Saturday, July 17, 2010
The Last Thing...
I have learned so much from this class. My head is spinning. I have already set up a new blog site for my classroom, George's Jitterbugs. My goal with that blogsite is to have a place for my students to blog about the egg hatching, and for me to blog about that process as well. I also want to use my dog, Tipper, as a "blogdog" to blog with my students about chapter books they will be reading in lit circles. I think I will set up her own page for that. Maybe at the end of the year, I can bring her to school with me. I will be using delicious.com, library thing, the slide show, the mixbook.com or the google scrapbook. I am hoping my team will be able to figure out a way to save time with the lesson planning using google docs -- we'll see how that goes. All of the "things" were useful. I love the google reader. This class should be required of all teachers -- it's awesome!
Thing 23!!!! Ning & Classroom 2.0
Classroom 2.0
Wow! I found tons of things of interest -- the most important being the beginner / how to sites. I did join Classroom 2.0, the Beginner 2.0 Group, subscribed to a new feed: delicious/MrBrown4b/edtech because he had lots of "how to" information. Under "Forum" I read some discussions about converting YouTube to show at school (I have had that problem in the past). Some suggestions were: http://www.zamzar.com/, skype, http://www.kickyoutube.com/, http://www.schooltube.com/, http://vixy.net/. Which of these would work best with MISD?
Under Tags I looked at blogging sites as I want to blog with my students this year. I found a 5th grade blog that I really liked for an example. The teacher used the Rock Star/my space slideshow to make the title, mydragonblog.com, really cool. All the students belonged to the classroom family "dragons" and all had an alias dragon name. We are going to be the Jitterbugs next year, so we could have alias Jitterbug names too (probably a good idea for privacy w/students). This blog had all the parts I was thinking about. I am going to look at some more 4th-5th grade blog sites for examples before I launch this missle. I also read some other interesting discussions about reasons to blog: 1) authentic audience -- the students aren't just writing for a grade, but have an audience that will comment back, plus the connections between the kids will get them hooked; 2, talking to oneself online v. true collaboration--which is what I've felt at times, but one has to start somewhere; and 3) ground rules and behavior expectations for blogging. On the member tab I looked at Steve Hargadon's because I kept seeing his name, well he founded 2.0, had lots of helpful links. Under Latest Activity I found more about the YouTube conversions, plus a discussion thread about Voicethread which I still want to learn more about. I couldn't make a recording on my pc and need to figure it out. I liked the video: How to Start a Blog by Steve Hargadon because once school starts and I actually set out to do this, I may need the baby steps again.
Ning
Visit 23 Thingsters
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Visit 23 Thingsters
I joined the "Teaching Critical Thinking" facebook group from the link posted. Our new TAKS tests will be shorter, but more rigorous, and will require our students to actually THINK!
23Things is an exceptional class and well worth the time this summer! I can't wait to implement blogging in my classroom! Thanks!
Wow! I found tons of things of interest -- the most important being the beginner / how to sites. I did join Classroom 2.0, the Beginner 2.0 Group, subscribed to a new feed: delicious/MrBrown4b/edtech because he had lots of "how to" information. Under "Forum" I read some discussions about converting YouTube to show at school (I have had that problem in the past). Some suggestions were: http://www.zamzar.com/, skype, http://www.kickyoutube.com/, http://www.schooltube.com/, http://vixy.net/. Which of these would work best with MISD?
