For the Google docs, I created a document for my ESL team members on our Dr. Joy gross motor curriculum that we implement at Tiger Trail. It was a document to our students' parents explaining what Dr. Joy is and what exactly the children do during this time. This tool also has been implemented in our lesson planning meetings to share some good ideas for our differentiated instruction.
Google Reader is a great tool to keep up with blogs and news. You can share ideas with people from other blogs without having to visit individual blogs.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Tool #3
This is a short video that I created using pictures of my daughter! I thought that it was fun to go through and choose the ones that I wanted for my video. While this one was made for my personal use, you could definitely use this in the classroom. You could use pictures taken at parties, during class, or at recess to make a video of your students. This video could then be shown to parents during back to school night or other school events.
I created a wordle using student names. I thought that this would be something fun to post in the classroom so everyone would know who was in my class. Learning how to write our names is something that we focus on in pre-k. So, by having this posted in the room, they could have a tool to use for help. If they weren't sure how to spell their name, they could look up at this page for some assistance.
I created a wordle using student names. I thought that this would be something fun to post in the classroom so everyone would know who was in my class. Learning how to write our names is something that we focus on in pre-k. So, by having this posted in the room, they could have a tool to use for help. If they weren't sure how to spell their name, they could look up at this page for some assistance.
Tool #2
1. I think that building a personal learning network is a great way to keep in contact with other teachers. Teachers learn so much by working together! You can share your experiences with co-workers so that you can incorporate new ideas into your classroom. You can discuss things that work and things that don't so that you know what to try with your students. The PLN could also be a great inspirational tool to inspire others with student success stories!
2. I like the advice about asking open-ended questions. I think that this would be an inviting way to get more responses. If you just write a general statement, no one will feel the need to respond. By asking open-ended questions, more people will feel the need to write back. After also reading the article about how often people do not post on blogs, I think that you could fix this by asking the open-ended questions.
3. Here are the five blogs that I commented on:
Erin Valdez - the use of videos to keep in touch
Kelsey Williams - sharing pictures through animoto
Stacy Hoover - comic generator as a tool to engage the kids in lessons
Nancy Bryant - google docs is a great way to share documents
Erika Rodriguez - how jing can save you time on repeating directions
2. I like the advice about asking open-ended questions. I think that this would be an inviting way to get more responses. If you just write a general statement, no one will feel the need to respond. By asking open-ended questions, more people will feel the need to write back. After also reading the article about how often people do not post on blogs, I think that you could fix this by asking the open-ended questions.
3. Here are the five blogs that I commented on:
Erin Valdez - the use of videos to keep in touch
Kelsey Williams - sharing pictures through animoto
Stacy Hoover - comic generator as a tool to engage the kids in lessons
Nancy Bryant - google docs is a great way to share documents
Erika Rodriguez - how jing can save you time on repeating directions
Tool #1
Creating my blog was actually not as hard as I expected! Since I was hired late, I did not know if I needed to do this process, and was very nervous when informed that I had to. I had several friends who had to do the blog and I knew how much work it would be. However, creating the blog and the avatar were not very complicated. I know that I will learn a lot from this process and am excited to incorporate it into my classroom.
I think that my blog could be used as a communication tool between myself and the parents of my students. Since my students are so young, I don't know how difficult it would be to have them actually interact with the blog. However, it could be a very useful way to interact with the parents. They could be informed of what we are covering that week, upcoming events, and see whats going on in the classroom!
I think that my blog could be used as a communication tool between myself and the parents of my students. Since my students are so young, I don't know how difficult it would be to have them actually interact with the blog. However, it could be a very useful way to interact with the parents. They could be informed of what we are covering that week, upcoming events, and see whats going on in the classroom!
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