Webquest

 This is a webquest I made at Zunal.com. It was relatively easy to make but a little difficult to adapt for my primary special ed kids. We'd have to work as a group on this one, and I don't see them making one on their own. It should turn out to be a good small group, guided activity.

Screencast - To leave a message on our blog.

I've started a classroom blog for my classroom. The students love it, but report back to me that their parents are having trouble leaving us comments. I suspect it is because they are not signed in, so I made this screencast to help them get signed in so they can leave us comments. The next step would be to have a student record the screencast, but teaching primary self-contained special ed, I'm not sure this will be  an efficient tool to use. I used screencast-o-matic.com to make and export the video.

Google Earth - My Educational Journey

In an effort to encourage my students to think about their education, I thought it would be helpful for them to take a google earth tour of where they're at (educationally and physically) and where they might go. After answering questions in this tour, they might make their own tour with different schools.
My Educational Journey

Evidence of Networking Participation

Other Blogs I Followed

Video Discussion Forum

Sample E-mail from Chad

The most informative way I participated in networking was simply asking the people around me in class, "How did you do that?". I then would go to their blog and see their example, or blog entry. I followed other students' blogs through my reading list on my blog. I left messages at; Eric's, Samantha's, and Chad's blogs. I also posted on the Video Editing Discussion Forum. I also E-mailed other students with questions.

Slideshow with pictures taken by students

This is a slideshow made from pictures we took in class. This is a way we introduced coins and their values. I first uploaded the pictures to Picasa -

Money Slideshow

then made the slideshow using Animoto. The process is so easy, I think my students will eventually be able to make similar projects independently.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Slideshow

This is an example of a video project I could have my students make to creatively show mastery with ABC order. Instead of just putting a list into abc order, they could choose pictures of the words (animals), and put them in order in a slideshow. I used the free version of animoto for this - it was quick and easy.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Podcast II

Here is my 2nd attempt at a podcast - this time using aviary. Aviary was very easy to use.

Dolch podcast.egg on Aviary.

I'll have students that know the words read and record them for the podcast. My younger students can then log in to our blog and listen to the words as they read their list (either on paper, or from the blog page).

This is another way we used a podcast in my class. After learning a poem for Halloween (Fluency Standard), we used Garageband to make it into a song/rap. The students loved the finished product.

Burdock the Warlock by Wendy Mary Cruse.egg on Aviary.

Personal Learning Network

Wiki K12

For my K12 Wiki I posted my web 2.0 tools project. It is a student friendly tool that can be used to access many of the writing/publishing standards. Click Here to see my K12 Wiki.

Google Docs 1 and 2

This is a way I might incorporate google docs into the classroom. The students would use this as a follow-up activity to a lesson on nouns. Depending on the level of the student (I have elementary special ed), they might be able to do this as a follow-up homework assignment. Our next step would be for the student to prepare a presentation, choosing the photos/graphics themselves, or with assistance as needed.



My second use for google docs would be a form for personal information. Many of my students don't know their phone numbers, addresses, etc, let alone their parent's newest cell number. Our school does Emergency Cards at the beginning of the school year, but this information sometimes changes. Using a form like this one, embedded on our class blog, might be a useful way for me to keep track of any changes.

Here is the FORM.