Technology in the Classroom
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Located Harrow, Ontario Canada
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Technology in the classroom - Elementary teacher view of ICT, projects, howtos and what-ifs.
Latest Blog Posts
- More Ipod Touch Uses on Nov 18, 2009 in General dictionary ipod procedural writing
Dictionary.com has a great app which can be used offline. Many Ipod apps require a wifi connection to be used properly, but not this one. It saves the dictionary and thesaurus collection right to your Ipod. Now that we have finished narrative writing...
- Animoto For Education on Nov 18, 2009 in General
Previously I mentioned Movie Maker for Narrative Writing. We had some issues with Movie Maker. Sometimes students would change computers and the references to their graphics would be different causes big red X’s in the Movie Maker file they wer...
- Inferencing with Commercials - Important Details on Nov 12, 2009 in General
I have searched youtube for various commercials with quirky endingS. I then have my students identify important details from the ad, as well as details we can ignore. I have them “guess” at the product or service the ad is promoting and...
- Scratch - Homemade Video Games on Oct 28, 2009 in General Explanation Writing narrative writing persuasive writing procedural writing recount writing
I have decided that for procedural writing, it might be better to have my students write computer algorithms instead of step by step instructions on how to do something like make a sandwich. They understand that a procedure is a series of finite step...
- Imagination Cubed - 2 SMARTBoards, 1 White Space on Oct 15, 2009 in General
Well, using GE’s Imagination Cubed, you can have two different classroom’s drawing on the same white space on their individual SMARTBoards in real time from two different locations. You can also chat with the group you are drawing with. I...
- Word Magnets on Oct 13, 2009 in General SMARTBoard
Here is a site that accepts text into a word box. Afterward, you choose a background (Venn, climax, list, t-chart, etc.) and let the site turn your words into magnets which you can drag around the screen. Great for comparing / contrasting words, look...
- Narrative - Explode the Moment with Movie Maker on Oct 2, 2009 in General DVD movie maker narrative writing recount writing SMART Notebook SMARTBoard
Well, recount writing is finished. I read through the final recount pieces and chose a small moment for the students to explode. They thought this idea was great, especially since their recounts were factual. They already have characters and a settin...
