Tool #9

I wish I would have known about Jing earlier! Last year I taught kindergarten and spent a lot of time explainging over and over again how to access different programs to my students. They would often times forget what to click or the order of what to do next. In my classroom this year I could definitely see myself recording "how to" videos for my students on different computer tasks. This would be a great time saver. Skype would also be a great application to use in our classroom. When learning about different cultures and parts of the world we could try to Skype with a classroom from that culture and interview them to learn more.

Tool #8

Parts of a Flower Video

Community Workers Video

I got the flower video from YouTube and the community workers from TeacherTube. Both of these videos would be a great to incorporate into a science or social studies lesson. It would be a great addition to a lesson for students that are visual learners. I have used many videos in my lessons before and TeacherTube is another great resource to have!

Tool # 7

I made this Video using iMovie. I used some of my personal photos from when I got engaged. I watched the Apple iMovie tutorial and that really helped me to understand how to a video. It didn't take me too long to make and I want to experiment some more to improve. One way that videos could be used in my classroom is it could be a class project. We could create a video about the class favorite subject or information that the students have researched.

Tool #6

I have had some experience with Wiki's before when I was in college. I was excited to learn about how I could use them in my own classroom. In my Pre-K classroom I discovered three ways that I could use a Wiki. First, I could have a parent involvement page where I post announcements and other important documents. Another, was a Wiki for student portfolios where we could scan work or post student created computer work. Lastly, we could create a Wiki to have contact with other classrooms.

Tool #5

I joined the social bookmarking site Delicious. I found two new websites!

1) Pics4Learning - I found this website using the tags "education photography." I think this site could be very helpful when trying to find school appropriate pictures for student projects or for my own use.


2) Edutopia - I found this website using the tag "education." As a educator I can use this website to find new ideas and strategies that other teachers have found successful.

Social bookmarking will be successful to my classroom by allowing me to bookmark helpful websites and be able to organize them easily and access them from any computer.

Tool #4

I think Google Docs is a great resource for educators! On a professional level I can definitely see the advantages of having one place where a document is altered and shared instead of being passed around and copied through email. We could use that when sharing ideas, resources, and curriculum planning. Google Reader is also a great way to keep up with my PLN and new ways to improve in my teaching.

Tool #3

I used Comic Strip Generator to create the 101 Dalmatian image. I could use this to illustrate CAP skills and help my students to identify the different concepts. The image could be used in centers as well. The collage image was created using Big Huge Labs. I used personal photos of my old students in their centers. I could use the collage as a focus when introducing centers to my young Pre-K students so they can have a visual example of what behavior in centers should look like.