Shadow Oaks 5th grade students worked on locating pictures to create an Animoto for our 50th birthday party and celebration. Each class was assigned a decade, and 5th grade was assigned the 2000s, essentially the 21st century. Because of technical difficulties, I helped them with the project.
Here it is:
Here is the actual link to the video:
http://animoto.com/play/UyLQka88Whj0Irws9NoA3Q
I'm proud of our hard work!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
5th grade begins to study the U.S. Civil War
One of my 5th grade classes came in and they used our new Mac books and created US Civil War projects on Bookr. They had just started the Civil War unit and had not completed learning about this period of time. THEY LOVED IT!!! THEIR TEACHER LOVED IT! When it was time to go, they didn't want to because they were having fun and learning! It was truly one of the highlights of my week!
Here are some of the projects:
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
More Bookr Projects
Students LOVE working on Bookr projects creating a digital book by adding text to Flicker creative commons pictures.
Habitats - BY MISS LOVE (created by one of our teachers!)
Bookr projects - Garza
4th grade students from Ms. Garza's class worked on a Bookr project about habitats using our new mac computers. They created digital books adding their text to pictures from Flickr creative commons.They only worked on this for 1 class period.
I'm very proud of their efforts!
Deserts by Rachel - Garza
Desert Homes by Emilio
Desert habitat by Juan
Desert - by Jose - Garza
Desret by Romario
Animals habytat by Ramon
Desert by Luis - Garza
More Animotos - Muske
This is a group of Animotos is from another class (Muske). They were studying plants.
Plants
by Zelma - Ms. Muske - Ms. Malget
Plant video
by Maddy - MUSKE /Ms. Malget
Cutie Flowers
By Aileen Z. - Muske
Plant Cycle
Randy - Muske /Ms. Malget
Plants
By Cecilia R. - Muske
Plants
By Makhaylah J. - Muske
Plants
by Zelma - Ms. Muske - Ms. Malget
Plant video
by Maddy - MUSKE /Ms. Malget
Cutie Flowers
By Aileen Z. - Muske
Plant Cycle
Randy - Muske /Ms. Malget
Plants
By Cecilia R. - Muske
Plants
By Makhaylah J. - Muske
Animotos By SOE students (Rice)
Earlier this spring many of our second, third, and fourth grade classes worked the new Mac books creating an Animoto. I conferenced with their teachers and we planned appropriate topics for them to work on. For various reasons, not everyone was able to complete the project, but here is one class that did....
Click on the student's name to view their Animoto.
I'm very proud of everyone's work!
Thurgood Marshall
by Kristin - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Florence Nightingale
by Sarah - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Eiyen - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Sojourner Truth
by Mayah-Rice - Ms. Malget
Paul Revere
by Austin - Ms. Malget
Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Jaesung - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Florence Nightingale
by Romeo - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Amelia Earhart
by Joanna - Ms. Rice-Ms. Malget
Paul Revere video
by Le'Yanna, Ms. Rice
Robert Fulton
by Mawaddah-Ms.Rice-Ms. Malget
Thurgood Marshall
Alicia - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Click on the student's name to view their Animoto.
I'm very proud of everyone's work!
Thurgood Marshall
by Kristin - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Florence Nightingale
by Sarah - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Eiyen - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Sojourner Truth
by Mayah-Rice - Ms. Malget
Paul Revere
by Austin - Ms. Malget
Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Jaesung - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Florence Nightingale
by Romeo - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Amelia Earhart
by Joanna - Ms. Rice-Ms. Malget
Paul Revere video
by Le'Yanna, Ms. Rice
Robert Fulton
by Mawaddah-Ms.Rice-Ms. Malget
Thurgood Marshall
Alicia - Ms. Rice - Ms. Malget
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Thing #11.5 Evaluation
1. What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?
I REALLY enjoyed Bookr and Glogster. I've become almost addicted to Facebook. Slideshare will also be useful!
2. How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?
11.5 things has forced me to look at new web apps that are available, many of them interesting, some useful, and a few that are too cumbersome to use, or not what I want to spend time working on. But, the new cool stuff is waaay cool, and I want to show students and teachers some of the great and awesome things they can do with these applications.
