Technology inthe

Elementary Classroom

Tom DaccordJustin Reich

Saturday, November 20, 2010

• keep parents abreast of happenings in the classroom

• present student work

• Suzy Brooks blog: http://blogs.falmouth.k12.ma.us/simplysuzy/

• Mrs. Yollis’s Classroom blog: http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com/

• Mr Wright’s 3rd Grade Class: http://www.mrwrightsclass.com/

Blogging in the elementary classroom

Saturday, November 20, 2010

• community building & student projects

• Mr. Lindsay 4th Grade: http://community.saugususd.org/dlindsay/page/

• Meadow Hall Elementary School: http://meadowhalles.wikispaces.com/

• Terry the Tennis Ball: http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/

Wikis in the Elementary Classroom

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Activities

Saturday, November 20, 2010

• Make Belief Comics create a comic strip in English, French, German, Spanish, & other languages.

• Storybird, a tool for writing digital stories

• PBSkids Word Play Games

• PBSkids Math Games

• Spelling Connections has numerous exercises in spelling & proofreading

• Spelling City allows teachers to set up spelling tests for their classes

Activities

Saturday, November 20, 2010

• Traveler IQ Challenge http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq

• Wordle

• Imagination Cubed: drawing

• Roy the Singing Zebra

• Poisson Rouge

More. . .

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Resources

• PBS Kids

• Starfall - motivate kids with phonics

• Everyday Math Activities - organized by grade level

• NLVM Math - organized by grade level

• Read, Write, Think - language arts

• K-2 resources list

• Kidyo - best of Web for kids

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Digital Storytelling +

• VoiceThread - digital storytelling

• Voki.com and Blabberize.com -- create avatars with your voice

• Animito.com/education -- create pro-looking multimedia presentations

• Capzles - interactive timelines

• Glogster - interactive posters

• Sweet Search - search engine for

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Insert text, shapes, images, ad from your computer or the Web.

Chat with others while editing your drawing

Lay out drawings with alignment

guides, snap to grid, and auto distribution.

Insert drawings into other Google documents, spreadsheets, or

presentations

Google Docs Drawings

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Tom Daccord & Justin Reich

Twitter@thomasdaccord

Co-Directors of EdTechTeacher, Inc.tom@edtechteacher.org

Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology (M.E. Sharpe Press)

Saturday, November 20, 2010