Social Bookmarks

http://www.wordle.net/gallery?username=staciterrell
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4188109/social_bookmarks

http://delicious.com/staciterrell
Social bookmarks is a new concept to me, but I really enjoyed learning about it.

Goodle Reader

At the beginning of my class I subscribed to the 7 educational blogs as follows:
a. CoolCatTeacher Blog-- http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/

b. Will Richardson-- http://willrichardson.com/

c. Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day-- http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/

d. Free Technology for Teachers-- http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

e. A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/

f. Elementary Education Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies for Elementary School Teachers
http://k6educators.about.com/

g. Edcation Week American Education News Site of Record
http://edweek.org

My favorite blog post was 77 Educational Games and Games Buildershttp://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/09/77-educational-games-and-game-builders.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29&utm_content=Google+Reader . It was from Free Technology for Teachers. The blog was a list and description of 77 games that have been mentioned in the blog post for the last four years. I liked this post because I feel as an educator we spend valuable time searching for good technology for our students, and this provided a large list in one place.

Digital Citizenship

Having a good digital citizenship reputation is just as important as a regular reputation because it represents the person you are. In the technological world we live in today it has as much value as a regular reputation. It is a representation of who you are.

Week 4 Thinkport

After reviewing http://www.thinkport.org/Tools/Search/Default.aspx?Keywords=simulations and investigating some of the simulations, I found that it could be very useful in the classroom. It is yet another way to use technology in the classroom and make learning more fun. I looked at a Lemonade Stand simulation that would be great to teach the kids real world math. In addition, I review a Tangram game simulation that would be great to use as an extention to teaching tangrams, because it is hard to understand unless it is taught in an interactive way.

Software reviews

After looking over each of the websites I decided that I would probably use www.educationworld.com when considering software for my students. I also like www.superkids.com, which looked to contain the largest number of titles. Education world seemed to be the most recently updated since they provide a weekly newsletter. I did not see that any of the sites included revews submitted by site visitors.

Web 2.0

This week I have been working with Glogster, Animoto, and classtools.net. I loved classtools.net. I feel that students would love the idea of playing games to learn. Animoto was my next favorite. I found it easy to use and could provide information in a new and interesting way. Glogster was my least favorite. However, it could be because it was the first time I had used it.

Concept Map Organ Systems

Game from classtools.net

http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_0/rbFmE.htm

Glogster Organ Systems

http://staciterrell.edu.glogster.com/organ-systems-of-human-body/

Animoto Organ Systems

Organ Systems of Human Body

Game from classtools.net

http://classtools.net/widgets/fruit_machine_2/o5kWF.htm
Sit a student with their back to the screen.  When a word appears, their partner has 30 seconds to get them to guess the word.  Teams get points based on seconds left.

Teacher Tube

Do you think watching the 50 states and capitals is a good way to review?

TeacherTube Videos - 50 States and Capitals (cartoon song)

TeacherTube Videos - 50 States and Capitals (cartoon song)

TeacherTube

Introduction

Hi!  My name is Staci Terrell.  I am an Elementary Education teacher working towards a master's degree in library media.