3. Were there any take-a-ways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
Slideshare, Glogster, and Bookr were some things that I had not heard of. I also enjoyed exploring the videos. I think that the students will really like Glogster and Bookr. I think that the teachers will like Slideshare and Bookr.
4. What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept?
I think that you all did a great job of getting this going and encouraging so many educators to become more aware of "bleeding edge" technology and applications. Thanks for all of your hard work!!!
I REALLY enjoyed Bookr and Glogster. I've become almost addicted to Facebook. Slideshare will also be useful!
2. How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?
11.5 things has forced me to look at new web apps that are available, many of them interesting, some useful, and a few that are too cumbersome to use, or not what I want to spend time working on. But, the new cool stuff is waaay cool, and I want to show students and teachers some of the great and awesome things they can do with these applications.
3. Were there any take-a-ways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
Slideshare, Glogster, and Bookr were some things that I had not heard of. I also enjoyed exploring the videos. I think that the students will really like Glogster and Bookr. I think that the teachers will like Slideshare and Bookr.
4. What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept?
I think that you all did a great job of getting this going and encouraging so many educators to become more aware of "bleeding edge" technology and applications. Thanks for all of your hard work!!!
Thing #11 Digital Citizenship
Digital citizenship is something that all students need to learn. However, students need to learn this in incremental stages apropriate for their development - especially in elementary settings.
I liked the post: Digital literacy and the classroom. I especially like the thoughts expressed in this graphic:
I liked the post: Digital literacy and the classroom. I especially like the thoughts expressed in this graphic:
For the student, all 4 areas of literacy, safety, learning strategies and etiquette are balanced and important.
I thought that I-Safe Factsheet was helpful in describing what would be appropriate to teach diferent ages of students about safety.
I found this .pdf file about "Cyber-Savvy Teens: Making responsible choices online." I thought that the information presented gave a good overview of what might go into each lesson.
One of the ideas stated on the Kenton, KY school website was that September was the month they focused on digital citizenship and internet safety. I think that we in SBISD would be wise to consider this also as we prepare for the upcoming year.
Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship - from the Digital Citizenship website.
1. Digital Etiquette - electronic standards of conduct or procedure
2. Digital Communication - electronic exchange of information
3. Digital Literacy - process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology
4. Digital Access - full electronic participation in society
5. Digital Commerce - electronic buying and selling of goods
6. Digital Law - electronic responsibility for actions and deeds
7. Digital Rights & Responsibilities - those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world
8. Digital Health & Wellness - physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world
9. Digital Security (self-protection) - electronic precautions to guarantee safety.
I'm not sure where this actually originated, but I found it at the Kenton, KY website:
Understanding Digital Citizenship
"A citizen both works for and benefits from a larger society."
It is vital that our students understand that they are part of a bigger picture, and if they do not value and use their digital rights, then they will be relegated to a lower class, with fewer options in multiple areas of their life, than those who are able to use the power of technology to their advantage.
Thing #10 Virtual Worlds
Hello, I'm Sherri Madrigal in Second Life. I found this to be quite frustrating and not quite sure how this has an educational application. Yes, I know that it's good to know what students & others are doing.....
Although... A discussion about copyright regarding Frank Lloyd Wright and a museum that was created was interesting.
So.... I've been reading other beach combers & certified diver's blogs. I read I "Heart" Bibliophiles sbl blog about this thing, and realized that what I probably need is someone to sit with me and help guide me along in this part of the adventure and I'll do a lot better. I've read other's blogs that say similar things. The Tsunami and Hurricane adventures in SL sound interesting and would be very educational. So... I guess I've learned something more about what SL has to offer. Now, I just need to keep exploring it and learning more about it......
Although... A discussion about copyright regarding Frank Lloyd Wright and a museum that was created was interesting.
So.... I've been reading other beach combers & certified diver's blogs. I read I "Heart" Bibliophiles sbl blog about this thing, and realized that what I probably need is someone to sit with me and help guide me along in this part of the adventure and I'll do a lot better. I've read other's blogs that say similar things. The Tsunami and Hurricane adventures in SL sound interesting and would be very educational. So... I guess I've learned something more about what SL has to offer. Now, I just need to keep exploring it and learning more about it......
