For the 1st document I tried a lesson plan idea. I sent it to Brandi, Kelly and Misti hoping that they will input some pretend lesson planning ideas so I can see how this really works. I think this might save us some precious time during the school year, allowing us to spend more time on the why and how questions rather than the what and when stuff.
The 2nd document was a google scrapbook I tried out that sums up the First Steps Math staff development I just finished yesterday. I sent it out as well to four people. It was a little easier than mixbook online scrapbook. The only thing that bothered me was the auto save because my pc would freeze for a few seconds -- but, better that than forgetting to save at all. I tend to like the scrapbook presentations better than power points. They are already decorated. All you have to do is add pics, or in the case of this scrapbook, I deleted down to the last layer of what was already there so it would not be so "busy." I didn't have to waste time picking decorations.
I think my students would enjoy contributing to a classroom scrapbook that we could view at year end parties. I want to find out what I need to be able to upload classroom pics onto my MAC at school. I need a digital camera with a cord to keep in my classroom. Does the tech dept. for our district have cameras to loan out for this?
Friday, July 16, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Thiing 19 Voicethread
I joined Voicethread. The Bellwork clip made me think of our R-Time lessons. I always take a photograph of each of my students for our "Classroom Family" photo gallery, so I could easily(??) download their pictures to a thread where each student has a voice with a picture. I embedded a clip that students made showing math strategies that go along with the First Steps Math class I am currently finishig up this summer as well. Students love to play with technology and this application could be an incentive to tackle a tough concept by being able to explain it in your own words. Cool deal.
Thing #18b YouTube
I love this YouTube video by Barry Lane: Exploding the Moment. I llearned 2 ways to embed videos. You can copy the embed code and paste it here and it just magically appears when you press preview or post. Or, you can be at the video site, press share, and click the blogger icon and the video magically appears there. (See Thing #18a) That's the easiest way.
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