Sunday, July 13, 2014

Blog #14 and #15

Motivation
When I first took this EDM310 class I didn't know what to expect.  As I grow as a teacher I will promote independent learning and commitment.  I have given up many hours and neglected other assignments to achieve this important part of my student learning. Technology has an impact on my career as a teacher.  I learned I am a learner. The best teaching is learning from the experiences of your students.  There's no time for procrastination.  There were times I wanted to throw in the towel when it came to collaborative groups because of some limitations. I strongly feel group projects allow you to learn new skills and techniques.  I like when everyone can contribute and share ideas to produce a great product.  All my experiences in working projects has changed and I would implement evaluations on all projects.   I had to build a personal network of peers to get through hardest parts of EDM310.  I will stress practice, practice, and practice! Always ask for help! My experiences with working with my Mac has changed tremendously. I didn't realize how out to date I was using computers.  I thought I just power it on and begin surfing the net and use Microsoft applications.  This changed within 24 hours of being in this class.  I gained respect for learning and being self determined as a teacher.  I will enjoy this experience and grow to further my exploration into technologies. Technology is always changing and just before you blink a new innovation is born.
QR CODE


How to make a QR Code?
What a terrific way to communicate with parents, teachers, and students.  Its's easy, fun, and quick to make a QR Code.  Students can record and listen to themselves reading a story. Teachers can record a story and students can listen to the voice recording of the teacher reading to them in a center.  The are two websites to create the QR code. The websites to begin creating QR codes are Record MP3 and QR Code Monkey.  The record  mp3 is a voice recording using a computer instead of the old fashion way  tape cassette recording. It's very important to wait until 1 second to press record and then being voice recording.  You can playback and listen to the voice recording once completed. The QR code Monkey generates the url from any form of text, email, phones messages, and other ways to communicate to create an URL. Finally, create a new word document to embed QR code for teachers, librarian, and parents.  Parents can download a free Scan and begin using the QR code. I agree, this is a good idea to preview a story and reinforce comprehension skills in a center.

iPad Reading Center by Michele Bennett
The students set up their reading station with their iPads recording them reading. The student can look at themselves read and follow along in their fluency folder. When the reading is over the student playback and listen to the recorded story. Students record and listen to themselves read to check for fluency and any errors while reading. The teacher can walk around and check on the student reading progress. I like how the teacher can encourage a student to do well and ensure a good read. I like this assessment because the students can improve in fluency and phonetic awareness. The student conduct an evaluation and can continue to read the whole time in the center.

nPoplet as a Center with Ginger Tuck
Popplet is a iPad tool to help students organize and capture web ideas. These kindergarten students can read and practice typing skills in a reading center.  Students use their iPad and open a popplet app to read a story, create a web, insert and take pictures, and add text to picture.  Finally they take a picture of the complete story web and it's saved to their iPad. I can use this with my students to make predictions, visualize, ask questions, and find specific information about the book.

Alabama virtual Library as a Kindergarten Center
KIDS Infobits


Students use a iPad to click on the Alabama virtual library to research topics.  Students click on student resources, school edition, and search engine from the library.  The student will select a word from the topic list and begin research by looking at images, a video, and read.  Students draw and write specific information on an activity worksheet.  This shows the students accountability at the center.


How to make an iMovie trailer Mrs. Tucker Kindergarten
The iMovie Trailer was my favorite tool to use in EDM310.  It's fun and creative.  Students will want to read. Students create a new trailer with different music.  Students can take pictures and include them in the iMovie Trailer.  Students can iMovie trailers used for projects, books, commercials, and papers into iMovie Trailer.

Tammy Shirley Discovery Education Board Builder Moon Project
In this video students have watched a video about the moon. First, students log into Discovery Education with their user name and password. Students select a board builder, a choose background, add a title, press continue, press add, and create a board.  Students will be able to start the board and type in their Title on the headline. Students can type a text and a video and retrieve it on Discovery Education.  Students wrote a narrative adventure to the moon.

Mrs. Tassin’s 2nd Grade Class
#1Sharing Board Builder Project
The 2nd graders Joey and Caden are digital learners who took a virtual field trip to National Park of Alaska.  The created a board builder on why whales are important to the ecological system? Joey and Caden used Safari as a resource to captures images for their board builder project. These students attend Gulf Shores elementary school.

#2Mrs. Tassin students share Board Builder Project (Mary Elizabeth, Haven- Camera, and Rachael; Gulf Shores Elementary School))
In this video I watched a group of digital learners present a Project Base Learning presentation using a board builder tool.  These students worked together to accumulate loose change that added up to $14.89 for the Haven Sheltering Dogs.  The funds will provide water, food, clothes, blankets, and medicine to for the animals.  Some of the resources and images used were from word hippo, Safari, and Google.

Using iMovie and the Alabama Virtual Library in Kindergarten (Michelle Bennet, Dr.JohnStrange, and Elizabeth Davis supporters of media technology)
Mrs. Ginger Tuck taught iMovie trailers to kindergartens students. Students take the story of the week and make an iMovie Book Trailer.   Mrs. Ginger Tuck get the students started on the mechanics and the students take off even in Kindergarten classes.  Students are pleased about editing before the projection. Students get excited.  Alabama Virtual Library  can be gotten anywhere on campus or library campus.  It's a great way to teach your students basic research box. Teachers give students a list of topics to research and it provides daily practice.

Twitter for Educators (Daphne Elementary Media Specialist Elizabeth Davis, Michelle Bennett Gulf Shores Librarian)
Twitter for Educators connect online. Twitter is changing the way teachers learn. Twitter has twitter chats! Follow educators in the 21st Century by Twitter chat to share ideas.

We All Become Learners Media Specialists:Daphne Elementary Media Specialist Elizabeth Davis, Michelle Bennett Gulf Shores Librarian)
In this video teachers use devices to teach students and students teach teachers. These devices are changing the 21st century learning.  Poplet and Padlet app are tools on a iPad to get deeper proposing questions and everyones answers coming in spontaneously.  A kindergarten taught Mrs. Bennett how to add an image on padlet. Great idea for a poster board. Project Base Learning changes the barriers go down and everyone learns it.  The dynamics change in using devices. We all become learners in each personal learning networks.

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