New York City

Here is my petchu kutch for this semester. And my google presentation

My petcha Kutcha

here is my petcha kutcha
here is the link to my google presentation




http://voicethread.com/share/1103305/

My Screencast

I did my screencast over twitter!

My Integrated Unit Plan

I finished my integrated unit plan and I think it turned out really well. I never had to do anything like this in school so I thought it would be fun and interesting.

My Wiki Site

I finally finished my wiki site. This was really challenging for me so I am glad to finally have it finished.

2nd Life: Good or Bad for learning?

When I think of 2nd life I think about how people can go on there and create a character and move it around a map sort of like the game the sims. I think that using 2nd life could be a fun way to teach about geography and other social studies kind of topics. I understand it would take a while for everyone to create their character and to learn how to use it but I think in the long run it has a lot of positive effects that can be used in the classroom. I think it would be good to do at the beginning of the year so that everyone can get to know each other in a new way that involves technology. I also think that it would be important to use technology in the classroom for fun and informative ways. I think that after everyone got used to using it, it would be fun to have kind of a geography scavenger hunt on it and have then use a map and directions to find points of interest.

Sam's Edutopia Youth Portrait

First of all, I really liked that Sam taught herself how to do all the technology things she showed. I think it would be really hard to teach yourself to do that so that fact that she did is awesome. For me technology is something that I find really interesting but I don't know how to do a lot of things with what there is out there. I think that people who can bring technology into their everyday lives are awesome because they can do so many cool things with the technology they know about.

Storm, Storms and More Storms

Wiki Site Progress

Here is what my wikisite looks like so far. I just have the Integrated Unit Plan left to figure out.

http://sites.google.com/site/sarahswikisite/

Parallel Play

I really liked this video because I think collaboration is hugely important in the classroom. This is a way that we as teachers can know if what we are teaching is getting through to our students by having them show what they know how to do. Overall a very informative and interesting video.

K-12 blogging

Here is the link to the classroom blog I have become blogging buddies with. They were reading To Kill A Mockingbird in their class and this student talked about her small town compared to the small town in theo book.

Google Survey Blog

I thought this was a fun way for everyone to get to know each other better. It was interesting and very easy to do. I have posted the link to my survey so people can answer the questions.



http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGJsLXRXbnl3RkFpX3RnWnhTTEJBbmc6MA

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Week 9 K-12 blog comments

http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=297155&newlimit=50

Here is the class that I have been blogging with this semester

Wizard of Apps

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Wizard of Apps

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The Wizard of Apps

I deleted my post about this video because I realized I was very hard on it and didn't really take it for what it was worth. I am sorry if anyone was offended by my comments but I was just saying what I thought. I will watch the video again and see if I can get more out of it

My Story about a storm in 5 pics

Digiteen Project 2007

Digital Citizenship Education...it sounds kind of boring at first when you hear it but it is a very beneficial part of education. Driving while you text is something that almost everyone does. I know I do and I know most of my friends do it. I have tried to cut back on doing it because I know it is unsafe. I think this would be a very beneficial video for students to watch, especially older one because they are the ones who are probably doing it the most. But it could also be used as a prevention tool by schools. I mean schools teach about drunk driving and doing drugs so this would be a good topic for students to start being taught about. I really like the video about students being aware of what they put on the internet. Students need to be aware that everything they put up on the internet can be seen by anyone at any time. Most students are probably unaware of this. I know I was unaware until very recently. I think these Digiteen videos would good tools for teachers to use in their classrooms. I have uploaded this video for everyone to watch.