Critical Attributes of Shared Reading
*everyone participates
*everyone has access to text
*teacher and students involved
*it's visual and auditory

Incorporating Technology in the Teaching of Shared Reading
*use a document viewer if there aren't enough copies of text
*projector connected to the internet to view articles, websites, and online text
*power point presentation
*digital story telling to introduce the book

Critical Attributes of a Read Aloud
*reading a book aloud that is too difficult for students

Technology in a Read Aloud
*use a digital story book trailer
*website on illustrations
*Google earth to research author

Shared Writing
*teachers and students work together
*together they come up with ideas
*teacher is the only one that writes

Technology of Shared Writing
*smart board
*document viewer where you write and they watch
*digital pics for ideas on what to write about

Interactive Writing
*student and teacher write something together

Tech
*Smart Board
*projector to introduce interactive writing
*write a story on the overhead

Guided Reading

*Students read with the assistance of the teacher

Tech
*power point
*digital story telling

Readers Workshop
*increase fluency and prosidy
*helps to understand the text

tech
*video their final performance
*video clips to show them actors performing

Week 2- Web Tools

I enjoyed class today because we learned about different web tools that can greatly assist us as future teachers. First I created a blog which would help me be able to post announcements for my students weekly. We also learned about the benefits of an RSS which could help a teacher filter information about current events you wish to teach students. Also, we learned about goodreads.com which enable teachers to communicate with one another about what books to read in the classroom.

What I learned from mine and other's virtual tours

My partner and I chose to create our virtual tour on the seven wonders of the world. We posted pictures up for each wonder and then displayed a description of the facts and the location of the site. Lastly, for our activity we put a web link to sites that enhance further understanding of the Seven Wonders. This could be used in the classroom to teach students the geographical locations and facts of the some of the worlds most important sights. I also had the opportunity to view two other virtual tours. One concerned the most famous volcanoes around the world and the other talked about the the California Gold Rush. It was awesome to see where everything was that I have heard so much about since I was just a child and I think they did a fabulous job! It is my belief that virtual tours can be used to teach just about any topic/unit in school. :)

Google Earth Reflection, Week 10/16

I am so excited to have learned more about Google Earth. I actually found out that I can find my own house if I just plug in my home address! You can seriously look up anywhere on the Earth you want to view on Google Earth. Now I have so many ideas as to what I could do to implement Google Earth into my future classroom. I think it would be awesome to do a unit on cultures and to focus on a different location every week. For instance, I chose a link that would help students understand Egypt better. Maybe on week two of this unit we would discuss parts of Europe and the different cultures within. There are endless possibilities!

3 Videos I Observed

The first video I watched was awesome:) They used clay to assist in illustrating "The ABC song" and they made up a rap to go with the pictures.  It was pretty cool.

The second video I watched was a book review of the book, "Lousy Catcher's Mitt" and they did a really good job with incorporating pictures from the internet to make their video more fun.  Also, each of them had an opportunity to put their voice on the video. They did a great job and I enjoyed it :) 

The third video I watched was a book trailer for the book, "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle". I loved the music they chose for the background of their film.  It was intense and it really kept my attention throughout the trailer.  They definitely made me want to read the book.

Steph's Week 6 Reflections

Through completing this digital story telling assignment I came up with several ideas that could be applicable to any classroom.  I was thinking it would be neat for a third grade class to read the book "BFG" and then instead of writing a paper or doing a book report, they could do a book trailer or create a brief film about the book which would help a teacher to assess if students really understood the main idea of the book.  Also, I think it would be fun to have students help make videos in class concerning weekly announcements and upcoming events.  There is so much you can do with digital movies!

Steph's reflection for 10/03/08

I learned that making movies isn't as hard as I thought it would be. We decided as a group that we would do a book trailer on the book "Where the Wild Things Are" and we came up with so many ideas right away. I thought of the song "Fear Not the Wild Things" by Kallai and I figured it would go perfectly with our book trailer. We also came up with some great pictures from the actual illustrations in the book and then Katie had a great idea. She suggested that we make three small trees out of the clay and three larger trees out of the clay and then take a picture of the small trees and then the three large trees to create the appearance of a forest growing in a place where the wild things are. I can't wait to be able to put our movie together and see how it turns out!

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