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Wordle and Animoto in the Classroom

Posted in 21st Century Learning, Student Projects, Web 2.0, tagged , , , , , , on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last month a coworker asked if I would be a guest presenter at her daughter’s school.  Each child in this 3rd grade classroom had the opportunity to invite a guest.  I accepted the invitation, met with her daughter and we planned a presentation of animoto and wordle.  Two of my favorite tools.
We started with animoto.  [...]

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Back in the Saddle Again

Posted in teacher, tagged , , , on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As the title says it, I’m “back in the saddle again.”  Due to some budget cuts and increasing class sizes, our school needed to add a fourth 5th grade teacher and my tech position was cut, therefore, I am the new 5th grade teacher.
I’ve been asked countless times if I am excited or not.  My [...]

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Google Gab- iGoogle

Posted in Google Gab, tagged , , , , , , on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Today I am reposting about iGoogle.    Many of you are probably very familiar with iGoogle but for those of you who are not, it is a wonderful tool.  iGoogle is a customizable homepage.  It allows you to have one page with many mini-pages, gadgets, widgets, and applications feeding into it.  You can have your [...]

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Play in Their World, Learn in Ours

Posted in 21st Century Learning, video, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“Play in Their World, Learn in Ours” was the theme for our Site Technology Specialist training last week. We started off the 2 days event by rotating through stations equipped with Wiis, Xboxes, PS3s, various web sites and games popular with students. We had about 15 minutes per station. I was [...]

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Free Posters

Posted in 21st Century Learning, Computer Lab, Links, tagged , , , , , on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

While looking at some of the teacher academy info at Google, I ran across some great free posters- the only catch is that you must print them. These are great resources to use with kids and teachers alike. Several may be printed on standard 8 1/2 x 11 paper. I have the [...]

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Kerpoof

Posted in Computer Lab, Links, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I ran across a neat little site the other day called Kerpoof. It is very similar to Kidpix, only it is completely web-based (no downloads). It is free and has an option to subscribe, but it isn’t necessary for your class to be able to use it. I have played around with it [...]

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