Thinglink - Living and Nonliving things

Standard Addressed:
3rd Grade Science
Students will classify living and nonliving things in an environment

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 7
Use telecommunications and on-line resources (e.g., email, online discussions, web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom

I used this tool because it is a fun interactive way for children to learn about living and nonliving things, and it was easy to just upload the image I wanted and add little tags to parts of the picture I wanted to highlight.

Living and Nonliving things Thinglink - Link Here

Tiki Toki - Colonization of North America

Standard Addressed:
5th Grade Social Studies
Students will understand how the exploration and colonization of North America transformed human history.

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 5
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom

I used this tool because it is an effective way of showing events in history, without being TOO boring. It is a really fun way for students to see events on a time line, they can zoom back and forth between events if they choose, I think that would be more exciting for kids then just a print out.

Colonization of North America Tiki Toki - Link Here

Pinterest - Elementary School Teaching

No Standard Addressed.

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 5
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom

I used Pinterest to organize some fun teaching ideas that I can go back and utilize whenever I need or want to! Not only is it helpful for me, but it also a way to share ideas with others!


Elementary School Teaching Pinterest - Link Here

Mind Map - Nutrient Groups

Standard Addressed:
3rd Grade Health Education
Identify nutrient groups and the key functions of each

Educational Technology Standard Addressed;
Standard 7
Use telecommunications and on-line resources (e.g., email, online discussions, web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

I used this tool because it was a way of mapping out all the different groups and showing the examples and key functions in each section on the map.

Mind Map - Nutrient Groups - Link Here

NearPod - Geometry

Standard Addressed: Draw/ Recognize points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), perpendicular and parallel lines.

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 7
Use telecommunications and on-line resources (e.g., email, online discussions, web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

I used this tool because it allows you to present information in slides and then insert a quiz! Also, I discovered it also gives you the option to let your students draw. That was helpful in teaching them to draw the lines, line segments, rays, angles, perpendicular and parallel lines.

To review this presentation at your own pace, input this PIN: EWOSN on the Student Box or open this link.

Storybird - Stress!

Standard Addressed:
4th Grade Health
Explore positive options for managing stress. Define stress, identify behaviors or situations that may cause conflict or stress.

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 7
Use telecommunications and on-line resources (e.g., email, online discussions, web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

I used this tool because it can help kids approach a stressful subject calmly and make things learning about stress more fun and applicable. Also, this tool can be useful for helping kids get creative writing skills, if I choose to have them utilize this tool on their own.

Prezi - Elements and Principles of Art

Standard Addressed:
3rd Grade Visual Arts
Students will analyze and reflect on works of art by their elements and principles.
a) Determine how artists create a dominance in their works e.g. size repetition, and contrast.
b) Examine significant works of art and point out how artists have created an illusion or feeling of depth

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 7
Use telecommunications and on-line resources (e.g., email, online discussions, web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

I used this tool because it makes presentations more fun, and art is something I want students to find fun and exciting. It gives presentations a little more interactive, which is very important in the classroom.

Art - Elements and Principles - Link Here

Newsletter - March Newsletter

There was no Standard Addressed for this tool.

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 7
Use telecommunications and on-line resources (e.g., email, online discussions, web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

I choose this tool because it helps the students have access to organized information each month. They will have an expectation for what's coming in the month and the students, and the parents, can rely on a newsletter to keep them informed about what's going on in the classroom.

March Newsletter - Link Here

Flyer - Book Fair 2015

Standard Addressed:
3rd Grade Library Media
Students identify, evaluate, and select potential information resources available in or through the school library media center.

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 6
Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests.

I used this tool because it is an easy and organized way to present the information the students need. It's not a complicated tool, so students can get the information they need quickly and easily.
Book Fair Flyer - Link Here

Glogster - Albert Einstein

Standard Addressed:
5th Grade Library Media.
Students organize, synthesize and present information.

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 6
Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests.

I used this tool because I think it would be a fun way for students to present information to the class. Not only would it be fun for the student presenting, but it would be fun for the rest of the class because is a very creative program that helps the students present information in a colorful and interactive way.

Albert Einstein Glogster - Link Here

Google Doc - Because of Winn Dixie

Standard Addressed:
3rd Grade Reading.
Ask and Answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text referring explicitly to the text as a basis for the answers.

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 6
Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests.

I chose this tool because it's helpful in putting together a response paper. Although, It can be used for many different types of projects. It is something that would be good to introduce to the students because this is a tool they will probably be using later in school.
Because of Winn Dixie Google Doc - Link Here

Brochure - What makes a good family

Standard Addressed:

2nd Grade Social Studies.
What makes a good family -Students will recognize and describe how people are different.

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 6
Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests.

I used this tool because it is a fun way of giving information to kids involving visual elements as well to keep them more invested.
What Makes a Good Family Brochure - Link Here

Google Form

Standard Addressed:
4th Grade Mathematics.

Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.

Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 7
Use telecommunications and on-line resources (e.g., email, online discussions, web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

I used this tool because it is a fun way of creating a quiz so the students can exercise their knowledge. It may help some students do better at taking quizzes, I know that seeing a quiz or test on a computer screen can be helpful for certain students. This would be a good way of experimenting to find those students that quiz better online.

Animoto

Standard Addressed:

3rd Grade Mathematics. 

Develop Understanding of fractions as numbers.

a. Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.
b. Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6= 2/3. Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.

Solve Problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects

c. Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.

Educational Technology Standard Addressed:
Standard 7
Use telecommunications and on-line resources (e.g., email, online discussions, web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

This a good tool for a quick topic introduction, or a fun way of quizzing students. It's brief, so the students don't get bored. It can just be a quick, fun way of doing certain things. Because it's a brief type of tool, it is something that could be introduced easily for the kids to use for their projects as well!