Mrs.Reed's Class Blog: 2012

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Twitter Experience

What did you learn from using Twitter? Think about the content that you gained from
those you followed as well as what you learned about Twitter itself.

I learned a lot from Twitter. I think the most important thing that I gained from Twitter was the #edchat. I am so excited to grow as a professional and join more of them. After joining just 1 #edchat I already grew my PLN and learned so many important things about professional developments. I love Richard Byrne's blog. I will continue to get updates on it so it is great to know I now have all those resources out there to check and use daily.

Who was the most interesting person or persons that you followed? Why? Be specific
and provide examples.
I think someone else that it is very important that I follow now is Jerry Blumengarten. He is an educator and writer and really had a lot of good points during the #edchat. And not also that he personally sent me the information to his blog which I would have never known that it if he had not. On his blog he has other chats that take place which I can't wait to take part of. There is a chat that is just specific to 3rd grade teachers which is awesome! He also has printables and links to many other sites and blogs! I think once I have a chance to truly explore a little more my PLN is going to grow even more.

Do you think you’ll continue to use Twitter personally, professionally and/or both
after this assignment is complete? Why or why not?
I KNOW that I will continue to use Twitter both professionally and personally. I do still like to follow the "celebrities" just because it is fun. But I now have all of these resources and people available and many more chats that I can join on a regular basis. Not only is Twitter fun, but it is true when you share your ideas people are more likely to share them with you. Can't wait to explore more! :)

Ecosystem Curriculum Video

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Free Technology for Teachers Blog Ideas

I am now following Richard Byrne on Twitter and also following his blog. I was looking through his blog and found so many great resources.
One that I am going to start using tomorrow is the 3 websites that he has found for online story reading. The students in my classroom already love listen to reading but having more choices would be even more great; because I know that they do get tired of BookFlix.

I am going to add the links to this blog so that my students can come to our blog and get to the websites quickly and easily. What a great resource! And they are all free! :)
http://meegenius.com/store/books/free/
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm
http://www.magickeys.com/books/

Monday, March 26, 2012

Voice Thread from Multimedia Authoring

Sunday, March 25, 2012

HERE IS MY VERY FIRST SCREENR for my students on how to take pictures from the internet and put them into a word document. My students will be finding their own pictures for their non-fiction writing project so this is a great way to show them how to do it! :)