Mr. Mundorf's Class

Watch the live-stream of Stephen drawing the panoramic cityscape of New York here.
Visit Stephen’s website here.

Blogs in Plain English

Edublogs Video Tutorials

Edublogs Basics (PDF)

10 Ways to Use Your Edublog to Teach

Edublogs Features

Blogging Resources

The UDL Real World Wiki

Article 1 – Universal Design for Learning

Article 2 – Using Flexible Technology to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners

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National Center on Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

2009 UDL Institute Blog
2009 UDL Institute iSite

UDL Schedule (PDF)

UDL Schedule (Text)

The first ever Horizon Report for the K12 sector describes the continuing work of the New Media Consortium’s Horizon Project, a research-oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies that will likely have a significant impact on K-12 education. Click here for PDF and here for web version.

The UDL Real World Wiki

UDL Videos

CAST UDL Lesson Builder

CAST Teaching Every Student: Supporting educaors inlearning about and practicing Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

What is UDL? (CAST)

What is UDL? (Edyburn)

UDL Guidelines 1.0

The UDL Real World: My Classroom Experience with Universal Design for Learning

Using Flexible Technology

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Day 1 Reflection: 3 – 2 – 1 (Thanks, Grace!)

• List three of the biggest challenges that the intersection of learner diversity and high expectations presents for you in your role as educator, administrator, para-educator, etc.
• List two personal beliefs that guide your response to these challenges
• List one barrier in your classroom/school/system culture that is the greatest obstacle for addressing these challenges

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, was first observed on May 30, 1868, in order to commemorate those fallen in the American Civil War. It was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action. Passed by Congress as a national holiday in 1971, Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May each year.

History of Memorial Day                                 

A Memorial Day Tribute

The History Channel – Memorial Day Page (Includes maps, images, videos, quizzes, and other activities)

Memorial Day Activities

 www.cityofmarcoisland.com/

Last week I wrote about the vast number of visitors to our classroom blog.

A week after I started tracking our blog with ClustrMaps last year, I began tracking our blog with Google Analytics. Well, it’s been a year since I started using that program and I have some interesting statistics to share with you.

• 9,193 visits came from 57 countries/territories and 44 states in the USA.
• Pages on our site were viewed a total of 29,348 times.
• Average of 25.12 visits per day.
• Average of 3.19 pages per visit.
• 2,782 absolute unique visitors.
• Average of 5 minutes and 16 seconds per visit.

Here are two graphics I thought you would find interesting:

 Update – Google Analytics Summary – Mr. Mundorf\’s Class (PDF)

Matt Steven is blind, but that didn’t stop him from being a hoops hero.

Article by Rick Reilly and  Photo by Chris Gardner/For ESPN The Magazine

“A few seconds left. The game teeters on these two free throws. The shooter gulps. The packed gym goes silent, save for the tapping of a white cane on the back of the rim. That’s right. The shooter’s brother is under the hoop, rapping a cane on the rim. That’s because the shooter, Matt Steven, is blind.” http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3967807&type=story

A year ago I created an account with ClustrMaps to track the traffic on our classroom blog. It’s hard to believe a year has elapsed since then, but here we are on March 24, 2009, and ClustrMaps has provided us with a myriad of statistics about visitors to our blog.

Below is a map of the visitors to our blog, as well as stats about visitors, location of visitors, and number of page views during the past 365 days.  

Over 4,500 visitors. 

Visitors from 61 countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Virgin Islands, U.S., Germany, Philippines, India, Turkey, Greece, Republic of Korea, Italy, Netherlands, Thailand, New Zealand, Spain, Vietnam, Malaysia, Ireland, Switzerland, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Czech Republic, Singapore, Poland, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Norway, Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Ukraine, France, Puerto Rico, Japan, Hungary, Guatemala, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Finland, Egypt, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Indonesia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago, Burkina Faso, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Bulgaria, Taiwan, Mexico, Guam, Jamaica, and Romania

Over 20,000 page views.

I’m curious to know what you think about these statistics. Impressed? Unimpressed? Please share your thoughts.

Take this quiz and see how well you did! The 10 questions below are based on the articles from Election 2008: How We Elect the President. For each question, click the circle next to your answer. At the end of the quiz, click “score my quiz.” – http://content.scholastic.com/browse/quiz.jsp?id=31097

I have been invited to share different classroom projects and activities with the staff of Grafton Village Elementary School in Fredericksburg, Virgina. I had a great time with the teachers last year and am very excited to be back.  I’m looking forward to a great day!

