This past year I had a goal of helping my students to become more functional on computers. Technology is always complicated, as it is ever changing. Sometimes it seems unnecessary to teach kids how to use a specific program. However, I was consistently finding that, regardless of the software, my students needed to learn that […]
I am VERY excited to announce that I have created my own YouTube channel! You can go there directly by clicking here. This all stemmed from a desire to support teachers in my school with using the technology we have available. I wanted to offer professional development sessions on how to create websites, use blogging […]
I took the plunge this week and joined Instagram. We all know a picture is worth a thousand words. Since teachers are short on time, what better way to gather quick tips and ideas than to check out some pictures! My Instagram account will be dedicated to sharing teaching ideas that I think can make […]
Once again I am excited to link up with 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made It. I attended a FANTASTIC professional development session last week by Andrew Douch about using technology to enhance student learning. Please visit his website, as he really is a wealth of knowledge. Douch introduced us to Aurasma, an app that uses […]
We are finishing up our unit on writing “how to” books, and this year I added a new component. Since we have been working with Kidblog, I decided to assign a homework assignment to help support our “how to” work. I usually have an assignment where the kids are supposed to teach their family how […]
We are in the middle of one of my favorite reading units in kindergarten – poetry! This unit was actually removed from our mandatory curriculum, but I still spend a few weeks on it with my kids because I love it so much! (And so do they.) We have been discussing and exploring how poems […]
This year I learned about one of the most fantastic technology resources I have used in ages – Kidblog! Kidblog.org is a secure blogging service designed specifically for teachers and students. It allows teachers to create a classroom network of student blogs. Students can write their own blogs, read their classmates’ blogs, and write and […]
Share time has been a focus of mine over the last couple of years in writing and reading workshop. I know that kids LOVE to have the opportunity to share their work and be recognized for things they have worked on or done well. I have been doing a share time for years that basically […]
Hey everybody! I am a guest blogger today at Charity Preston’s blog – theorganizedclassroomblog.com! I wrote a piece all about using technology to help organize take home books. Please head over to her blog and check it out. Hooray!
Holiday celebrations are one of those wonderful, and sometimes overwhelming, parts of teaching elementary school. They can be SO much fun, but organizing them does take a lot of time. I have always chosen to organize the celebrations myself, as I prefer to have some control over what we do at the party. I like […]
