Thursday, March 26, 2009
Courtney's awesome Library/Technology lesson
To do this activity the kids used laptops, visited their section of Dewey and then made a wordle using Wordle.net. Awesome exposure to a Dewey Section and technology reinforced those experiences!
Two sources for Promethean boards!
Here's an extensive list of interactive websites that should work well on your whiteboards.
http://www.ettcnsc.org/Instructional_resources/other/interactive_whiteboard_links.htm
http://homepage.mac.com/hlamb/FileSharing1.htmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/hlamb/FileSharing1.html
http://www.ettcnsc.org/Instructional_resources/other/interactive_whiteboard_links.htm
http://homepage.mac.com/hlamb/FileSharing1.htmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/hlamb/FileSharing1.html
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Women in TECHNOLOGY that I admire and Thank!
I am now writing in response to my pledge to the Ada Lovelace Day Site. AHHH..... my very first mentor in technology is Sheryl Smith. Way back when Union Valley had only one internet station, Sheryl and I would explore it together and share everything we learned! She is truly a tech guru by now!
Three years ago Mary Frazier and Rosemary Miller became District Integration Technology Specialists..... and I could not begin to tell you everything I have learned from them! I was part of their very first Tech Cadre class and have continued to be in the group as we have had 2 updates via class meetings. They are bloggers, wiki makers, teachers, innovators, and friends! Thank YOU for being my mentors! This would not be complete if I did not mention my new tech gurus and mentors at Obee School.. Becky Mullins and Tammy Gilley...They are gurus, innovators and always ready to try integrating technology into the curriculum content. Much has been accomplished and I am proud to work with them at Obee School.
PS I completed my pledge to my women mentors in technology and posted my blog! My blog was right above the Ida Lovelace Day website. And I made it on the map. I am # 33!
Three years ago Mary Frazier and Rosemary Miller became District Integration Technology Specialists..... and I could not begin to tell you everything I have learned from them! I was part of their very first Tech Cadre class and have continued to be in the group as we have had 2 updates via class meetings. They are bloggers, wiki makers, teachers, innovators, and friends! Thank YOU for being my mentors! This would not be complete if I did not mention my new tech gurus and mentors at Obee School.. Becky Mullins and Tammy Gilley...They are gurus, innovators and always ready to try integrating technology into the curriculum content. Much has been accomplished and I am proud to work with them at Obee School.
PS I completed my pledge to my women mentors in technology and posted my blog! My blog was right above the Ida Lovelace Day website. And I made it on the map. I am # 33!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Color for us visual learners!
This is my new Plurk template! It inspires me!
How I changed my Plurk background: Go to My Profile...Edit...Profile settings....Customize profile and then I went to Plurk templates.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
USE schooltube.com for content!
I just looked at Rosa Parks videos made by kids. There are some awesome ones! My favorite is here:
http://col
laborationnation.wikispaces.com/Final+Movie+Rosa+Parks+Meg09
School tube.com
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Differentiated instruction
The best example of differentiated instruction that I have seen working is the way Wednesday winners is done at Obee. Various types of intruction are used to teach and reteach and review various concepts in the math standards: Promethan boards,lots of manipulatives, rulers, calculators, laptops, white boards, math tiles, along with techniques of small group instruction and tutoring. I have a group of boys, high in math, from fifth grade. They are making keynotes to Voicethreads on some advanced math topics. Perfect for them to be challenged and look at each concept step by step. These Voicethreads will be shared with other students. The topics are estimating fractions, mixed numbers, variables, and ordered pairs.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
New Promethean Board
I enjoyed helping Paula Perry prepare for the first day back after spring break with her NEW Promethean board. Paula used calendar and weather activities. Students were also greeted with a "ticker tape" on the top of the Promethean board.. Awesome new tool!
Wordle as an epal introduction
My new idea...Use wordle as an epal introduction. Step one.. Have kids write the model for wordle such as first of their first name so it is big! Third grade, Mrs. Youcam, favorite subject, favorite color, my dog Murphy,,,etc. Enter in wordle and take a screen pic and save to desktop.
Since we are a TRC school we want to show some of our technology skills with our writing. Wordles will be sent to our NEW epals in Mrs. Wills' room at Union Valley School. I hope they like are Word cloud about US!
Monday, March 16, 2009
New site discovered
Thanks to Plurk I found a new site tonight about authors etc. They are videos for kids and they can put their own videos online from this site. I will explore more when my account is activated.
Owls....a live web cam
Bless Rosemeary...she saw how excited I was about my owl collage and sent me a site with a live owl webcam tonight! I will embed it when account is activated.
Evaluation
Today was a good day! I was happy to have some time to share what I have learned and PRACTICED through the year because of the class...Creating a Digital Classroom. The activities we have done are great and I was able to learn so much from the assignments as well as finding so many new things "out there" by exploring plurk with techies and also twitter.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
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