Saturday, February 19, 2011

Tie Plan

T.I.E Plan

The magjic of voice threads

When I heard of voice threads I was thinking of something completely different. I started looking over all the different uses of these threads and some were very interesting and can be incorporated in so many different ways. I liked this voice thread that had different kids talk about why they loved certain parts of the school. It had all different grades starting from Pre-k through 6th grade. All the different grade levels would be able to see what the other students at this school like by hearing their voice threads and their pictures.
Here is the this awesome link: Elementary Voice Threads

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

The beauty of google docs

Where do we start with these Google docs, these are some great little gadgets that you can use in your lesson plans in order to have your child be more involved with the lesson. The one I like the most is the uploading of documents. This is such a good little tool to use as a whole class, everyone can upload their work and all the classmates and even the teacher can read what they have wrote about and insert any comments or helpful hints to make the paper stronger. This also has the students working together and another great way to do peer review but in a new way.

Using blogs for HOTS intergration with my 1st grade

Blogs would be great to use during any type of writing assignments so they are able to revise their peers assignments and give them ideas or any helpful changes they might want to do on their paper. This would encourage students to work with each other in a new and exciting way. Math could also be interrogated in this as well because they can see other classmates work to see how they figured out problems and see if that is an easier way for them to understand.Its a good tool to use for students to write in as if they were journals for when they  come in the mornings or even what they did over the weekend.

I like this blog which is  Mrs.Shapiro's first grade blog. Mrs. Shapiro's first grade blog has what they do during the week they are in school.It has great pictures of the kids and what was done during the lesson. I liked this blog because parents could view what their children are learning and doing at school.