Since I teach science I previewed the DragonflyTV Podcast: PBS Kids Go! I listened to several different podcasts. I definitely will begin to use these in my classroom. I like these podcasts because they include video and come from actual questions that kids have written in. In one particular episode they even discussed different science experiments they could design regarding the topic they wrote in about I searched the science directory and this was by far my favorite. It was super easy to access. I clicked the button that said "Add to itunes" and transferred them all for me. Then I could browse through and listen to the ones that I was interested in. I have taken a podcasting class before and I have made podcasts with my student using Garage Band, but I have never subscribed and shared podcasts with my students.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Thing #16
I have always been an avid reader. My sibling make fun of me to this day because my nose was always in a book growing up. To this day I read for enjoyment and look forward to the end of a long day when I can cuddle on the couch with a book. Over the summer I got my mom to finally read the Twilight saga. I forced her to take it on a trip and then she came back addicted to books like me. She reads more than I do now which is a strange concept to me. My Dad is a little annoyed because he now has two bookworms to deal with in life. I love technology and organization, but I am having a hard time getting interested in using Library Thing. Maybe it is because I would rather actually be reading a book. I do see how it would be helpful in searching for reading that you would enjoy, but at the moment my bookshelves are overflowing with books I need to read. I think if I keep trying it maybe I will grow to like it more. I am willing to give it a try.
Thing #15
Delicious is DELICIOUS!! I am addicted. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I guess that is because I use so many computers in so many different places that this simple site makes my life so much easier. The only problem I have encountered so far is adding the "bookmark on Delicious" link on my bookmark bar at school, therefore I am forced to copy and paste, but I still love it. Lesson planning has become so much easier to do from home now that I can pull up the sites I use without having to write them down.
Thing #7A
When browsing through my google reader feeds I came across one feed in particular that I found interesting. The reason it was so interesting to me is that I am currently participating in this course as well as the Intel Essentials course which is all about using technology in education. This particular article is from the Tech & Learning site and talks about the need to refocus staff developments to include learning how to learn with technology. It includes a presentation and I found that this particular article made me appreciate the current courses I am taking even more.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Thing # 14
The tool I chose to explore was Letter Pop. Every week I send home a science newsletter to parents which includes student expectations, vocabulary, and discussion questions for home. I currently use Pages, but after exploring Letter Pop I think I could use it as well. I also love to scrapbook and recently got in to digital scrapbooking. This site is super easy to use. You can choose a template, upload photos, and drag them into the template. I played around with some wedding photos from a recent wedding I attended and made a cute little page to send to the bride.
Thing # 13
Wow! I did not know there was such cool stuff to play with on the web! (Okay maybe I did but I never took the time to sit down and play). As I played on many of these different sites I came up with tons of ways to use these in the classroom. I could use them to make generic signs, use them with vocabulary words, make name plates with the Spell with flickr, and much more! Here are some of the cool things I did.
Click the images to go to the image generator!
Thing #12
This slide show was so easy to make! I have used Rock You before, but my has it changed! I played and played and then finally decided I must blog! This slide show is an example of landform pictures I could show in class to help students visualize them.
Mountain toufeeque http://www.flickr.com/photos/toufeeque/
Valley a.vieth http://www.flickr.com/photos/30745689@N04/3098619619/
Plateau marvin908 http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvinok/
Glacier toufeeque http://www.flickr.com/photos/toufeeque/
Canyon Tut99 (Roger) http://www.flickr.com/photos/tut99/165582741/
Sea stacks geographyalltheway_phot os http://www.flickr.com/photos/geographyalltheway_photos/319733495/
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