Technology Project Plan

For my project I will be doing a reading/writing project for fourth graders in relation to different genres of books. They will select a genre research it and figure out the elements of that genre, then read two books that fit their genre write down the element from their book that makes it that genres, and once this is checked off, create their own short story that fits their genre using storybird or possibly pic-lit (I need to look into this one more).
Learning Targets:
The student will be able to explain and recognize the characteristics that make up different genres.
The student will write their own short story using the characteristics of the genre they selected.

Writing:

EALR:	2. The student writes in a variety of forms for different audiences and purposes.
Component:	2.3. Writes in a variety of forms/genres.
Grade Level Expectation:	2.3.1. Uses a variety of forms/genres.

Reading:

	EALR:  3. The student reads different materials for a variety of purposes Component 3.4 Read for literacy experience in a variety of genre Grade Level Expectation:   3.4.2. Understand contemporary and traditional literature written in a variety of genres.

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Week 9

Reading Bob Sprankle's article Caught on Video really opened my eyes to how many different ways a video camera could be used in the classroom. I had never thought about so many of those uses. I really like the idea he had of recording students explaining how they solved a problem at the beginning of the unit and at the end so they can see not only their change in progress, but also their change in thought process. I also liked the idea of recording class so students who miss are able to watch it and keep up. I know this is used at the college level, but I have never really seen it at the elementary through high school level and think it could be very valuable.

Flipsnack

Week 8

Twitter may not seem like it would be a very useful tool for educators, but it can be used in many ways by teachers and within the classroom. Teachers can use it to share ideas and ask questions of each other. One tweet I saw was a teacher asking how can Skype be used in the classroom? This is just one example of many of how teachers can pose questions to each other and share their ideas on how to use technology or other things in the classroom. Twitter can connect hundred of thousands of teachers from all over the world.

Reflection 6

My friend has a kindle and I was thinking about how amazing it is that there are thousands of books available on a small lightweight tablet. I personally like the feel of  a real book in my hand, but I was thinking about how good it would be for traveling and space saving as well as having a huge library at the touch of your hand.

Reflection 5

This weekend we traveled to Idaho and Oregon for volleyball so we spent many hours driving in a van. While in the van I was able to write a whole paper and was thinking about how just a few years ago that would not have been possible. It is neat how portable technology has become and how that can allow students and others to make efficient use of their time.

Reflection 4

One of my professors was talking the other day about an article he read on the term "I don't know" and how it will most likely disappear from our vocabulary because of all the access we have to knowledge through the internet on computers, phones, ipods, etc. Now instead of saying "I don't know" when a question is asked, often we say, "hold on let me look it up". I realized how true this is and thought it was very interesting to think about.

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Week 7

I looked at Mrs. Abernathy's classroom blog, and thought the videos they made for Pi Day were neat. She had groups of her students make a videos on Animoto, Glogster, and other websites about the number Pi and Pi day. I thought it was a clever way to use technology to make math more fun and the blog was a good way to show all their videos. They were able to learn about math and using different video making programs.

Animoto Video

Make your own slide show at Animoto.