Mr. Wiemers' Shop

Monday, February 20, 2012

ShopTops' Banner

That's right!..."like" us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/shoptops or visit our site (and order a top and/or a cutting board) at www.shoptops.net

Mr. Wiemers

http://mrwiemersshop.com

Our New ShopTops' Business Card

Here is the front and back of our new two-sided business card for the 6th and 7th grade entrepreneurial class.

Mr. Wiemers

http://mrwiemersshop.com

Saturday, February 18, 2012

ShopTops.net - a DCG Middle School Online Store

Our online store from the middle school shop at Dallas Center-Grimes School is now open to sell our highly sought after spinning wooden tops and exotic wood cutting boards. Our website, shoptops.net, opens with these words:

Welcome to ShopTops, our unique specialty toy shoppe!

We offer specialty products that are inspired by our rural upbringing and dediction to hard work. Each creation is individually created, designed and hand-made from the finest materials acquired from our friends all over the world.

We want to sell to a national customer base and not merely to the local market (teachers, parents, students, etc.) so please help promote this educational program that introduces middle school students to the business world which includes design, production, marketing, website management, online reception of orders and, finally, shipping these handcrafted products all over our great nation!

Visit ShopTops at www.shoptops.net.

An available cutting board from ShopTops for $15 -

An available spinning wooden top from ShopTops for $25 -

Watch the wooden top in the photo above spin in this embedded video:

Mr. Wiemers

http://mrwiemersshop.com

Voice Thread...practice

Yesterday during teacher inservice I learned and practiced VoiceThread... here is what I produced using my ipad. This form of online technology has some potential for use in some of my up coming plans both professional and personal (this was my first time and i ddn't bother to go back and edit...i was just practicing, but i think it is cool and want to use it again):

Mr. Wiemers

http://mrwiemersshop.com

Monday, February 13, 2012

Vases and Flowers for Valentine's Day

Many of the sixth graders are finishing their oak lathe projects just in time for Valentine's Day. Last week they applied three coats of polyurethane and today the vases were waxed and buffed before the flowers are added. Tonight they will be a pleasant Valentine's gift for their mothers.

Mr. Wiemers

mrwiemersshop.com

Smores in Advisory with a Torch

Mr. Wiemers

www.mrwiemersshop.com

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

22 Stations for Intro to Shop for Sixth Grade

Tomorrow the sixth graders will rotate through these 22 stations. We have spent the first two weeks learning shop safety and classroom expectations. The students will each spend between 1-2 minutes at each of these stations as they try their hand at using these tools and machines.