So I have been wanting to start my own blog for some time now. I have been a closet “blog stalker” for about 2 years now and I am finally taking the plunge and becoming a blogger!! I took a technology course this summer and let me tell you, it was A-MAZ-ING!!!! This is why I finally created this little ol’ blog. I was amazed to learn about so many different tools available to use in the classroom. I want to highlight a few of those sites because perhaps someone else out there has been sheltered like me and maybe you will learn something too!
symbaloo.com: This is a great way to organize sites you frequent most often and have them available right at the click of your mouse. Set it up as your homepage and you have everything you need right there.
padlet.com: This is an awesome site. I was trying to figure out ways to use in my kindergarten classroom and one thing I thought of was for parents to leave a note to their child as they begin their first day of school. I have always had parents write notes on paper on the Meet the Teacher night but if I have my wall up that night, parents can simply go to the computer and add their message. You can add a response to my wall if you double click on it. Let me know when your first day is! So cool!!
glogster.com: This would be perfect for intermediate grades and is a great way for students to use as a presentation tool. It is a digital poster where students can add images, video, audio, etc, of the topic they are covering. I am thinking I could use this with my more advanced students towards the end of the year. I like to do an animal research project with these kiddos and this could be a great tool for them to share their research with the class. I would obviously have to recruit some help for my kiddos but older kids would catch on to this quickly. Once at this site, there is an educational version as well.
ifaketext.com: You can create screenshots of fake text messaging conversations to use in your classroom. Great tool that could be used as a reader’s response or dialogue between two characters in a story. The kids would love this!
You MUST check out a few of these sites. You won’t be sorry!!!
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