Week Seven: Projects for the Classroom

I enjoyed visiting these sights. They were very interesting and quite educational for me. I have not been aware of all of the possibilities available to me and how I could use them in my classroom.
Think: A great resource for lesson plans. I also visited the area for parents. We have a couple of events each year that promote the school-home connection. I found some useful information for communicating information to parents. My school is a low socio-economic campus and our parents need ideas and resources to help their children succeed in school.

Kid Pix 4: Wow! I have not used this in quite a while. It sure has changed. I loved the ideas and templates made available for classrrom use. I also like the changes in the text formatting. I like the change and enjoy making the differences in my text. I also like the slideshow template. I have never used this, but can think of many opportunities to use this in the classroom.

Wordle: I had fun with this. I think the kids will have fun creating a collage about themselves. This could be a fun activity for the beginning of the school. The kids could create a collage using words that describe activities they like to do, using words to describe their personalities, or they could just make a collage using only their names.

TerraClues: This was very interesting! I really enjoyed the scavenger hunts. I had a little trouble with some of the hunts, but it was fun moving around the globe finding places. This would be a wonderful resource for a social studies class. A teacher could make a hunt as a review of topics studied in class. You could make a hunt to review state capitals, etc. I think the kids would love this. You could review the continents and states. The possibilities are limitless.


I am not responsible for designing lessons in the computer lab. We have an instructional aide that designs all lessons for the children when they come to the lab. I have not utilized the "computer on wheels". I was not aware of the many uses for technology in the classroom until this summer. I have not been very technologically attuned in the past and hope to integrate technology now that I have spent the summer sailing the seas of technology. I have been collecting ideas for integration as the summer has progressed.

I will share my newly gained knowledge with my fellow teachers. I think many are as ignorant as I was. I believe they will enjoy the "Terra Clues" and "Think" resources. I plan to share these sources and also instruct them in the use of Atomic Learning in gaining the tools necessary to implement these into their classrooms.

I plan to use "Think" this year. I hope to find many resources their to communicate with the parents of my students in my pull-out class. Also, I hope to find resources such as manipulatives and lesson plans to improve my instruction this year.