Aimee Buckner chooses Mentor Text for Writing

http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/1260.cfm

Thanks School Box: A Learning Experience Blog

I introduced my teaching buddy, Ms. Hair, to a Learning Experience. She had a great comment and won a $20 gift card. You really need to check it out.

The School Box is Great!

I just received another $20.00 gift card in the mail. I was picked because of my comment on their Learning Blog. You really need to check it out. Hmmmm, what do I need for my classroom?

The Boy Who Loved Words

Great book for Writer's Workshop. We want all of our students to love words.

What if Everybody Did?

This is a great book to use the first week of school. We read and talked about classroom and school rules. Students then created their own "What if Everybody Did" page in their Reading Response Journals. We shared. They loved it!
Thank you Jane and Kim for sharing this book with me.

Online Site for Reading, Writing, Math

I have a student who is in and out of my classroom throughout the day. I'm looking for a great online site for reading, writing, and math games. I don't want to fill time...I want something that is worthwhile..any suggestions?

PLN and Reflections

My PLN would be twitter (@cdwiley). I signed up for my account last year and never really used it. Because of this course I have used my acct just about every day. I'm still playing around with it to get it where I want it. I have gotten good tips and information about teaching and using tech in the classroom. I can't live without my Google Reader/Blogs. I check this several times a day. I've also received lots of teaching/technology information from these accounts/posts. I'm still playing around with Wiki's. I really want to figure out how to use these in the classroom.

I have really enjoyed taking this course. I would have liked to have had at least one face to face session...maybe half way through. It has been exciting, interesting, challenging, and yes..frustrating at times. But, if something is easy..you haven't really learned anything...right? Please continue this class through the school year so that I can really get this technology into my classroom. I hate to take a class and then when school starts I have no time to implement.
Thanks to Kathy (our media specialist) for taking the time to put this together and for allowing me to participate.

Teacher Tube; You Tube

I think I'm addicted to Teacher Tube. I found two videos to use in the classroom. 1. Adding and Subtracting Fractions. 2. Cool Place Value. I also found a how to...how to make a bar graph. I will be using this in the next few weeks. For my fun video I found a cute rendition of "Poker Face" to use in the classroom. It is called "Test Taker Face". This would be cute to remake using students in our school.
I do think the digital storytelling would work in my classroom. I need to think about how to work it into my writer's workshop.
I'm still having a problem re-showing the videos. I'm not sure if my Zamzar account went through.

Google Docs

I love Google Docs. I really think I can use these many different ways. My classroom could write a community story. I could collaborate with my teaching partner so that we are not playing email tag. I also think I can use it in my personal life...putting together a holiday menu with my sister in laws...putting together a bridal, baby shower.
I just added another subscription to my Google Reader. theitclassroom, It is written by a 6th grade teacher using current technology in her classroom. There are some great ideas that can be tweaked for all classrooms. Check it out!

2010-2011 School Year!

I'm very excited. I met 23 out of 26 students on Thursday at open house. What a great day. I'm ready to get to know my new third graders.
Our school is reading The Daily 5. I've checked out the website and I'm ready to get started. Our school is also reading a math book for math workshop (the title has left me at the moment). I'm very interested because I am implementing math workshop this year. :) I will keep you posted.