As the New Year begins in Australia, it follows the time around the world as Earth revolves. Happy New Year from Midnight Aussie time to Midnight around the world!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Education is our priority & passion
I came across an interesting video examining a philosophy of education.
http://www.teachertube.com/v.php?viewkey=7c0dfe2861199e00c9bb
http://www.teachertube.com/v.php?viewkey=7c0dfe2861199e00c9bb
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Gwen Foote pursues her doctorate in Education: NOVA Southeastern University
This video was amazing when we gave our presentations in class.
This inspires me to want to teach more with technology.
I enjoy finding podcasts and videos on http://www.youtube.com%20for/for visual audio simulations in class. Our students enjoy singing along with them. Discovery, National Geographic, and History Channel websites are great resources for teaching.
We have a few laptops for our science class and need some more.
Our goal is to raise money for a SMART Board for science class at Nautilus Middle School.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Gwen Foote receives grant awards for Nautilus Middle School
Kristin Hoyer, Language Arts teacher & Gwen Foote , Science Teacher both receive grant awards for their classes at Nautilus Middle School.
The Education Fund’s 20th Annual Citi Success Fund Awards Ceremony took place October 20 at the Sofitel Hotel Ballroom, Miami Florida. The Citi Success Fund provides funds to educators for innovative projects addressing the drop out problem in our schools. Projects provide opportunities for at risk youth to experience success in their education and lives.
Gwen Foote was awarded a grant for “Icky Ichthyology”. By creating a classroom saltwater tank, students can study and monitor the diversity and relationships of living ocean life through hands on experiments. Students can collect and analyze data to establish criteria for preserving endangered species and creating a healthy ocean environment. Students will integrate technology with active scientific investigations of marine conservation, while studying live specimens in the classroom aquarium.
Gwen Foote was awarded a grant for “Icky Ichthyology”. By creating a classroom saltwater tank, students can study and monitor the diversity and relationships of living ocean life through hands on experiments. Students can collect and analyze data to establish criteria for preserving endangered species and creating a healthy ocean environment. Students will integrate technology with active scientific investigations of marine conservation, while studying live specimens in the classroom aquarium.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Nautilus Middle School International Baccalaureate Candidate School
Our classroom in Miami Beach, is multicultural- Hispanic, Black, Asian/Indian, and white (non-Hispanic). We encourage students to learn science through inquiry and utilize technology in our classroom exploratory activities. We participate in "hands on" laboratories to engage students in active learning. Students enjoy a virtual interactive activities with competitive teams practicing FCAT (SAT) questions using computer and projected questions.We also encourage experiments and investigations to pursue their own interests in life and college aspirations. Funds are very limited and we need help in obtaining science kits, equipment, and supplies! We need SMART Board interactive technology system and laptops for lessons with simulated activities.Students are science students enrolled in an International Baccalaureate Program. Nautilus Middle School is in the first year as International Baccalaureate Candidate School.
Thank you to any who could help us help our students.
http://www.adoptaclassroom.com/adoption/Locator_SchoolDetail.aspx?src=1&ClassroomId=27335&SchoolId=81694&Private=0&inter=0
Thank you to any who could help us help our students.
http://www.adoptaclassroom.com/adoption/Locator_SchoolDetail.aspx?src=1&ClassroomId=27335&SchoolId=81694&Private=0&inter=0
Monday, September 22, 2008
Nautilus Middle School / Mast Outreach Laboratory Collaboration
Nautilus Middle School science students enjoyed a special experience learning with MAST Academy's Outreach Laboratory - LandSHARC.
Students investigated marine life and ocean environment through virtual interactive computer programs and laboratory examination of marine specimens with activities like radiotelemetry, classification and clinical laboratory procedures.
MAST Academy, part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, is a magnet school that hosts this exciting outreach lab visiting and teaching schools in the Miami area.
Gwen Foote, Science Teacher,
Nautilus Middle School "Home of the Sharks"
IB Candidate School
Saturday, September 13, 2008
My son, Shawn R. Scarbrough
I classified this as wellness because, to remember true memories and able to express feelings is to know wellness. My students have been asking me about my son.
