The standards I will be addressing are:
1. Facilitate and Inspire student learning and creativity
a. Promote, support, and model innovative thinking and inventiveness
2. Design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments
a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
Summary of final project:
In September our school hosts an open house for parents to come in and meet the teacher and see the classroom. I am going to have Emodo on the Smart board for parents to see. I will have the site up and running with a greeting, assignments, images, and links for parents to look at. There will also be a piece of each child's writing for the parents to read.
Short videos will be embedded on the page for parents to watch. In the videos each student will introduce themselves, talk about their family, favorite subject in school, and tell us about something they like to do.
On another computer I will have Wallwisher up for parents to see. I will start the year by having a question of the day on the Wallwisher site. The open house will be a great opportunity to show parents some of the ways technology will be used in my classroom this year.
There are many things I plan to change in my teaching practices this year. Most importantly, I plan to find the time for my second graders to learn about and use some of the latest technology that is geared toward their age group.
I like the idea of having students introduce themselves in a video. Are you planning to use your Flip? I love mine! I have had a problem saving my FlipVideos to my school computers though, but no problem at all on my home computer. I'll have to subscribe to your blog to find out how your lesson goes! Good Luck.
ReplyDeleteI love how you are thinking about using wallwisher as a way to get parents to post. It will be fun to see what they think of to write. I love your thinking about technology and it's uses in your classroom. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love your final project! Using Wallwisher to post the question of the day is brilliant! I'm going to steal your idea and give it a go in my class! I'd love to stay in touch and share ideas with you! Rock on!
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Alice: It was great to have you in class. It was so much fun to see your excitement about using some of the tools. I know your class will be so much fun this year. Your blog posts are a nice mix of what you learned and reflection. Thanks for your input and for teaching me a few new tools. Hope you have a great year!
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