I came back all inspired to try the wall wisher site (thanks Shannan). The kids thought it was awesome putting their ideas up on the sticky notes. I started off with just a simple question- who is your favourite fairytale character and why. While they were doing that I also made a new one asking for ideas on what we could learn about next term. It has been great to see responses on there today. It means the kids are accessing the technology and class from home.
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Friday, 23 September 2011
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Day 3
Well, I have survived another day of training. Pretty good effort seeing as how it is nearly the end of term and I am worn out.
We learnt about a lot of communication type programs today which look great but I have to wonder how much I would use them in the lower grades. I can definetly see some potential for collaborating with other schools though. Maybe I could convince our pen pals in Merredin to go technological.
I am happy to report that I don't think I am contributing to any of my children's digital footprints. I am very conscious of safety and privacy when blogging in the classroom and I hope I have passed the importance of this to my children. However I liked some of the resources we found to teach kids about online safety and I will try and use some of these in the classroom.
With the holidays coming up hopfully I will find some time to experiment with all these programs and find some ways to implement them in the classroom.
We learnt about a lot of communication type programs today which look great but I have to wonder how much I would use them in the lower grades. I can definetly see some potential for collaborating with other schools though. Maybe I could convince our pen pals in Merredin to go technological.
I am happy to report that I don't think I am contributing to any of my children's digital footprints. I am very conscious of safety and privacy when blogging in the classroom and I hope I have passed the importance of this to my children. However I liked some of the resources we found to teach kids about online safety and I will try and use some of these in the classroom.
With the holidays coming up hopfully I will find some time to experiment with all these programs and find some ways to implement them in the classroom.
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Problems
The problem I am having with integrating technology is finding the time to play around with it myself so can work out how best to use it.
On the weekend I thought it would be great to have kids record themselves reading (movie or audio) to improve their fluency and expression. It might also help improve comprehension as they listen to what they read. I now just need to find the time to play around with webcams and programs to see how it works and what I need to teach the children.
On the weekend I thought it would be great to have kids record themselves reading (movie or audio) to improve their fluency and expression. It might also help improve comprehension as they listen to what they read. I now just need to find the time to play around with webcams and programs to see how it works and what I need to teach the children.
Monday, 5 September 2011
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