My Digital Story

My Digital Story! I created a digital story on the biography of Marian Anderson. I used this video for two reasons.  First, I used this video with my class to summarize a story, "When Marian Sang".  The story is about the life and dreams of Marian Anderson, however, there were parts that were difficult for my students to follow.  After viewing this video I felt they had a better understanding of the important events in Marian's life.  The second reason I chose this video is to use as a model for my students to create thier own digital story.  For black history month my students have chosen a person of interest that they have been researching.  Before the end of the week, the students will attempt to create a digital story to summarize the life of their chosen person.  Wish me luck! I hope it works out as well for them as it has for me.                                                                                                             

 

 

Ants in our pants!

With CMT's approaching I know we are all looking for ways to keep our students brains awake and alert.  In search for a short class appropriate- get up and move- video, I found this...Ant in your pants!

Too young for online/ digital literacy ?...maybe not

At what age can online/digital literacy activities be integrated into the classroom?  When I read this question I immediately thought of my 3 year old son.  He has been engaging in digital literacy since he was 2.  He watches videos online, listens to digital stories through bookflix, and plays educational games on various websites.  While researching the web in search of evidence that would support my choice to use digital literacy activities with my son and my students students, I found a video titled  "A video of k-12 students today".  In the video children of all ages give thier reasons for wanting technology in the classroom...very interesting check it out...

Ms. Wade's blog...

Found this blog, Ms. Wade's 2nd grade blog. This teacher has great ideas for centers. I am currently working on mulitplication and this was a very creative idea.




My Diigo Library...

It is a work progress, but I have created a list of websites that I have found helpful.  Check out my Diigo library!

Diigo...amazing!

After days of trying to figure out what the hype was about Diigo, I have finally got it!  It is a great tool, especially for teachers.  I am always searching online for new ideas, creative crafts, and educational articles.  In the past I have saved them to my computer or printed them and placed them in a binder, but not anymore!... With Diigo on my computer I can easily save it and come back to it another time, without copy and paste!  Amazing :)

Mr. Wilson's Blog

For all my fellow classmates who enjoyed our class on the writers workshop as much as I did, Mr.Wilson's blog is for you!  While reading his blog I found lessons plans to introduce the six traits. Take a peek... you might find them helpful too.
http://mrswilson.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/new-document-added-to-lesson-plan-pages/