Well here we are and it is 12/12/12. We have done activities in second grade that use the number 12. I'd say we had a F.I.S.H. day. It was awesome. So onto my final post...
3 things I didn't know about or hadn't used... (There are way more than 3)
1. Dragon Dictation... This is a tool I use to translate newsletters from English to Spanish. Or if I have a quick note to send home, I can translate it as well. I don't have a child in my class who is fluent only in another language, but I might next year or the next and this app will help me to communicate with them more effectively.
2. Symbaloo... I set up a Symbaloo page for my kids so that they only need to click on one button to access web sites we use. The only draw back is that the computer that most of my kids use is so slow that it will "get stuck" and not process. If we use it on the laptop then it works fine. I like this because it is easy to add new "buttons" for the children. They even find them if I haven't told them they were there.
3. bubbl.us I love this site for my students organizing their information. I will continue using it during the year and my kids are beginning to change the colors and size of the bubbles on their own. I think we may use it for a pre-writing activity next time.
I could go on and on, but I'll keep moving. ;)
2 things I have questions about as a teacher or how an administrator would use or comments on how I've used a technology
1. In my research I read a PowerPoint article about using Google Docs in classroom instruction. This is something I truly would like to learn more about in order to use in my classroom, to assist others to use in their classroom, and have the knowledge about it and how to use it if I were an administrator. I think there are many possibilities and options for usage on many levels. I however only know how to fill out someone else's form, not how to create anything myself for my students or others to use. So I guess my question is, "How exactly can I use Google Docs? What kinds of documents can I make? How exactly do I do that?"
2. I still have questions about podcasting. I think podcasting is something I'm just a chicken about. I have little questions about it like what kind should we do, what role should the kids have, what software should we use... I've attended your training and went through an indepth training where I created my own, but I think I'm just a chicken. I think I'm afraid we'll do something and it won't work....
1 thing I'll use as an administrator
I definitely think I'd use my I-pad as an administrator. It is portable, password secure, has capabilities to take notes, take pictures, video, etc. etc. etc. it is like a personal filing cabinet, desk drawer, notebook, resource file, all in one. I think if anybody took away the I-pad they are letting me use now I'd just cry. (Teacher note: I loaded the AR app today. I will have some kids tomorrow that think that is the most awesome thing in the world. And we wrote the 12 days of Christmas today- My teacher gave to me. I took pictures of each of the pages and hopefully in my spare time I'll make us a litte video of our song.)
Thanks for a great class Vicky- I learned a lot, and thanks to my classmates- I learn so much from you also,
Until January,
Happy 12/12/12
Ginger
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