Following I have outlined some new programs that I would like to implement this next school year as well as "old" ones that I have used in the past and plan to use again.
New ideas for projects in the classroom:
Bit Strips: http://www.bitstrips.com/landing Comic Strips for the Classroom...awesome.
https://bubbl.us/ looks like a great site to engage brainstorming activities. It can be shared, uploaded, printed, etc.
Wordpress: Our district has purchased subscription to WordPress. I am excited about using this new tool, however it will take a little bit of work to grasp how to use it, and what other things I have been using that it will replace. I really wish we had our log-in information so we could explore in the summer!
Blabberize: cute program that allows you to animate a drawn picture. I could see using this program in language arts when studying different types of sentences, etc., etc..
My e-book: http://www.myebook.com/ Create an e-book for free, students can publish.This may be a better choice for my age level: Story Jumper - students create a book and then parents can purchase if they choose. http://www.storyjumper.com/
I love the example Eric (Nicole :) posted on Museum Box. This could be used in many ways in the classroom and would be a neat virtual activity. This activity could be done in the classroom using a shoe box, but it would not be nearly as cool as creating a virtual one!
I have seen, but never used Picnik http://www.picnik.com/ The special effects on Picnick would be a nice alternative to what I tried to do via Microsoft Word and Google Draw tools.
Scriblink looks awesome! A colleague of mine used a program similar to this to collaborate with a different school. They used a program specific to SmartBoard...I should have known there was a program out there for me to use as well!
My Fake Wall - I'd like my students to create a Fake Wall this year. MyFakeWall.com is a fake Facebook page. On the site, are friends and conversation that "could be true". I really think that this site challenges students to think about the lifestyle, friends, and environment of a person.
My Maps within Google: Using the example shown here, I plan to use Google Maps in sixth grade to have students give a tour of the country they study through our World Regions unit. Students would do something similar to what is shown here on this tutorial. I used Google Maps in the classroom last year, for the first time. I'm excited to use My Maps in correlation to our study.
Examples of projects I did in the classroom, for the first time, this past school year:
Glogster: Students used Glogster to create a story map of a book that they read. Students also used Glogster to create a poster about themselves. Many students enjoyed these projects and made ones at home in their free time as well.
Prezi: Studying famous people, presidents and places, I completed a student choice project where students choose from a list (or justified a different person/place of interest), researched, and presented to the class via Prezi, Glogster, or PowerPoint.Students uploaded YouTube videos to their Prezi, as well as photographs and links.
MyFakeWall.com - I introduced this briefly to the students by showing them examples of fake walls. Students could use these fake walls to explore some of the famous people/places we studied. I would LOVE to have my students create a Fake Wall, in grade six. I did not feel like it was age appropriate when I taught grade three last year. I'm looking forward to being able to push my students further in their tech use.
Little Bird Tales - We used Little Bird Tales to publish students stories. Students could read their stories, and display their hand drawn pictures.
Animoto - used in the classroom to display photographs.
Google Forms - students created a Google Form to send out to their classmates. Students created questionnaires for data analysis, and also a form that served as a peer check when they presented to the class a project.
Google Maps - I used Google Maps in the classroom this past year, to zoom in on different areas of the world that our classmates and their families visited during the school year. We learned about different cultures and the students were able to see firsthand a variety of places around the United States and world such as; Florida, Tennessee, Iowa, Louisiana , China, England, India, and Ethiopia.
VoiceThread: as a third grade team, we purchased a subscription to VoiceThread. We used it for a variety of projects throughout the year. One of the best uses was for students to post and/or answer questions about a chapter book they were assigned to read.
Stixy/Wallwisher: I used this tool in the classroom when we studied Landforms. As a homework assignment and to introduce my lesson, students created a Stixy page where they uploaded pictures of landforms and named the type of landform. We invited others through Twitter to join us, and our principal posted a pictures with some clues of where she was. Students needed to use the clues to identify the landform.
Wordle: I used wordle several times throughout the year to create word splashes on unit vocabulary, and presidential speeches.
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