvement, knowledge, mister balcom, motivation, mrbalcom, parent, parents, PTO, school, students, teach, teaching


Homosapien-Tattalous: The human tattletale

• March 11, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Teaching and Technology
Tags: 4th, 4th grade, Arthur Dent, balcom, classroom, classroom management, conundrums, creatures, dementors, detention, elementary, elementary school, fourth grade, grade, Harry Potter, homosapien, human, journals, mr balcom, notes, school, solutions, tattalous, tattletale, tattling, Trillian, trouble


Welcome to 42: Mr. Balcom’s Blog: Conversations on Teaching and Technology

• February 17, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Teaching and Technology
Tags: 4th grade, author, blog, education, elementary school, father, first post, fourth grade, husband, nebraska, profile, school, teaching


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  • Homosapien-Tattalous: The human tattletale
  • Spelling Lists: An Antiquated Waste of Instructional Time.
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  • mrbalcom: Sat in down to rock to baby 3 hours ago. Just woke up in the rocking chair with a stiff neck. Ooops.
  • mrbalcom: Introduced my students to the Beatles this week. Some of them are really loving it! One student wore a Beatles shirt to school today!!
  • mrbalcom: Moving away from my "hot spot" to type my paper in a more comfortable location (folding chair is leaving a mark). Need some GTD energy.
  • mrbalcom: @badbanana Much like Reggie Jackson in the first Naked Gun Movie.
  • mrbalcom: Working on some analog chores while I await the return of internet connectivity.
  • mrbalcom: @ssjenk6 You sure can. Just click the download link. Then choose from a variety of formats. It will email you a link to the converted file.
  • mrbalcom: @BarbInNebraska Very cool!!
  • mrbalcom: @ssjenk6 I'm using Zamzar to download YouTube videos. Works great, easy to use. www.zamzar.com
  • mrbalcom: @lenac03 Thank you for your coverage of the game on Saturday. Mr. Hall's family in Nebraska was reading your every word. Go Yuma!
  • mrbalcom: Thankful for random neighbors who have open WiFi and are not using the same ISP as I am. (Sitting with laptop near windows.)

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