Thing #9 Slideshare
How Cool is this??? Being able to share your powerpoints?? Both Slideshare and Authorstream seem realy cool. I like that Authorstream has the ability to be downloaded as a video.
I can see how this could be easily used by grade level teachers to share what they have created so that others don't have to "reinvent the wheel."
I was looking at slideshare and wanted to search to see if anything was already uploaded that would be educationally useful. Just typed in "dinosaur" and came across a cute set of dinosaur printables that my Kinder teachers could use with their kids during this unit.
I can see teachers and students using this in so many ways. I am eager to explore this!!!
I can see how this could be easily used by grade level teachers to share what they have created so that others don't have to "reinvent the wheel."
I was looking at slideshare and wanted to search to see if anything was already uploaded that would be educationally useful. Just typed in "dinosaur" and came across a cute set of dinosaur printables that my Kinder teachers could use with their kids during this unit.
I can see teachers and students using this in so many ways. I am eager to explore this!!!
Thing #8 - Screen Capture
As I started learning about Screen Capture, I thought of lots of ways to use this. And, when I told my husband about this and explained it to him a little, he was also intrigued. [I suggested that he make a screen capture video explaining how to do a very technical part of his job.]
After reading comments, I tried downloading Jing on my home computer. That was a somewhat cumbersome process that may have had more to do with home issues than with Jing issues.
I frequently advise teachers "How to clean-up their computers" so that they will run faster. So, I attempted to make a screen-cast of how to do this using Jing and upload it to screencast.com. I was successful at the video part, but the sound on my home computer's microphone wasn't working, but I think that if you watch it, you can still figure out what to do.
Here it is:
I can see lots of possibilities with this!!!
After reading comments, I tried downloading Jing on my home computer. That was a somewhat cumbersome process that may have had more to do with home issues than with Jing issues.
I frequently advise teachers "How to clean-up their computers" so that they will run faster. So, I attempted to make a screen-cast of how to do this using Jing and upload it to screencast.com. I was successful at the video part, but the sound on my home computer's microphone wasn't working, but I think that if you watch it, you can still figure out what to do.
Here it is:
I can see lots of possibilities with this!!!
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Thing #7 Video Resources
The fair use video & FAQs were helpful, but it took me a little while to digest this. (Could be that I'm not back in my librarian brain after being on vacation & away for quite a while,) I think that teachers and students may be confused somewhat about how this works legally, but I will use these resources to try to explain it to them, though it might be helpful to have a book...
I've looked at Ms. Frazzled blog on this topic, and enjoyed the interview videos she posted about Tomie DePaola and Mo Willems. (I couldn't embed the videos either...) I want to share these with students & I think they will really like them! What a cool way to be able to bring in a author!
In Hulu, I found the Biography channel, and upon exploring it, found a video about Amelia Earhart. I think that when 2nd grade is learning about various heroes, including Earhart, that this would be fun to show them so that they can see her as a "live" person, not just someone who is another dead person they have to learn about.
http://www.biography.com/video.do?name=historicalfigures&bcpid=1740031454&bclid=1745181015&bctid=1718499309
(I tried to embed this and couldn't remember how. Hmmmm, I'll try to work on remembering this.... LATER: I watched the YouTube video on embedding videos, and biography.com does not seem to permit this. You can link to it, but not embed it, so... here it is.)
I really liked Joy Valenza's list of video sources, especially NeoK12 with it's categories of videos that have been screened to be appropriate for school settings.
One of the videos that caught my eye was one on the water cycle. I know that several teachers will enjoy using this. (I'm trying to remember which grade level works with this, and I think that it's 3rd grade.)
I explored DotSub a little. I will let our Spanish langauge teachers know about it's existence, but it didn't seem to have very many educational videos. (Maybe I'm not looking in the right place....)
Totol was interesting - seemed appropriate for PK - 1st grade. When my son was much younger he would have enjoyed all of the train videos.....
At TeacherTube, after some searching, I found a video that would be appropriate for upper elementary grades studying magnets.
All in all, this was a fun way to spend the day, and I look forward to doing more of this!!!!
I've looked at Ms. Frazzled blog on this topic, and enjoyed the interview videos she posted about Tomie DePaola and Mo Willems. (I couldn't embed the videos either...) I want to share these with students & I think they will really like them! What a cool way to be able to bring in a author!
