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Rusty Ballard jballard@bcps.org
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My name is James Russell Ballard, AKA Rusty Ballard. I was born in Howell, NJ. Moved to Maryland to attend Towson University. I have been an elementary School teacher for 11 1/2 years, all at Stoneleigh ES. I have taught 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. I met my wife, Karen, while working at Toys R Us during our college years. We have two boys, Jason age 7 and Ryan age 3.
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simply fractions 3 (lite) mathed smart geoboard qith polygons tap math, fun math games
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 * Possible Web 2.0 Tools for Project:**
 * [|edmoto]**
 * [|firstinmath]**
 * [|voki]**
 * [|chartle]**
 * [|bitstrips]**

Web 2.0 is basically an "updated" version of the World Wide Web per say. It is not a change in technology, but a change in the way the technology is used. It allows users to be more interactive with each other and share information more freely. Common components of Web 2.0 are wikis, blogs, social media sites, etc. [|webopedia] [|wikipedia] [|WEB 2.0 tools] [|More Web 2.0 tools] [|Warm-up TDM] I would use todaysmeet to begin a discussion in math class like a warm-up from a previous topic, or find out what they already know about the topic we will be discussing. I would make sure I have the laptop cart for that day. I would leave the directions on my sreen. The kids usually trickle in from other rooms. This would give those that are here to opportunity to start working right away, and allow that are late to easily check-in to what the missed when they come. [|Results]- //**How I might use a wiki page in my class -**// I would consider using a wiki page to share information with my teammates. We do some team planning, and this would be a good way to share documents and videos that I have used and found effective. I could also use a Wiki page to share information with parents. Instead of sending home newsletters I could post new information, homework assignments, and coming topics.
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 * 5 uses in the classroom - wikis, blogs, podcast, video sharing, twitter**


 * Work from Class 2:**

tegxedo [|hoodamath]
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writing in math

[|writing prompts link] [|math journal] m [|ykidblog]
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[|Results]
 * Work from Class 5:**
 * [|Google Doc - chcklist]**
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[|learnzillion adding mixed numbers] I think both sites are really good. They offer a variety of topics, easy to navigate, and
 * Work from Class 6:**
 * You can use the video for Bolt to anything with decimals. Finding the difference beteween different racers, between the fastest from now and the first, arrange times from fastest to slowest.**
 * [|kahn acadamy - volume]**


 * Work from Class 7:**
 * [|text2mindmap geometry]**
 * [|popplet]**
 * [|padlet]**


 * Work from Class 8:**
 * [|educreations]**
 * [|take two]**


 * Work Form class 9:**
 * [|testmoz]**

Presentation: [|onlinecharttool]