UR Instructional Tech Integration

This article came across my twitter.  It’s an interesting article about how one non-profit, Room to Read, is reaching its goals with technology.

This article came across my Reader today and loved the visualization…just thought I’d share:

Budget Plannerfrom Mint.com

This is just a little note expressing how useful the various Google features have been for me in both my personal and professional life. I have been using many of them since we learned about them in class and thought I would do just a little spotlight on how they’ve helped me. Docs: truly a lifesaver [...]

I created this lesson teach homophones to “my” third grade class.

Homophone Lesson Plan

Here’s the accompanying presentation:
Homophones

I have researched and explored OpenCourseware (OCW), particularly the MIT site but also the Yale site, and SecondLife. OpenCourseware is something that would be really helpful to me as a teacher, however, I’m not sure how directly helpful it would be for my students. It’s a great way for me to build my background knowledge [...]

Since our last class, I have been following several people with education related focuses on twitter. I had a twitter account set up about a month ago (for work purposes) so there are a couple people that I have been following longer. Here’s who I’ve been following: CollegiateRVA ScienceMusofVA urichmond WorldEd preschoolers DEN NytEducation…[Read more]

According to VA SOL 2.6: The student will investigate and understand basic types, changes, and patterns of weather. Key concepts include: a) temperature, wind, precipitation, drought, flood, and storms; and b) the uses and importance of measuring and recording weather data. So…I decided that a fun way for my 2nd graders to do this would be [...]

So…I’ve thought a lot about a way that I would use video editing/creation in a meaningful way in my class.  I hope to either teach early elementary or work as a reading specialist.  I very much welcome feedback and ideas on how to incorporate video editing into my class so that I’m not just doing [...]

I found this ad on adsoftheworld.com.  I thought it would be really great to use in my early elementary class (maybe 2nd grade) for a comparing perspectives exercise.  We would either re-read Little Red Riding Hood, paying attention to the pictures, or just do a picture walk through and have them tell me the story as [...]

A draft of my class Newsletter which can also be seen below:
Draft Newsletter

Embedded is a great presentation on the importance of reading. Kids Need Reading Stamina What I like about this presentation is: It’s simple but engaging and gets to the point It’s visually appealing not just visually flashy The pictures relate to the audience (college education students) in a meaningful way The font is consistent and bold…[Read more]

I have subscribed to a number of RSS feeds which I’ve been reading in Google Reader. Professional: 1. College Nannies 2. College Tutors I currently work for College Nannies & Tutors.  There seems to not be much coming through the RSS feed from their sites though. 3. Weekly Reader ideas for promoting a love of reading 3. PBS Teachers for [...]