In Hulu, I found the Biography channel, and upon exploring it, found a video about Amelia Earhart. I think that when 2nd grade is learning about various heroes, including Earhart, that this would be fun to show them so that they can see her as a "live" person, not just someone who is another dead person they have to learn about.
http://www.biography.com/video.do?name=historicalfigures&bcpid=1740031454&bclid=1745181015&bctid=1718499309
(I tried to embed this and couldn't remember how. Hmmmm, I'll try to work on remembering this.... LATER: I watched the YouTube video on embedding videos, and biography.com does not seem to permit this. You can link to it, but not embed it, so... here it is.)
I really liked Joy Valenza's list of video sources, especially NeoK12 with it's categories of videos that have been screened to be appropriate for school settings.
One of the videos that caught my eye was one on the water cycle. I know that several teachers will enjoy using this. (I'm trying to remember which grade level works with this, and I think that it's 3rd grade.)
I explored DotSub a little. I will let our Spanish langauge teachers know about it's existence, but it didn't seem to have very many educational videos. (Maybe I'm not looking in the right place....)
Totol was interesting - seemed appropriate for PK - 1st grade. When my son was much younger he would have enjoyed all of the train videos.....
At TeacherTube, after some searching, I found a video that would be appropriate for upper elementary grades studying magnets.
All in all, this was a fun way to spend the day, and I look forward to doing more of this!!!!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thing #6 iTouch Apps
Since my husband is addicted to his I-Phone, I am fairly familiar with what an I-Phone can do with the various apps he he frequently showing me.
What I've learned over the last week or so of playing around with this project is some of the things that other educators are doing with I-phones/I-touches. I still think that the management of these will be somewhat challenging, but I am less skeptical about their use in the education setting.
One of the most useful websites I discovered was the appism webstore so that you can search for I-touch apps on an actual computer. Just for fun I downloaded pictaslide since I always enjoyed sliding the little boxes around to complete a picture. On John's I-Phone is several ed apps that our kids already use, like the math flash cards that my daughter loves to use to "play" at learning addition/subtraction facts, and my son will use to work on multiplication facts.
Since my son is enrolled at Cornerstone this year and his teacher is one that is getting new I-touches for their class (among other things), it will be interesting to see what/how his class is using and managing them.
I've read several of the articles and watched the I-School video that was really exciting. I really liked the articles, 100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better, and the ACU ConnectED Summit 2009, as well as Chris Webb'space article Why an iPod Touch in education? I'm looking forward to using these cool devices in helping students learn.
What I've learned over the last week or so of playing around with this project is some of the things that other educators are doing with I-phones/I-touches. I still think that the management of these will be somewhat challenging, but I am less skeptical about their use in the education setting.
One of the most useful websites I discovered was the appism webstore so that you can search for I-touch apps on an actual computer. Just for fun I downloaded pictaslide since I always enjoyed sliding the little boxes around to complete a picture. On John's I-Phone is several ed apps that our kids already use, like the math flash cards that my daughter loves to use to "play" at learning addition/subtraction facts, and my son will use to work on multiplication facts.
Since my son is enrolled at Cornerstone this year and his teacher is one that is getting new I-touches for their class (among other things), it will be interesting to see what/how his class is using and managing them.
I've read several of the articles and watched the I-School video that was really exciting. I really liked the articles, 100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better, and the ACU ConnectED Summit 2009, as well as Chris Webb'space article Why an iPod Touch in education? I'm looking forward to using these cool devices in helping students learn.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Thing #5 Microblogging
Easy enough to sign into Twitter. I can see how this could get addictive - reading losts of different posts. It was interesting to look at some of my favorites - Astros, President Obama, etc. But, I think that it would also be fun to follow other friends and colleagues. So, school use? Not sure how that would work exactly. Although, there could be uses for this - current events, etc. As I was wondering about this, I went back to the SBISD webpage describing the assignment and noticed
Nine great reasons why teachers should use Twitter. I find that I can agree with many of the ideas presented there. So, it can be a great way to expand your knowledge base and keep up with friends.
I experienced using back-channeling using Today's Meet at a GT workshop in early June. It was an awesome way to communicate without disrupting the session. I can see many ways that this would be helpful for students to post questions without fearing that they would be embarassed by expressing their ignorance about a topic.