Universal Design for Learning Guidelines

Universal Design for Learning Graphic Organizer

UDL Guidelines – Educator Checklist (.doc)

FDLRS Tech

Blogs in Plain English

I came across a really great classroom blog tonight from a fourth grade class in Greenville, South Carolina. You should take a look at all the cool things they are doing.

While I was looking around their site, I found a cool link that we might be able to use in our class.

http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/curriculum/nativeamericans/Index.html

YUCK! I really enjoyed the article we read on Tuesday about the Grossology books and exhibits. I found some great websites for you to further explore the The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body. Eeuuhh!  Yuck!  GROSS!!!

http://www.grossologytour.com/

http://kids.discovery.com/fansites/grossology/grossology.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0204/ws_main.html

http://www.grossology.org/

U.S. Mint Releases New Penny Designs by By Sara Bonisteel (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,425928,00.html)

The bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth will be honored next year on four new pennies depicting the life of the nation’s sixteenth president.

What do you think? Which of the four new backs do you like the best? If you could design a fifth back, what would it look like?

Check out this great website I found from the Biography Channel.

Flex your memory muscles by matching these athletic icons with their sports

Learn more about the amazing lives of people who are a part of our history. Discover the real-life stories of fascinating people from Davy Crockett to Babe Ruth.

Guess the names of today’s hottest stars before it’s too late!

Learn about key acheivements about the amazing lives of people who are a part of our history. Discover the real-life stories of fascinating people from Davy Crockett to Babe Ruth

What’s the connection between Pocohontas and Shakespeare Find out!

Check out our Most Watched people trivia videos. From Albert Einstein to Charlie Chaplin to Winston Churchill, Barbara Bush and more!

They may be well known, but how well do you know them? Take our fun and quirky video challenge about historical figures

Bio4Kids is an informative and fun series for children ages 8-12. Each episode delves into inspiring lives from historical figures to contemporary icons. This singular program offers educational, non-fiction material presented in a current and appealing voice-making the individuals accessible and relevant to kids today. The profiles featured in this program will inspire and challenge-a perfect combination to educate-and a wonderful resource for children to learn about the fascinating people who have contributed so much to our world and history. Featured profiles include George Washington, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Davy Crockett, Pocahontas, and Christa McAuliffe. Be sure to visit our Episode Guide for a complete list and Meet The People for additional information on the persons featured on the program

Check out this cool game I found on the National Geographic for Kids website.

What do you think?

 Technology becomes a teaching tool at Barfield

by Mae Yousif-Bashi (mae@misuntimes.com)

Published: Wednesday, September 3, 2008 11:00 AM CDT

Marco Island Sun Times 

Click on the images to go to the Photo Gallery for the article

Article – http://www.marcoislandflorida.com/articles/2008/09/04/community/17community04.txt

Photo Gallery – http://www.marcoislandflorida.com/shared-content/gallery/?galleryid=9&gallery_page=0&album_page=0&albumid=237&mediaid=1666

I’d like you guys to take a look at this blog I’ve come across (click on the image).

 Mr. Langhorst is using a lot of the technologies that I am hoping to incorporate in our classroom blog. What do you think? What do you see on his blog that you’d like for us to try on ours? Thanks for your help!

I’m testing out my Flip Video camera. Stay tuned for more….

Click here for the video. Post a comment and tell me what you see.

What do you think?

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Check out this article/website from British Columbia! I met this group of educators while at Harvard this summer. 

 http://www.setbc.org/setinfo/BCUDL/updates_july08_harvard.html

Here’s a highlight:

“My personal favourite is Mr. Mundorf’s class blog.  He’s a 5th grade teacher with a universally designed classroom.”

Blog? What’s a blog? – http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Blogs+(Weblogs)

Why Let Our Students Blog? 

(Click on the link or the Teacher Tube Image to view this video on Teacher Tube)

  Blogs in Plain English

(Click on the link or the Teacher Tube Image to view this video on Teacher Tube)

Greetings from Cambridge, Massachusetts! I am participating in the 2008 Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Summer Institute. I created a wikispace to support what we are learning in our classes each day.

If you are visiting our site for the first time, look around and feel free to post a comment!

June 18-20, 2008,  I was in Traverse City, Michigan for the 2008 MITS Summer Institute. The theme of the the conference was Success for ALL Students. I was asked to share about the different activities and projects we do in our class. The conference was a great success and a lot of fun. I created a wikispace to go along with my presentations. Feel free to check it out.