Final Reflection

1. My favorite tools in my personal technology toolbox are the image, audio, and video access and manipulation, blogs, and Google tools. I see us using blogs for book studies or follow ups to staff development?

2. I don't have a classroom but I have definitely gained more confidence in using technology through this process and now know where to go to take it even further.

3. An unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised me was when I was at a meeting today and we spent two hours talking about technology, I was not totally lost. I even took notes about new things I could add to my new knowledge base. I could even help others with their understanding a little. THAT WAS A REAL SURPRISE!

Tool 11

We have to make sure that we teach our students how to be safe and careful with these resources.
Direct instruction, modeling, and monitoring of procedures is a must.
Here are three things I found as very important to consider:
Students must:
1. Refrain from giving out personal information that would allow someone to contact them in person
2. Use these resources to learn and express yourself, not to hurt others
3. Care for and treat electronic devices with respect

Tool 10

My favorite is the NASA apps. What a wonderful way of making space real. I could see this really motivating and creating deep learning for all students. I can see how the possibilities can become overwhelming.

I hope to have an iPhone soon. I think it will be one way of helping me keep up with accessing technology in all facets of living and teaching.

Tool 9

This is the first I have heard of being able to produce a how to clip. Jing would be great to help minimize afterschool meetings to share new information with teachers on how to download and use data, make and share lesson plans.... There are so many applications for this.

Skype is a wonderful way to bring field trips into the classroom when budgets for them are gone. I can see kids getting very excited about this.

Tool 8

I would use this video from TeacherTube as an opener to a teacher discussion about setting up and using a classroom for LA instruction. What would you use? What would you change and why? So that even if it is not the perfect classroom for them they can gain a deeper understanding of what their students need.
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=189882&title=Tour_of_a_Guided_Reading_Classroom



This classroom video is from SchoolTube and something we could use to teach persuasive writing. I think students would connect with it and have a better understanding of the purpose for this kind of writing.
http://www.schooltube.com/v/cbc055a4e0fd422e9c0d"

Tool 7

Ok, this took a bit of time trying to figure out where to put this. It was fun making the Photo Story and it always inspiring to share pictures of special events!

Tool 6

I can see us using wikis in so many ways to enhance learning. It can easily connect to Readers and Writers Workshop.

Tool 5

This is helpful in networking with other SISs and teachers. I found some great resources that will help support our curriculum.

http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/by-grade.shtml

Tool 4

That was not so bad. I look forward to keeping up with the lateset!
There are many applications for using the Google Docs. I think it will help us to keep up with needs in our Literacy Library by having a Literacy Library Book Wish List.
I subscrided to http://www.ascd.org/.

Tool 3

I barely touched the tip of the ice berg on this one and still spent several hours on it. I will definitely come back to these. There are a lot of possibilities here. It took some time figuring how to move these to the blog. I spent a lot of time making things that I could not save and saving stuff and moving things to the blog that were too big or that would not work.

Tool 2

Communication is key to building and maintaining any endeavor. The PLN is a wonderful tool for faciliataing the sharing of thoughts and ideas. I can see this as a powerful tool in helping staff and students taking learning to the next level.
I love the idea of being humble, especially since I used the wrong name on a post.
I visted 5 TWE blogs: Coyne's Cool Kids, A whole new World, Mrs. Hoover's First Grade, Holly's Thoughts, and 11 Tools.

Tool 1: Reflection

WOW! This would be great for a book study. I love making the Avatar.