Next, I'll look at Facebook. I've wanted to join, now I have a reason!
Added to this post: 7/31/09
I've been able to setup my Facebook account and requested quite a few friends. This was fairly easy because my husband is friends with sooooo many people, so I just looked over his friends list. Plus, I do have other friends as well and they were easy to locate and add. I'm looking forward to being part of this. Looks fun! The idea about using the book club app with older students for reading groups sounds interesting. I'll need to investigate more, but I'm doubtful that this will appropriate for elementary, mainly because of the age requirements.
Ta, Ta for now!
Nine great reasons why teachers should use Twitter. I find that I can agree with many of the ideas presented there. So, it can be a great way to expand your knowledge base and keep up with friends.
I experienced using back-channeling using Today's Meet at a GT workshop in early June. It was an awesome way to communicate without disrupting the session. I can see many ways that this would be helpful for students to post questions without fearing that they would be embarassed by expressing their ignorance about a topic.
Next, I'll look at Facebook. I've wanted to join, now I have a reason!
Added to this post: 7/31/09
I've been able to setup my Facebook account and requested quite a few friends. This was fairly easy because my husband is friends with sooooo many people, so I just looked over his friends list. Plus, I do have other friends as well and they were easy to locate and add. I'm looking forward to being part of this. Looks fun! The idea about using the book club app with older students for reading groups sounds interesting. I'll need to investigate more, but I'm doubtful that this will appropriate for elementary, mainly because of the age requirements.
Ta, Ta for now!
Thing #4 Video Hosting (YouTube)
I am currently working on my laptop at a public library in a small town in Oklahoma and YouTube is blocked. So, on to #5 - if possible.
Latest update July 9, 2009:
I have signed up for YouTube and am attempting to upload a video of my daughter and her friends performing a VBS program at church.
OH DRATS! "This video has been removed because it is too long. Regular YouTube videos must be 10 minutes or less. " [Details, details, details.....]
So, since uploading to YouTube isn't working... I'll try to post it here!
Well... That didn't work either. So, I tried editing the length in Windows MovieMaker, and I can't seem to get that to work to split the video and create just a clip of the entire movie, so, I'm really bummed that it isn't working. I know that my husband works on videos sometimes, so, I may see if he has any great ideas...
Latest update July 9, 2009:
I have signed up for YouTube and am attempting to upload a video of my daughter and her friends performing a VBS program at church.
OH DRATS! "This video has been removed because it is too long. Regular YouTube videos must be 10 minutes or less. " [Details, details, details.....]
So, since uploading to YouTube isn't working... I'll try to post it here!
Well... That didn't work either. So, I tried editing the length in Windows MovieMaker, and I can't seem to get that to work to split the video and create just a clip of the entire movie, so, I'm really bummed that it isn't working. I know that my husband works on videos sometimes, so, I may see if he has any great ideas...
Thing #3 Like Skype
I read quite a few of the articles about conferencing. I liked Kathy Schrock's post: Tools for Schools: Live Online Conferencing Dim.Dim sounded very interesting - much like the video conferencing that I did eons ago when I worked on my Master's degree.
I tried working with Skype some, but didn't have a lot of success. However, I think that if I played with it more extensively, it could be very useful. I have a friend who uses Skype 3-4 times per day to communicate with her husband as he travels extensively.
So, the question is, how could Skype be used in the classroom or library? I saw many suggestions about being able to communicate with other classrooms from all over the world, I liked the many suggestions at the Teaching Degree.Org Blog: 50 Awesome Ways to use Skype in the Classroom:
For my school The MIXXER: A language exchange community for everyone seems like it would be a new way to get English Language Learners to work on their language skills.
Setting up conferencing with authors when classes are studying particular writers could also be a lot of fun.
There are many ways to do use this technology, the key is to find an opportunity and do it.
I tried working with Skype some, but didn't have a lot of success. However, I think that if I played with it more extensively, it could be very useful. I have a friend who uses Skype 3-4 times per day to communicate with her husband as he travels extensively.
So, the question is, how could Skype be used in the classroom or library? I saw many suggestions about being able to communicate with other classrooms from all over the world, I liked the many suggestions at the Teaching Degree.Org Blog: 50 Awesome Ways to use Skype in the Classroom:
For my school The MIXXER: A language exchange community for everyone seems like it would be a new way to get English Language Learners to work on their language skills.
