Salem City Schools – Page 20 – Teaching with Technology

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End of the Year Ideas!

Posted on May 31, 2007 by Tina Coffey

As the end of the school year draws near, here are some fun technology resources that you might want to use…

Resources:

(Make sure you try out the websites out on your computer first…and that you sign up ahead of time for an account!)

Voice Thread — you can check out a headset/mic from the library and set this up as a station on a classroom computer!
Picture Slide Shows with BubbleShare
Photostory or Movie Maker
Podcasting (let me know if you need me to record)
Slide Show or Podcast for the Book Review Blog (East, GWC)
Max Show

Ideas for using the resources:

advice for next year’s group.
what we’ve learned
memories
look back at the year in pictures
summer reading suggestions or “the best book I’ve read this year”

Post projects on your web page (or I will put them on the school page), post links on schoolnotes, or save them to show next years’ kids as an introduction to your class.

Links, Salem City Schools, Tech Tools, Web 2.0

Want to learn a little about Web 2.0 things or ideas for using technology in your classroom? You might want to check out the social networking group on Ning for educators interested in using Web 2.0. It’s called Classroom 2.0. There’s some great discussions, pictures, videos, and blog posts and it’s also a great place to try out social networking for the first time.

Projects, Salem City Schools

SOLs with Technology Update

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Tina Coffey

I just finished uploading Mrs. Kier’s and Mrs. Stanley’s Essential Knowledge cards for third grade science! They turned out very nice!

Mrs. Nave’s Podcast is up! I love the accents!
Famous People

I love way that these projects use technology to review for the SOL tests, but they go way beyond just memorizing facts!

Food for Thought, Salem City Schools, Web 2.0

Shift Happens

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Tina Coffey

This is interesting….a remake of Karl Fisch’s famous slide show by Jeff Brenman. He won SlideShare’s World’s Best Presentation Contest.

Karl Fisch gave Jeff permission to remake the slide show for the contest…the final product is awesome. That just shows what collaboration and sharing can produce…what a great example to set, Karl, and way to go Jeff!

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Getting Ready for SOLs with Technology

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Tina Coffey

Just wanted to share a few finished projects (and a few in the making) to help students review for SOL Tests.

Mrs. Barnett’s Class made a Social Studies SOL Trivia podcast for their 3rd grade penpals (Mrs. Hughe’s Class) at G.W. Carver. You can listen to the version without Penpal names here. Maybe your students could use it for review!

Mrs. Hughes’ Class is currently working on slide shows to review SOL places. I’ve posted an example below. Hopefully they will be sharing their slide shows with their penpals soon!

Mrs. Nave’s Class has recorded a podcast reviewing SOL Famous People in History and it’s just about up.

Mrs. Crotts Class is in the process of recording a podcast on Virginia History. She also plans on reviewing for the test using the Quizdom PRS. We’ll post pictures soon!

Mrs. Stanley and Mrs. Kier’s classes have been working hard on review cards for SOL test using Kidspiration. They’ve created picture representations of the concepts they need to know for the test!

As SOL tests draw near, it’s great to see technology being used for SOL review…especially in creative ways! Have I missed someone? Please add a comment and let me know! I know there are lots of others out there using technology different ways, and we can all learn from each other’s ideas!