Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Vocabulary Comic Strips!

This week I taught my students how to make their own comic strips. I have them the assignment to make a comic strip of a weekly vocabulary word. I then posted some of them on our class blog to share. This helped them understand the word by actually having it used in a conversation in their comic strip. They can't wait to learn how to make their own talking Avatar next week!

Sunday, March 27, 2011

What teachers can do with blogs?

Being new to blogging I was searching for an article that could help explain why I want to have blogging as part of my classroom routine. I found a great article just ckick here----Teaching Today/

Week 3 Thing 7

I was a little frustrated with photo editing but once I got a the hang of it....I love it! The photo that I have posted was taken in a rush outside of graduation under very, very, red lights. I was able to crop the person (ex girlfriend of graduate :() and make the photo much more clear. Adding text to pictures will be great for the classroom setting.

Week 3 Thing 7 Picnik photo editing

Friday, March 25, 2011

Week 2 Thing 3 Reflection

I started late in this class so I am feeling a bit overwhelmed but I am very excited about all that I have discovered so far! What a great tool the delicious.com site is!!! I think it is wonderful that I can access my bookmarks from school, home and any comuter in the house! The Avatar character was fun! I am going to teach my students how to make one for themselves next week! I set up my class with kidblog.org and I am thinking of having them post about their favorite reading center of the week!!

Monday, March 21, 2011