Setting up conferencing with authors when classes are studying particular writers could also be a lot of fun.
There are many ways to do use this technology, the key is to find an opportunity and do it.
11.5 Things - Thing 2: Image Generators 2 - Update
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
11.5 Things - Thing 2: Image Generators 2
GLOGSTER - Wow! This is pretty darn cool! I can think of many ways to incorporate this into student learning.
It has taken quite a while to finish my glog, but here it is:
http://soelibrarian.glogster.com/Saturn-Glog/
I wanted to work on one so that I had an idea of how long it would take to put one together. I can see quite a few uses for glogster, especially in upper elementary, and up. I think that students would enjoy working on this project. In order to do a good job, they would need to think about content, perhaps a bit more - rather than just searching for the first picture that they find (either in print or online). With the ability to embed video and audio, it certainly adds a whole new level of information to the "poster project."
I am fairly familiar with wordle and my daughter (who will be in 2nd grade) did an animoto for father's day, that is TOOOOO cute.
Wordsift is cool. I like the ability to pull words into the visual thesaurus. I think that could be very helpful for some of our bilingual students. (Although it could be somewhat confusing also.....Hmmmm.)
Bookr : I wasn't sure quite what to do with Bookr when I opened it. But after a few minutes, it seemed fairly intuitive and simple. I love that you can pull images from Flickr. Being able to add text and more pages is really a cool feature to this simple website. I can see nearly all ages of computer users being able to do this, even kinder and first graders, and they would be sooo proud of themselves! This is also a cool way to present information. I looked a a few of the other bookr projects. I'm guessing that one of the people who did a project that I looked at was another person doing an 11.5 things type of project, because it was about the boy with the talking tooth. It was a cute presentation, but a little fiction story. So, students could write and illustrate their stories on here as well. Fun, fun, and more fun!
[When I did the bookr project on Butterflys I was not aware that you could adjust the picture up or down a little. Knowing this would have resulted in a better positioning of the text over the picture. Live & learn!]
On to more fun!
It has taken quite a while to finish my glog, but here it is:
http://soelibrarian.glogster.com/Saturn-Glog/
I wanted to work on one so that I had an idea of how long it would take to put one together. I can see quite a few uses for glogster, especially in upper elementary, and up. I think that students would enjoy working on this project. In order to do a good job, they would need to think about content, perhaps a bit more - rather than just searching for the first picture that they find (either in print or online). With the ability to embed video and audio, it certainly adds a whole new level of information to the "poster project."
I am fairly familiar with wordle and my daughter (who will be in 2nd grade) did an animoto for father's day, that is TOOOOO cute.
Wordsift is cool. I like the ability to pull words into the visual thesaurus. I think that could be very helpful for some of our bilingual students. (Although it could be somewhat confusing also.....Hmmmm.)
Bookr : I wasn't sure quite what to do with Bookr when I opened it. But after a few minutes, it seemed fairly intuitive and simple. I love that you can pull images from Flickr. Being able to add text and more pages is really a cool feature to this simple website. I can see nearly all ages of computer users being able to do this, even kinder and first graders, and they would be sooo proud of themselves! This is also a cool way to present information. I looked a a few of the other bookr projects. I'm guessing that one of the people who did a project that I looked at was another person doing an 11.5 things type of project, because it was about the boy with the talking tooth. It was a cute presentation, but a little fiction story. So, students could write and illustrate their stories on here as well. Fun, fun, and more fun!
[When I did the bookr project on Butterflys I was not aware that you could adjust the picture up or down a little. Knowing this would have resulted in a better positioning of the text over the picture. Live & learn!]
On to more fun!
11.5 Things - Thing 1: Registration & Video Reflection
Wow, more web 2.0 things to learn about!
I've really enjoyed watching the The Networked Student - The Movie video on You-Tube. I've watched it a couple of times so that I could think about and ponder what was being introduced.
I think that librarians can definitely be in the role of the "teacher", or can assist and help the student with their project. I LOVE the tags near the end about the teacher being the LEARNING ARCHITECT and the LEARNING CONCIERGE. They sound soooo much more interesting than teacher.
