The youtube video that I have chosen is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yygIwC3PSvk
The video is on "Power Teaching in the Classroom". This video I would use for Kindergarten teachers for how you can manage and use hand signals to manage student behavior and learn rules. This would be great to share with all Kindergarten teachers and to view the other videos by this author about "Whole Brain Teaching: Kindergarten".
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Thing #11 - Learn from Video
The video is called 50 states and capitals. It is a cartoon that sings the names and locates the states and capitals. This would be good to use in the 3rd grade when they have to learn to locate and name the states and capitals. This could also be introduced in the 2nd grade and to reinforce the location and names of states and capitals in the 4th grade.
SS.S.3.4 Geography | Students will
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SS.O.3.4.4 name and locate states and capitals of the United States. |
Friday, September 16, 2011
Thing #19 - Skype
I found a really neat project that you could use Skype for in your classroom or any classroom in your school if this were to happen. If you were to have someone out on a medical emergency (cancer, broken leg, out of school for lengthy period of time) you could use Skype to include them in the classroom. This would allow the student to keep up with studies and still feel a part of the class upon returning to the classroom. I thought this was an inspirational way to use Skype in the classroom.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Thing #18 - Acceptable Use Policies
Our acceptable use policy was last updated on June 2, 2008. I do not feel that this document would be considered current due to the everchanging technology world we live in. It does not discuss or contain a policy on the use of Web 2.0 tools. Our schools maintain records by the students signing the AUP's at the beginning of the year. Our technology person keeps a record of who turns them in. She then will create a username, password and folder for them to use during the year. If they do not have access to these, then they have not turned in their AUP for the year. If the student has not turned in their AUP and an internet project is due, that student (this is from my experience) would be partnered up with another student to do a team project. I would also call and discuss this situation with the parents of the student and tell them how important it was for the AUP to be signed and turned back in. If the parent still did not want to sign, other forms of research criteria would need to be used by the student. These might include encyclopedias, magazines, current maps, etc.
http://boe.faye.k12.wv.us/other/policy/Policies/D-14.pdf
http://boe.faye.k12.wv.us/other/policy/Policies/D-14.pdf
Thing #17 - Twitter in the Classroom
This is one way I would use Twitter in the classroom. This ideas is for teacher and not for students but a very practical idea for us to use.
Teachers could use Twitter to collaborate. They could exchange ideas and teaching tolls. You could use a hashtag to connect on Twitter. This could give you access to links, tweets from other teachers and educators from not just your school but from all over your state or even the world.
Teachers could use Twitter to collaborate. They could exchange ideas and teaching tolls. You could use a hashtag to connect on Twitter. This could give you access to links, tweets from other teachers and educators from not just your school but from all over your state or even the world.
Thing #13 - Mid-Module Reflection
I feel that I am posting this as a mid-module reflection but I don't know if I am in the middle or not. I feel a little overwhelmed with all that is to be done and getting to the end. I know I can get there, it just seems neverending. I enjoy seeing the work of other TIS's and reading what they are finding. It is giving me ideas that I can use in my classroom and with the teachers that I work with.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Thing #9 - Podcast
This is a podcast that is about poetry. No is this not an unfamiliar topic, but I am not familiar with podcasts at all so none of this is familiar to me. This would be great for introducing and listening to poetry in the classroom. Also, you could provide the link to parents and they could listen to poems with their children at home. Some even have movements they could do with their kids to get them up and moving also.
http://www.podfeed.net/podcast/Carrie+Heyes+Doopod+Poetry+for+Kids/21392
http://www.podfeed.net/podcast/Carrie+Heyes+Doopod+Poetry+for+Kids/21392
Thing #12 - Go2Web2.0
This is a very neat site, so many items to pick from. The one that I chose was under E-Learning and then Management. The site is called "Yaca Paca". This site allows you to choose from quizzes that are already created that you can give your students. The subjects that you can choose from are: Computer Science, Family and Consumer Studies, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies/History and World Languages. There are a lot of items that would be great if you had bilingual students in your class or taught a bilingual class. This would be a great site to use in your upper elementary, middle to high school classes.
http://yacapaca.com/teacher/assignment/new/
http://yacapaca.com/teacher/assignment/new/
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Thing #15 - RSS
RSS is a way to get the latest news delivered to you without having to visit or join many different sites, YAHOO NEWS is a good example of an RSS.
Thing #14-Be a Reader of Blogs
Here is the blog I choose to read. It is called, a voice from the middle. The reason I chose to read this blog is because I am in my first year of teaching in a middle school.
The appearance of the blog is very bland. I guess I was expecting something to jump out at me and make me want to read more. The content does not seem to go with the blog title. I was expecting to read about experiences, stories, how to deal with middle school students, etc. on this blog spot. Instead, there are blogs about jobs, cheating on your spouse, memory cards and burritos. I guess the relevance to the title of the blog does not seem to go. I was expecting to receive some advice on middle school life, instead I got advice on food, marriage and computers.
http://www.avoicefromthemiddle.com/
The appearance of the blog is very bland. I guess I was expecting something to jump out at me and make me want to read more. The content does not seem to go with the blog title. I was expecting to read about experiences, stories, how to deal with middle school students, etc. on this blog spot. Instead, there are blogs about jobs, cheating on your spouse, memory cards and burritos. I guess the relevance to the title of the blog does not seem to go. I was expecting to receive some advice on middle school life, instead I got advice on food, marriage and computers.
http://www.avoicefromthemiddle.com/
Friday, August 26, 2011
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