Under Tags I looked at blogging sites as I want to blog with my students this year. I found a 5th grade blog that I really liked for an example. The teacher used the Rock Star/my space slideshow to make the title, mydragonblog.com, really cool. All the students belonged to the classroom family "dragons" and all had an alias dragon name. We are going to be the Jitterbugs next year, so we could have alias Jitterbug names too (probably a good idea for privacy w/students). This blog had all the parts I was thinking about. I am going to look at some more 4th-5th grade blog sites for examples before I launch this missle. I also read some other interesting discussions about reasons to blog: 1) authentic audience -- the students aren't just writing for a grade, but have an audience that will comment back, plus the connections between the kids will get them hooked; 2, talking to oneself online v. true collaboration--which is what I've felt at times, but one has to start somewhere; and 3) ground rules and behavior expectations for blogging. On the member tab I looked at Steve Hargadon's because I kept seeing his name, well he founded 2.0, had lots of helpful links. Under Latest Activity I found more about the YouTube conversions, plus a discussion thread about Voicethread which I still want to learn more about. I couldn't make a recording on my pc and need to figure it out. I liked the video: How to Start a Blog by Steve Hargadon because once school starts and I actually set out to do this, I may need the baby steps again.
Ning
Visit 23 Thingsters
'>http://
Visit 23 Thingsters
I joined the "Teaching Critical Thinking" facebook group from the link posted. Our new TAKS tests will be shorter, but more rigorous, and will require our students to actually THINK!
23Things is an exceptional class and well worth the time this summer! I can't wait to implement blogging in my classroom! Thanks!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Thing #22 Facebook
Educators need to know about social networking because "it takes a village" to teach. No one can afford to be an island and make it alone. It's too hard and the risks are too great. I found a site called Texas History: The Story of Us that I really like. It has lots of pictures that I could show for background information, plus links to memoirs, primary sources, of accounts we study. I also "liked" a reading site, but it looks like lots of book talk, both for adults and children. I admit I just got on FB during Spring Break of this year. It's a great way to keep up with people, but I prefer to not spend this much time staring at an electronic screen.
Thing 7b RSS feed
Inkless Tales: Animated Alphabet, online stories, the Mathematical Mother Goose, music and more
I joined Tech & Learning and get tons of stuff from them. I saw followed a rabbit trail from one of the feeds and ended up searching "poetry" and found this website that is an interactive version of Four Blocks' Making Big Words. I could use this in a learning center in my classroom. Played around with it and it's very easy to use and easy to differentiate (varying levels). Definitely want to remember this!
I joined Tech & Learning and get tons of stuff from them. I saw followed a rabbit trail from one of the feeds and ended up searching "poetry" and found this website that is an interactive version of Four Blocks' Making Big Words. I could use this in a learning center in my classroom. Played around with it and it's very easy to use and easy to differentiate (varying levels). Definitely want to remember this!
Thing #21 cont'd.
Google Earth to Search Earth Gallery to my Places: Explore the Ocean Floor to Tour Components. Choose from Ocean Overview, Welcome to the Galapagos, Hydrotheral Vents, Welcome to Hawaii. Must see videos for 4th grade science.
Thing #21 more Google docs...
Google books -- I love this -- right up there with delicious.com! Right off the bat I found a book called Mary's Math Memories . I googled "math children literature" and found a ton of books in full text. I wanted place value, so I searched within this book and found several books, two of which I want to remember: A Place for Zero: A Math Adventure by Angeline LoPresti and Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag. I love teaching through literature, so this will be an often-used website. It even has a place called "My Library" for me to save books that I want to refer to.
Google Earth. I am probably the only one on the planet whose never seen Google Earth before. I just thought it was looking at the Earth through a satellite where you could zoom in and out, kind of like that channel on Dish Network. Good grief. This is amazing. It has stuff about the planets and oceans -- all connected to 4th grade science. Some of the sites even have National Geographic links to watch embedded within the video. How cool will this be to watch on the Promethean Board! I am going to upload/download/paste some links that I want to remember to show my students that connect to our Science SE's on my blog.
Google Earth. I am probably the only one on the planet whose never seen Google Earth before. I just thought it was looking at the Earth through a satellite where you could zoom in and out, kind of like that channel on Dish Network. Good grief. This is amazing. It has stuff about the planets and oceans -- all connected to 4th grade science. Some of the sites even have National Geographic links to watch embedded within the video. How cool will this be to watch on the Promethean Board! I am going to upload/download/paste some links that I want to remember to show my students that connect to our Science SE's on my blog.
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