3 New Technologies!

Voice Thread

Voice thread is a great website to use for our digital story telling project in technology. The best part is its FREE and you don't have to install anything! You are able to put your slides together like a book and record your voice to go with it. You can share it with others and they are able to record their comments as well. The site also has a few great projects put together. Voice thread also has an app for the ipad and iphone so you are able to work on your project or record away on the go. 

Little Bird Tales

Awesome site for creating digital story books! It's so simple and easy it to use especially with younger students in the classroom. The can create a book in 3 easy steps. It's a great idea to use in the classroom for express their creativity. Even better its free all you have to do is sign up for an account. Also has an app for the ipad and iphone .

Zoo Burst

This is an awesome website to use to create a 3-D digital story book. This is great for using in the classroom with the younger age group. There are 3 options for memberships. The basic free you get 10 pages and then the other two you get 50 pages and you can have multiple accounts. They aren't really that expense $29 a year it totally worth it. You are able to capture the attention of the younger students when reading the book to them. 

Sam and Amanda's Book Ideas

We are making our book on storybird and then once it is complete we will be transferring it over to voicethread.

What should I do this summer?

The book will be full of ideas of what a little girl could do over the summer.

- Go to the beach
- Play with pets
- Sports (tennis)
- Play dress up
- Rainy days

- Crafting

- Gardening/ picking flowers
- Fly a kite

Change of Plans

So I was going to do my lesson on counting coins but I figured the skeletal system would be a lot more fun! Here is a little fun fact hope you enjoy!

Did you know that humans and giraffes have the same number of bones in their necks? Giraffe neck vertebrae are just much, much longer!

The MOO

The MOO: A virtual reality learning environment. MOO stands for multiuser, object-oriented environment. This is a great tool for teachers and students. It allows you to connect with classrooms around the world. You are able to work together on progjects and get to know each other. Teachers are able to meet with other teachers to discuss curriculum, future plans in the class and assessments. It's a great resource for teachers to use to bring culture into the classroom.

THE MOO

Kidspiration

Kidspirtation is a great visual tool for students. It allows children to explore and understand words, numbers and concepts. It helps with reading and writing skills and helps the children understand math. You can use this at home or even in the classroom with the smartboard. I think this is great because you can download the software on your ipad and your child can use it anywhere. It's kind of pricey but it has great lesson plans for teachers and learning activities for the students. You can use free trails to test it out before you buy it. Check it out!

Kidspiration

Khan Academy

I learned about Khan Academy in my ED 503 class. The website is awesome! Not only is it a great tool for students, its great for teachers and parents as well. Some teachers need a refresher before they teacher a subject. It's great for parents as well. Parents don't always remember how to do geometry they can use Khan to teacher themselves and then help their child. I know I use it for Macroeconomics class and for lesson plans. Check out the site! Khan Academy

Website

This is off topic from education but here is a site with a few of my favorite recipes hope you enjoy!

https://sites.google.com/site/amandaspage554/home

Lesson Plan

I plan on using the Virginia SOL standard

Time and Nonstandard Measurement

1.7 The student will

a) identify the number of pennies equivalent to a nickel, a dime, and a quarter; and

b) determine the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, and dimes whose total value is 100

cents or less.

Many people are using cards today. A lot of people can't count back change if they were handed a twenty and the price of an item was $11.17. There are many fun and creative ways you can teach a child how to count money.

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/mathematics/2009/stds_math1.pdf

Skype

There are many pro's and con's with using Skype. It is a great to use if you want to talk to someone and not be charged. But both of you have to use Skype for it to be free. It can be challenging if one person doesn't have a great internet connection. The picture will go in and out. I use it to call family in England and it seems to work well and I don't have to pay anything for it which is great. Calling England can be quite expensive. Check out the site and see if it will work for you. 

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home?intcmp=wlogo

YouTube

Need to share a video? Youtube is a great website for doing that. It's even free. You get to see other clips that people have created. That's not the only thing you can do with Youtube you can watch a music video. Watch short clips of a movie trailer. Need something to do on Saturday night? You can rent movies from youtube if you have an account.  Create an account today and get started!

The Cloud

I consider the Cloud one of the top technologies. All you need is the internet. It is amazing with apple products its every mac users dream! If I buy a song on my ipad it goes to my macbook and my iphone.  It's so simple and easy to use. Use the QR below to go to the cloud app!

Avatar

My Avatar and my cat

PLN

A PLN is a network that allows people to share and to gain knowledge. A great PLN for teachers in 2.0 classroom its a site that is mainly all teachers. It allows teachers to share their ideas and for you to share the ideas that you have as well. This also allows teachers to stay connected and up to date with current teaching methods and ideas. Anohter PNL is facebook or twitter something most people use everyday to see what others are posting or twitting about. When you really think about it most of us have already started creating a PLN. I use evernote to share ideas with others in class or to read notes from professors. I use facebook and twitter and I also have a blog that I post information on about education and new technologies. So everyday I am adding more to my PLN.

Flickr

Flickr is a great website for sharing photos with others. The great part about this website is the privacy. Flickr allows you to put privacy controls on all you photos. As soon as I upload new photos to my computer from my camera I put them on Flickr just in case my computer crashes I will still have all my pictures. Flickr also lets you put you photos in albums so you can keep them organized. Check out the website and start sharing your photos today!

Create Videos

Animoto is a great website that helps you create videos from your photos, words and music. Its a super easy way to create a video just choose the pictures from your computer, Facebook or twitter then choose music to go with it and then post it to Youtube, Facebook or email it to someone. You can download the Animoto app right to your phone and do the same things. The only down side is you can only create a 30 second video for free. You have to buy a plan if you need to make longer videos and the plans tend to be a little pricey. But if you don't need that long of a video then you good to go. Check out the QR code below.

QR for Education Week for Teachers

Here is an awesome QR code for information for teachers! Check it out!