I mentioned before that we would be getting a smartboard for our room, but I neglected to mention that we are ALSO getting Ipod touches! I'm already feeling behind the times, because I'm feeling a little overwhelmed at all of the capabilities of these two technologies. I'm glad to be getting training so I can actually use all this great stuff! I am also thinking about having a classroom blog. Our tech partner thought it would be easier and more effective and appropriate than a wiki for what we wanted to do. I keep using "we" because my specialist co-worker and Resident Teacher all work closely together in projects. Being honest, they have all the good ideas and I just go along with them! I'm also going to be keeping a grade in my tutorial starting the second semester (Tuesday!). I'm thinking this will help with classroom management and reduce the amount of times I'm asked, "Why are we doing this?" and "Is this even for a grade??"
Another COOL piece of technology in my classroom is the new book I'm reading aloud to my kiddos. Book, you ask puzzled what that has to do with technology. WELL, this particular book combines reading with watching movies! It's great! Have you heard of Skeleton Creek? It's a "journal" by character Ryan. He writes everything down while his bf Sarah takes different videos to go along with the story. Every so often there will be a password. You go to a website (sarahfincher.com) or iTunes to watch the videos and then Ryan continues on with the story in the book. This first book was super spooky at parts but also left off with a MAJOR cliffhanger! I'm hoping it's enough to spark my boys to read the second one ON THEIR OWN! Novel idea, right? A teacher can only hope...
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