I looked at a couple of other sbl postings. I posted a comment on L'l Bit of This & That's blog.
Mainly I agreed that her that students would love this, but teachers would need a lot of training, and for this to work full time and replace text books, students would need their own laptop, which would cost $$$$$. I have my doubts about the feasability of this working for elementary - especially primary grades. But, I do think that it might work when limited projects are given for elementary students.
Well, I'm off to learn more new cool things!
I've really enjoyed watching the The Networked Student - The Movie video on You-Tube. I've watched it a couple of times so that I could think about and ponder what was being introduced.
I think that librarians can definitely be in the role of the "teacher", or can assist and help the student with their project. I LOVE the tags near the end about the teacher being the LEARNING ARCHITECT and the LEARNING CONCIERGE. They sound soooo much more interesting than teacher.
I looked at a couple of other sbl postings. I posted a comment on L'l Bit of This & That's blog.
Mainly I agreed that her that students would love this, but teachers would need a lot of training, and for this to work full time and replace text books, students would need their own laptop, which would cost $$$$$. I have my doubts about the feasability of this working for elementary - especially primary grades. But, I do think that it might work when limited projects are given for elementary students.
Well, I'm off to learn more new cool things!
Monday, February 2, 2009
Taking Notes using Encyclopedia Britannica and Microsoft Word – Part 2
Taking Notes using Encyclopedia Britannica and Microsoft Word – Part 2
Login to the computer using YOUR lunch number
User Name: 999999 example
STUDENT’S ID (Lunch) NUMBER
Password: soe (lower case)
Log on to: SBS
Look to see if your shortcut to your folder is there on your desktop! If not, find it @ MY COMPUTER – NORWAY, then make a shortcut to the desktop.
Open your 2008-2009 Folder.
Open your MARTIN LUTHER KING.DOC
Minimize it.
Open INTERNET EXPLORER
Go to the LIBRARY RESOURCES PAGE
Go to #9: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
You may select the English version of Britannica Elementary, or the
Enciclopedia Juvenil en español
Click on the Search Bar and type in
MARTIN LUTHER KING
Then click GO (or press ENTER)
Click on the encyclopedia article and read it.
As you find things that you think are important, you will take notes in MICROSOFT WORD. To Click back and forth between your screens, use the tabs at the bottom of your page. You may [Edit] copy & paste only key words & phrases.
Type a brief description of him OR
The year he was born & the year he died:Born – Died OR Born: 19xx – Died: 19xx
SAVE your WORD document to your folder.
(Click SAVE)
Space down a few lines.
Write 3 to 5 key facts about Dr. King in WORD.
Write them using upper and lower case letters. You may write in phrases.
Find out: 1 fact each about:
His life,
His education,
His achievements.
Type BY: YOUR NAME and Teacher
SAVE your WORD document to your folder.
Login to the computer using YOUR lunch number
User Name: 999999 example
STUDENT’S ID (Lunch) NUMBER
Password: soe (lower case)
Log on to: SBS
Look to see if your shortcut to your folder is there on your desktop! If not, find it @ MY COMPUTER – NORWAY, then make a shortcut to the desktop.
Open your 2008-2009 Folder.
Open your MARTIN LUTHER KING.DOC
Minimize it.
Open INTERNET EXPLORER
Go to the LIBRARY RESOURCES PAGE
Go to #9: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
You may select the English version of Britannica Elementary, or the
Enciclopedia Juvenil en español
Click on the Search Bar and type in
MARTIN LUTHER KING
Then click GO (or press ENTER)
Click on the encyclopedia article and read it.
As you find things that you think are important, you will take notes in MICROSOFT WORD. To Click back and forth between your screens, use the tabs at the bottom of your page. You may [Edit] copy & paste only key words & phrases.
Type a brief description of him OR
The year he was born & the year he died:Born – Died OR Born: 19xx – Died: 19xx
SAVE your WORD document to your folder.
(Click SAVE)
Space down a few lines.
Write 3 to 5 key facts about Dr. King in WORD.
Write them using upper and lower case letters. You may write in phrases.
Find out: 1 fact each about:
His life,
His education,
His achievements.
Type BY: YOUR NAME and Teacher
SAVE your WORD document to your folder.
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