I ran across these photos, thinking they (and he) would enjoy them. In 1988, I took Shawn to Australia to visit friends and art clients. We rode with the "real" men from Snowy River (as in the Disney movie, on the actual horses in the movie), Mick and his children. 
Shawn was a charmer with animals, our own, owls, hawks, and deer. 
He is an amazing person, caring, happy, and strong as a child and son. Friends with his cousins, like Danny Jr. and Angela, they had close relationships. He was close with and fond of his grandfather, Maj. John Foote Sr., alike in spirit and very close as grandfather and grandson. It is no wonder Shawn went to Iraq, as a marine, and came back safe and sound. Warriors and military leaders run in our Foote family. We lived with his grandparents for 6 months and cherish that time spent with them.
I was a major influence in Shawn's life and it is evident in his life now. We were tremendously close and I had the opportunity to be involved in all of his activities and clubs. I am thankful for having the chance to be his mother and am very proud of him. We had the experience of traveling across the country as I was working as a freelance artist, from Dallas, Texas to Seattle, WA, back through Denver when he was 9 years old. My little sister, Darlene and I still am greatful for the memories. We were living in Dallas at the time.
I love him and always will, regardless of time, distance, and situations that our busy lives present.
Mothers need to always enjoy the time they have with their children. It flies by so quickly!
Shawn was a charmer with animals, our own, owls, hawks, and deer. 
He is an amazing person, caring, happy, and strong as a child and son. Friends with his cousins, like Danny Jr. and Angela, they had close relationships. He was close with and fond of his grandfather, Maj. John Foote Sr., alike in spirit and very close as grandfather and grandson. It is no wonder Shawn went to Iraq, as a marine, and came back safe and sound. Warriors and military leaders run in our Foote family. We lived with his grandparents for 6 months and cherish that time spent with them.I was a major influence in Shawn's life and it is evident in his life now. We were tremendously close and I had the opportunity to be involved in all of his activities and clubs. I am thankful for having the chance to be his mother and am very proud of him. We had the experience of traveling across the country as I was working as a freelance artist, from Dallas, Texas to Seattle, WA, back through Denver when he was 9 years old. My little sister, Darlene and I still am greatful for the memories. We were living in Dallas at the time.
I love him and always will, regardless of time, distance, and situations that our busy lives present.
Mothers need to always enjoy the time they have with their children. It flies by so quickly!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Agroecology Summer Workshop for Teachers at Florida International University
The FIU Agroecology Program is a comprehensive program that integrates education, research and training of university and high school students and teachers on agricultural issues at farm level and regional landscape level. The program focuses on interfacing agriculture, natural ecosystems and urban development and consists of specialized undergraduate agroecology courses, field trips, summer internships, graduate fellowships, and training workshops for university students and high school teachers.
The objective of this workshop fosters a relationship between teachers, FIU instructors, local government, and non-profit institutions. Participants experience practical application of relevant science curricula in agro-ecological sciences with a strong commitment to the future well-being of people and environment. 
This workshop has been made possible by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
July 14-18, 2008
"Agroecology: principles, practices and research applications" Dr. Krish Jayachandran
Dr. Mahadev Bhat & Dr. Krish Jayachandran
Agroecology Program at FIU
Florida International University
Department of Environmental Studies
11200 SW 8th StreetMiami, Florida 33199
The five-day workshop covers advancements in agroecological issues facing South Florida and beyond, by experts from FIU, USDA, Archbold Biological Station, other agencies and farmers, in a three-day field trip to USDA Horticultural Research Station, Miami, and MacArthur AgroEcological Research Center, Lake Placid, Florida.This program is funded through a grant from USDA-CSREES.
The focus of these programs is on the triangular interface between agriculture, natural ecosystems, and urban areas. The image below depicts the underlying connection between these three different areas, with some of the positive and negative feedback effects. South Florida presents an ideal setting to study the relationships between natural, agricultural, and urban areas due to the availability of these three different types of environments. The fragile Everglades covers most of south Florida and is impacted by the pressure from the growing population of the nearby urban areas. Productive agricultural lands are necessary to provide for the increasing population, which in turn put more pressure on the natural areas.
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