Foto Flexer

I used Foto Flexer to edit a picture of a tornado.

Foto Flexer was fun and easy to use. I am interested to try out some more things on this website.

Education Podcast Network

I looked at some of the podcasts on the Education Podcast Network. It was interesting to see how many podcasts are out there! I really enjoyed the podcasts that were of children reading. I think my students would really enjoy hearing themselves on the computer.

Podcasting

I found a great podcast about the story, Where the Wild Things Are. This podcast had students reading the story to practice fluency. As the story was being read, pictures the students had drawn were being shown.

I think using podcasts in my classroom would be fun. I like the idea of having the students read a story and then listen to it. This would help them with fluency and I am sure the kids would love it too! I also think this would be a great tool to use during Science and Social Studies lessons.

I am just starting to explore all of the different podcasts. I am excited to see what else is out there!

Where the Wild Things Are

Social Bookmarking

I found this site very easy to use. I am sure I will continue to search for other websites to add to my bookmarks. I could use this in my class by searching for websites that would relate to a topic I will be teaching. It is convenient to have many websites all in one place. This will make using websites or information from websites for lesson planning much easier and less time consuming.

Here is a link to my delicious site.

http://delicious.com/ncordeiro

Document Sharing

I found learning about Document Sharing very interesting. I liked watching the video that we saw in class because it explained what document sharing is in very simple terms. Document Sharing definitely seems like an easier and more efficient way to work with multiple people on the same document. I wish I knew about Document Sharing when I was in graduate school! It would have made group projects much easier!

A way I could use Document Sharing in my classroom could be during a unit I will be teaching about weather. The children could each write a fact they have learned about weather on the same document. After each student added their weather fact we would have one document with many shared facts about the weather. This could be done at the end of the weather unit and it could be a valuable tool for me to see what the students remembered from the weather unit that was taught.

Also, I like the idea of using Document Sharing to write a story. I think the children would have a fun time adding to it. I am sure my students would love creating a story together and would love to hear it after everyone had contributed their idea to the document.

Photostory: Organisms