UR Instructional Tech Integration

I have created an example of a monthly newsletter issued by an Elementary School. This document was created in Pages.

Newsletter PDF

I have created a lesson plan about Phonemes for the first grade classroom. This lesson focuses on rhyming and counting syllables. This lesson involves audio by incorporating a reading of Horton Hears a Who . Audio Lesson Plan Here is the Horton audio clip that the students will listen to: Horton Final Cut [...]

I have created an introductory lesson about Ancient China for a second grade class. This lesson plan utilizes video, by including a video clip from Vimeo.

China With Video Lesson Plan

I have created a lesson plan for a third grade class about the Food Chain, which utilizes Power Point for the presentation aspect.

Lesson Plan Ideas for Presentation

And here is the presentation:

I have obviously heard tons about Twitter since it is always all over the media, and I follow celebrity gossip so I do hear a lot about what the celebs are tweeting. Until recently, I had not participated in Twitter, but have since signed up for an account. I have chosen to follow a few [...]

I have researched both OpenCourseWare and Second Life and have had the chance to learn more about both programs. OpenCourseWare is a system that allows anyone to take courses at certain universities online, for free. Basically, it allows anyone, anywhere, to go online and look at educational materials, take courses, and do assignments. MIT was [...]

My idea for this was to make a Wordle using the Shel Silverstein poem “Messy Room”. I would show students the Wordle and read the poem to the class. Then, I would ask students to analyze the Wordle by part of speech. I would ask them to explain which parts of speech the poem uses the [...]

After reading the articles posted, I find it easy to agree with both sides of the argument. However, if I were to pick a side, I would say that I do not see a problem with incorporating 21st century skills into the classroom. Though I do not agree that these skills should be created by [...]

I found a video on YouTube that I liked, it is about recycling. I thought it was a good video because it shows the process of how aluminum cans are processed and recycled, which is something I would not be able to show myself in the classroom. I would use this during a lesson about [...]

I found the following photo that I would use in class: My idea is to use this as a creative writing exercise for upper-level Elementary students, possibly 4th or 5th grade. I would display the image and ask students to write down as many adjectives as they can within a certain time frame. Then, I would [...]

While checking out Slideshare I found lots of interesting presentations, especially in the “design” category. However, I would like to share this one with you, as an example of a good presentation. There are several good presentation qualities I found with this one: 1.  The slide show is mostly images, and does not make sense without actually hearing [...]

Below you will find some RSS feeds I subsribe to, both professional and for fun. Enjoy! Professional: Richmond Times Dispatch : Local news, good way to keep up with what is going on in Education in Richmond. About.com Guide to Elementary Education: I really like this site because it has a lot of topics and suggestions written by actual…[Read more]

I have watched videos and looked at the websites regarding presentation design and have found some important factors that make for a successful and hopefully entertaining presentation: Use lots of photos. The use of photos, particularly strange or interesting ones, can really engage an audience and get them thinking. A great photo can be a good…[Read more]