Check the Calendar

This is a calendar that I will keep to inform parents and students of activities for the year. I will try to keep it as up to date as possible. Please use this to check when there is or is not school, as well as due dates, and field trips.



I encourage you to print it out by month and keep up to date with our activities and schedule.

Please view the instructions I have included to help you get started using Google Calendars.

Social Bookmarking

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Social bookmarking is the ability to save websites on an account on the internet. Most web browsers have the ability to mark favorites on your computer, but then how do you access those when you are somewhere else?
Sites such as Digg and Delicious allow you to not only save those locations, but help you to sort and organize them. Once you have hundreds of sites, you can search through them based on the "tags" you add to them. For example, I am looking for an activity for students to do in relation to a math assigment. I have marked a couple sites relating to math activities for kids to do.
This also helps me to organize sites that I found through several steps and may not be able to get back to. these sites are often databases for other sites or ideas.

Audio Recording

Using audacity I have created an educational sound clip as to how I would utilize audio in the classroom. The options are endless and I encourage you to experiment with ways in which this can be incorporated in everyday lessons.

RSS Feeding

In the classroom and field of education, it is increasingly important for teachers to be up to date on technology and techniques for teaching. However, the internet can be overwhelming, as can technology in general for an outdated teacher. You shouldn't worry, it is easy to get back into the swing of it all. RSS feeds make it very easy to manage various blog feeds from teachers and education professionals who are discovering technology with you. Using this tool, anyone can get all the updates on blogs in an easy to feed form that is not overwhelming. I have used google reader to get these feeds on system that I am already familiar with. This makes it easy and is a great place for me to check mail, browse the web, AND check my RSS feeds.

More on Podcasting

In this post, I am addressing how I would use podcasting in the classroom. Technology incorporation is an important aspect in schools. People use it every day and cannot escape it. Especially for students, technology will play an increasingly large role in their lives.

The Five Senses

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The word podcasting has been floating around for quite some time in the technological word of education. Teachers are beginning to realize the immense impact this tool can have, and art utilizing it to make their jobs a little easier and the students lives a little richer.

I have begun thinking about it's function in the classroom...
Not only is this beneficial for the teachers to share information with students without being there or via the internet, but the students can also complete unique projects and express their creativity while learning.

Listen to my AUDIO about how I would use podcasting in the classroom.