Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Welcome! Welcome to my technology trading blog. I open this blog up to all educators. Think of this blog as a recession buster. You can trade your great technology ideas for free.
Work: I have been teaching third grade for 12 years. I utilize technology in several capacities. I use it to plan my lessons, post grades, communicate homework assignments for parents (Genesis), to motivate my students, and enhance my classroom lessons.
Home: I live in New Jersey. I am a mom of two active children. My 8 year-old son Daniel is in third grade. He plays travel soccer and loves sports. He is also involved in cub scouts (I am Den mother). My 6 year-old daughter, Abigail, is in first grade. She competes as a member of a nationally ranked dance team. She loves art and draws all the time. She is an active member of Daisy Scouts. My husband runs his own moving and storage business. My favorite free-time activities are traveling, exercise classes, and cooking. As a family, we enjoy traveling and hiking.
Ideas / Tips: One of my favorite technology lessons is my Midwest Wax Museum PowerPoint project. While studying the Midwest region, my students create an exhibit of a famous person, alive or dead from the Midwest region. Then they create a PowerPoint presentation describing attributes of the famous person and facts from their birth state. Finally, the museum opens and each learner dresses their part. Buttons are placed on the floor and when you push the button, the wax figures come to life describing who they are and where they are from. This project is both motivating and enriching to my Midwest Region Unit. Tip: this project takes a lot of time on the computer. One to two hours of lab time a week for about six weeks. The students are taught how to use PowerPoint prior to this project.
Trading: Please share any of your favorite technology lessons with me. I am interested in focusing on creating some technology lessons that enrich test prep. In my state, I spend a lot of time on preparing my learners for the NJASK (our state test). It would be nice to learn about how other teachers have utilized technology to motivate students while preparing them for state tests. Please note I have only two computers in my classroom. I can sometimes use our computer lab that has 30 computers, a Smart Board, and two printers.
Welcome! Welcome to my technology trading blog. I open this blog up to all educators. Think of this blog as a recession buster. You can trade your great technology ideas for free.
Work: I have been teaching third grade for 12 years. I utilize technology in several capacities. I use it to plan my lessons, post grades, communicate homework assignments for parents (Genesis), to motivate my students, and enhance my classroom lessons.
Home: I live in New Jersey. I am a mom of two active children. My 8 year-old son Daniel is in third grade. He plays travel soccer and loves sports. He is also involved in cub scouts (I am Den mother). My 6 year-old daughter, Abigail, is in first grade. She competes as a member of a nationally ranked dance team. She loves art and draws all the time. She is an active member of Daisy Scouts. My husband runs his own moving and storage business. My favorite free-time activities are traveling, exercise classes, and cooking. As a family, we enjoy traveling and hiking.
Ideas / Tips: One of my favorite technology lessons is my Midwest Wax Museum PowerPoint project. While studying the Midwest region, my students create an exhibit of a famous person, alive or dead from the Midwest region. Then they create a PowerPoint presentation describing attributes of the famous person and facts from their birth state. Finally, the museum opens and each learner dresses their part. Buttons are placed on the floor and when you push the button, the wax figures come to life describing who they are and where they are from. This project is both motivating and enriching to my Midwest Region Unit. Tip: this project takes a lot of time on the computer. One to two hours of lab time a week for about six weeks. The students are taught how to use PowerPoint prior to this project.
Trading: Please share any of your favorite technology lessons with me. I am interested in focusing on creating some technology lessons that enrich test prep. In my state, I spend a lot of time on preparing my learners for the NJASK (our state test). It would be nice to learn about how other teachers have utilized technology to motivate students while preparing them for state tests. Please note I have only two computers in my classroom. I can sometimes use our computer lab that has 30 computers, a Smart Board, and two printers.
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