kidpix + iMovie= digital story

Part 2… Creativity In The Digital Classroom… Web 2.0 Tools… Are They In Your School? | 21 st Century Educational Technology and Learning | Diigo

Part 2… Creativity In The Digital Classroom… Web 2.0 Tools… Are They In Your School? | 21 st Century Educational Technology and Learning | Diigo

Sharing (or oversharing) my Diigo Library

When I went to share my Diigo library as assigned, I realized that ALL of the pages I had in my library would be public. Do any of you really need to know which vacation spots I am deciding between or how to inject my diabetic cat? Probably not. But luckily somebody had already composed a user friendly google doc for just this very information.  I made a copy and highlighted the parts I personally found most interesting. But it also has great step by step instructions for downloading (in case you want to recommend it to colleagues like I did) and some suggestions for using it in your classroom. As you build your library, you can either change your default settings to private (options; Book Mark and Highlight tab; set to private) or you can individually click the private box when saving each bookmark. Now my fingers are crossed that I actually changed all of the bookmarks I want to be private!

Diigo Library

"Online Talking Stories"

I can see these being used with my students as readers, and as examples/ inspirations for their own "talking stories."  I think pre-k through grade 1 teachers could all incorporate these stories. Just make sure you preview the whole story first- the monster one on lil-fingers seemed kind of creepy to me!

http://www.lil-fingers.com/storybooks/index.php
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm

Another Great List on AskATechTeacher

Check out this list of sites- They are organized BY GRADE LEVEL for easy navigation.

Great Tech Blog Full of Ideas

I came across this great site Ask A Tech Teacher: Series of Weekend Websites. This is a comprehensive list of ideas to use with classroom computers or in a lab. The videos link (#27) on this page actually helps meet some of the NETS in regards to teaching the language of technology. I also like this site because you can find other grade pages associated like 17 Story Sites for First and Second Grade. Not all of the links work, but the ones that do are well worth exploring. #7 even led me to this oldie but goodie!




I also found myself amazed by the number of links/ suggestions for the iPad. I will add this link to our wiki so that everyone has access to it :)

Your first grader and technology

Your first grader and technology

This article offers some simple ideas for using technology with first graders without the need for individual internet enabled devices on a daily basis.