Becky Ellis's Page

At 8:40am on July 6, 2012,

Cool! I'll try to send people this direction as I get to know them. I do have a Twitter, I don't use it for much, but I do have one. Are there any people you know of that I should try to follow?

At 12:18am on July 6, 2012,

Jessie Jackson said…

Hi Becky,

I just got hired on at Mound Fort Jr. High to teach 8th grade US History and Honors US History. Great to hear from someone else who is in Ogden! How do you like it there?

At 11:49am on August 12, 2011,

Steve Jarvis said…

I should be able to figure out how to share the results by the time we complete the activity. Since my last comment, I have already thought of some variations to it. I could use goanimate.com and have the students create their own avatars, and have them conduct the interview, or conversation, with the historical individual they choose. Not sure If the students could add music, but I could even drop that part of it. Have them responding as the historical individual would. I am going to sit down and start drawing this up and figuring out how it will work.

At 11:34pm on August 11, 2011,

Steve Jarvis said…

Becky, Thank you and I look forward to bouncing ideas off everyone at #sschat. Have you ever heard of Dickie Goodman. In the 1970s, he did several gag songs in which he acted as though he was interviewing characters from popular movies. Their answers were given in the form of the chorus from popular songs at the time. I am thinking about having my students do a similar project, only interviewing historical individuals. I am thinking this would be a fun way to get students excited about history. Here are a couple of URL addresses to the songs, in case you aren't following what I am talking about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Loqlk-KOJJU&feature=related / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDNlSpKLEEo&feature=related

I look forward to working with other history teachers

At 1:31pm on July 16, 2011,

Nathan Wellborne said…

Appreciate the welcome! Always find great ideas when I look up the sschat hashtag; will definitely try to make it to a live chat on a Monday soon.

At 3:52pm on June 21, 2011,

Kristi Barber said…

Thanks for being so welcoming! I often see the sschat on twitter and can't wait to join in on the amazing conversations.

At 1:04pm on June 9, 2011,

Steven Book said…

Thanks for the kind welcome Becky!! I just recently started using Twitter in my classroom towards the end of my student teaching and discovered #sschat and have been thoroughly amazed by the innovative ways in which Social Studies teachers are utilizing different technologies everday in their classrooms! It has blown my mind and completely revolutionized how I am going to run my classroom (wherever that classroom may be...currently in the job search process). Again, thanks for the welcome and I look forward to further exploring this site and hopefully adding some helpful information for other teachers!

Thanks!

Steven

At 10:07am on June 7, 2011,

Adrea Lawrence said…