Summarizing story

This and other great tools can be found here

Reciprocal Teaching

A great way to encourage students to utilize summarizing strategies though discussions

Literacy Project

Several of my Kindergarten students have been working on creating their own stories for some time now. When I decided to use iMovie for my digital story I knew I would need some practice with the program so I decided to start small by having my students illustrate and then record their stories and after I was able to put it all into iMovie. It was also a great opportunity for the students to see their work in a whole new light. Once this was complete I showed it to my students and since then they have not stopped asking when they can make another one. I also showed it to this student’s mother and she was stunned what he done. I can't wait to create more!

Final Thoughts on EDU584

 

The diagram above was created by using Dabbleboard - a collaborative white board

I have gained so much from this class in just eight short weeks! The amount of resources and tools I am now familiar with and have already begun using with my students is wonderful. I truly had no idea how much was out there. I'm exciting to work with other teachers on integrating these resources into our classrooms. Overall, I think the biggest thing for me is having a better understanding of how others have taken technology and integrated it into their classrooms. There are some schools that are lucky enough to have technology available to them each day, but there are others that (like me) have to be creative in how we go about using it due to lack of equipment and support, but knowing the benefits and seeing the positive outcomes makes you want figure out a way.

Below is a word cloud created by using WordItOut - another resource for creating word clouds

Digital Story Final Draft

Digital Citizenship

Teaching Digital Citizenship has become a very important part of working with technology. Many students have all kinds of access to technology and they need to be taught how to use it appropriately Students also need to be held accountable for their actions when it comes to using these means of communication. Brain Pop has a great mini video on cyberbullying that might be useful for the upper elementary grades (4th) and higher. The video goes through a scenario where cyberbullying takes place and walks the listener though why it was wrong and what they can do if it happens to them.  Once the students watch the video there are additional resources that you can use like a quiz, questions and answers, as well as a real life example.

Another great resource for materials and ideas on how to go about teaching Digital Citizenship is the Cyberbullying Toolkit put out by Commonsensemedia.org 

Here you will find videos and lesson plans for all grades from Elementary school right up through high school. Click on the link below to see a great example of a video for use in the elementary classroom:

| Common Sense Media

There are so many great resources out there to help you teach this difficult topic....you just have to know what your looking for.

Digital Story - on it's way to being complete!

Here is my digital story on Money. There are a few minor things that need to be done to it, but it's almost there! Let me know what you think.