I recently came across two sites that would be useful in the lower primary classrooms for reading lessons. SIGNED STORIES This British site contains a collection of free animated stories. Each story is read, signed and also has the words down the bottom of the page for students to follow along. There are hundreds of […]
Tech Tools for Teachers # 6 – Word Magnets
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter to inform teachers of great online tools. Find out more here. This week we review the site Word Magnets. http://www.triptico.co.uk/resources/word_magnets/WordMagnets.html Word magnets is a tool that allows you to paste in some text and then change the text into word tiles like fridge […]
A Vision of 21st Century Teachers
I heard about this You Tube clip via a few different people on Twitter. The 4 minute video involves 18 classroom teachers “speaking out” on the topic of tech integration and 21st Century skills for students. It’s a really interesting insight into what the technology in the classroom can look like in all curriculum areas […]
Tech Tools for Teachers #5 – Creating Google Docs Quizzes
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter to inform teachers of great online tools. Find out more here. This week we review the use of Google Docs: Forms (http://docs.google.com/) No doubt you have all heard of Google, and possibly Google Docs. Google Docs is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, […]
New Page: Embedding Web 2.0 Tools
I’ve just started a new page with a list of some Web 2.0 tools you could use on student or class blogs. When I first started blogging with my class, I simply used text and images. As I got the hang of it, I started using different forms of media to make the blog posts […]
Tech Tools For Teachers #4 – Zuitube
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter to inform teachers of great online tools. Find out more here. ZUITUBE This week we review the site, Zuitube (http://video.kidzui.com/) Zuitube is basically YouTube for kids. The site promotes itself as the “largest collection of videos for kids on the web“. YouTube videos […]
Kubbu: Make Education Games
I recently came across the site Kubbu. This is a site where teachers can make games and online activities for students. The activities can be made available to individual students or groups of students and the teacher can view and analyse results. Kubbu is free for teachers although is limited to using with 30 students […]
Blogging: Collaboration Corner
As I have previously blogged about, the global connections that my class has made through our 2KM Blog have been extremely rewarding. This is the second year of the 2KM Blog and in that time we have had many global visitors, some of who have become “blogging buddies.” One relationship my class formed throughout last […]
Tech Tools for Teachers – Newsletter #3
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter to inform teachers of great online tools. Find out more here. XTRANORMAL MOVIE MAKER UPDATE – thanks to Mark O’Halloran who discovered that there are some G rated movies that are definitely not G rated! This is disappointing as it makes such a […]
Blogging: Teaching Commenting Skills
I am currently in the process of introducing my Grade Two students to blogging. Our 2KM class blog is proving to be very popular with students and families. As I have previously blogged about, I like to follow these steps when introducing blogging to students. This is my third year of blogging with young students […]
Tech Tools for Teachers – Newsletter #2
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter to inform teachers of great online tools. Find out more here. WORDLE This week we review the site Wordle (http://wordle.net) Wordle is a tool for generating “word clouds” from your chosen text. You can edit your clouds with different fonts, layouts and colour […]
Tech Tools for Teachers – Newsletter #1
As I have previously blogged about, I am collaborating with a fellow teacher Simon Collier on a weekly email newsletter for teachers called Tech Tools for Teachers. I aim to post these newsletters on this blog and have created a page where you will find PDF versions of these newsletters and find out more about […]
Digital Natives
Many people talk about the divide between digital natives and digital immigrants in today’s society. Digital natives are said to be those people who have grown up in a world of computers and 21st centuries technologies. People who are considered digital immigrants grew up before the digital age and have had to learn how to […]
More about blogging!
I am currently in the process of introducing my new Grade Two students to blogging. As this is a new concept for many students and parents I have prepared two handouts to send home to families. They are an Introduction to Blogging note and Guide to Getting the Most out of 2KM’s blog note. Feel […]
Rules and Guidelines for my Class Blog
As I previously blogged about, I am about the embark on setting up a class blog for the third time. Before you set up your class blog, it’s really important to think about what rules and guidelines you will put into place and make sure the students and parents are clear about these. Blogging provides […]