Tool #6
Below I created a wall on Padlet. I really like that site. I could use it as an interactive wall for students to watch videos, like the one on poetry and then comment on it. There are so many ways to use this. I would like to set this up at the beginning of the year next year.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Tool #5
http://www.wordle.net/create
I love wordle. I am actually using this right now in my classes. We have been creating a heartmap in preparation for writing a memoir. The students have created a list of things that are important to them and we created a wordle to put on one side of the heart and then they will illustrate the other side. I plan to start the year out with this next year and they can use the heartmap all year as a place to generate ideas for writing. I did create one, but it does not save once you leave the site, so the link is just to the site.
http://www.wordle.net/create
I love wordle. I am actually using this right now in my classes. We have been creating a heartmap in preparation for writing a memoir. The students have created a list of things that are important to them and we created a wordle to put on one side of the heart and then they will illustrate the other side. I plan to start the year out with this next year and they can use the heartmap all year as a place to generate ideas for writing. I did create one, but it does not save once you leave the site, so the link is just to the site.
Tool #5
http://www.storyjumper.com/book/edit/10094502
This is an awesome tool to use for creative writing. Students can create a story with pictures and then publish it. I will use this next year in my reading class to help students with their writing and to get them excited about writing. I think if they see their own story in print with pictures, it will help them want to write and get better. I started a book to experiment and to show them how to do it. I plan on creating a class account so they can work on it from other places.
http://www.storyjumper.com/book/edit/10094502
This is an awesome tool to use for creative writing. Students can create a story with pictures and then publish it. I will use this next year in my reading class to help students with their writing and to get them excited about writing. I think if they see their own story in print with pictures, it will help them want to write and get better. I started a book to experiment and to show them how to do it. I plan on creating a class account so they can work on it from other places.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Tool #3
I visited several streaming sites. I was not able to get on Teacher Tube, which I would have really liked to check out. You Tube has more resources than I realized and I embedded 2 videos to use with Language Arts. I will try to use my blog more next year and do this.
I learned that copyright laws pretty much last forever now instead of the 14 years they used to last. Fortunately, the Fair Use laws help teachers by granting them access to different works as long as a specific lesson is being taught using the material and it doesn't have a commercial impact.
I also created a dropbox and saved some files to it. I need to find out if it's meant just for pictures or other types of files too. It would be a shortcut in the classroom to find information or store student files with things they are working on in class for quick access.
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