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Dr. Seuss in the Computer Lab Feb 25, 2012, 1 comment	366
Funny Education Cartoons Feb 19, 2013	112
Summer, please SLOW DOWN! Jul 12, 2012, 2 comments	85
100th Day Fun! Jan 11, 2013	80
A Bit of Humor & Inspiration Jun 14, 2012, 2 comments	71
March Goals Mar 1, 2013	64
Standardized Testing: Pros & Cons? Feb 27, 2013, 4 comments	63
Legit or Not? How can you tell? Mar 20, 2013	57
Ed Tech ABC's for Kids: E-I Jun 27, 2012	36
Are You Ready for Some Football??! Jan 28, 2013	36

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Blogs to Love! Mar 20, 2013, 1 comment	24
My Live Binders Oct 29, 2012	15
My Social Media Links Mar 20, 2013, 2 comments	11

Loving Lino!!

So, last week I decided to try an interactive site with my 1st graders. I was a bit worried as we had never used a site like this before at the 1st grade level, but I felt confident with my students' abilities, so we tried it out. 

The site is Lino. It's an interactive bulletin board where you can post sticky notes, pictures, etc. I set up a board for my 1st graders (very easy to do; no sign up is required), and posed the question, "What is your favorite website?". I decided to focus on a simple question this time because I was more interested in them focusing on the task of using an online, interactive tool. This site could definitely be used at multiple grade levels for endless topics!
Well, let me say that my 1st graders ROCK!! They blew me away by how well they did and how much fun they had! They were amazed at the fact that their friend could be sitting on the other side of the room, on a different computer, yet their friend's sticky note showed up on their own computer!! 

If you have never tried this site, I highly recommend it! It's so simple to use. The one drawback is that many times the sticky notes ended up on top of each other by mistake, but that was an easy fix. I simply just went back in as me, and I was able to easily unstack them. 
I took some screenshots of their answers and posted them below. I have disabled the page I set up for them so that only I can see it now. I did this for their privacy and so as to not have any more sticky notes added to it by outsiders. 

Enjoy the link to the site (click the logo below) and the screenshots of the students' answers! 

Screenshots: 

Legit or Not? How can you tell?

I know that one of the areas that is hard for me to explain to students, is how to tell if a website is legit or not. I know ways to tell, but it's hard for me to convey that message in a way that they will understand.

 

Luckily, after doing some searching and reading, I have found multiple resources to help me teach this skill. I am most likely going to teach this to my 3rd graders next week. It's a very valuable skill to learn and use, especially as students get older. They will be doing more and more research online so it will important that they are aware of how to find accurate and valid information.

 

Below are many links to ideas and resources for teaching this skill. However, if you have any other ideas or links that would also help, I would LOVE to hear them! Thanks!

 

Determining if a Website is Reputable

Rating Websites 

Websites: Which Ones Should you Trust?

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

ABC's of Website Evaluation

All About Explorers

 

 

 

 

 

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KC Tech Net Conference: Part 1

On February 28th, I attended the annual KC Tech Net Conference. This is the 2nd year in a row that I've attended, and just like last year I came with away with so much information and resources!! 

I am grateful to live in a city with so many talented, educational professionals who are so willing to share their knowledge and expertise with the rest of us. We had some wonderful presenters again this year, a few of which I had the privilege of also hearing speak last year. 

Today's post will include links to the presenters' pages and resources that were shared during their presentations. Their expertise in education and educational technology was astounding! 

I hope you will find something new through their sites as well! Stay Tuned for even more resources that I acquired from the conference! 

-Jenifer

John Kuglin: Keynote Speaker

Anibal Pacheco

Kyle Pace

Lisa Lund

KC TechNet Symbaloo

Other presentations from that day: 

QR Codes

Technology for ELL's

Hoppy Freebies!

Easter is this month. I personally do not like when Easter falls in March. Here in Missouri, we cannot guarantee warmer temperatures this time of year. Plus, it gives nothing to look forward to in April! Oh well.

Since Easter is approaching quickly, below are links to many Easter related freebies and online games. Enjoy!

 

 

Free Easter Board Game for Kids

Free Easter Math Worksheets

Egg Word Families

Egg Count

Egg Designer

Easter Tic-Tac-Toe

 

 

 

 

 

 

March Goals

I've decided to use this new month to make some changes and goals, both personally and professionally. This month is long, but brings promise. We have our Spring break coming up, my brother is getting married, and Spring itself starts! YAY!

The first goal/challenge I am aiming for, involves my PLN. I want it to grow! I love how big it is already, but I would love to expand it even further. Thank you to those of you who are already a part of my PLN. I enjoy learning from others and I enjoy sharing and teaching others even more.

Below I am adding links to many of my social media sites. I will list how many followers I have as of today and how many I hope to have for each site by March 31st. I hope you will help me out with my goal/challenge!

Click on the logos below to get to my sites.

Thank you to all of you who share in this PLN journey with me! You are appreciated!

 

Currently: 777 Followers

March Goal: 850

 

Currently: 212 Followers

March Goal: 235

Currently: 75 Followers

March Goal: 90

 

 

Currently: 37 Followers

March Goal: 45