I made a screencast using Screenr this week. So excited to use it with my second graders. I made it to help them email our Trucker Buddies. We send them letters but our technology goal is to learn to email this year. This screencast will allow me to give directions on the Smartboard and be moving around my room to help students at the same time. We can even rewind to hear it again! Can't wait to try out some other lessons.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Copy of Landmarks for 2nd grade
Check out my Animoto for my class. =)
Copy of Landmarks for 2nd grade
I created this movie to use in my second grade classroom for social studies. During October we learn about our national and local landmarks. I take my class to visit the local ones. We take a day and spend time learning more about the special places in our area. This movie will be the perfect way to start the lesson. I'm excited to WOW my kiddos and hear their oooohs and aaaahs. This was a fun project. If you haven't tried making an Animoto you have to check out this site. Go to animoto.com/education so you can get an upgrade to make longer movies. I'm excited about making more to use in the classroom. It will be a fun way to introduce new units of learning!
Copy of Landmarks for 2nd grade
I created this movie to use in my second grade classroom for social studies. During October we learn about our national and local landmarks. I take my class to visit the local ones. We take a day and spend time learning more about the special places in our area. This movie will be the perfect way to start the lesson. I'm excited to WOW my kiddos and hear their oooohs and aaaahs. This was a fun project. If you haven't tried making an Animoto you have to check out this site. Go to animoto.com/education so you can get an upgrade to make longer movies. I'm excited about making more to use in the classroom. It will be a fun way to introduce new units of learning!
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Week 1 Intro
My names Angi Williams and I teach elementary grades 1-2. This year I looped with my class from last year and am teaching second grade. I am also a mother of 4 busy kiddos from second grade to junior in HS. Our family is pictured standing over the Gorge in New Mexico. I graduated from Kansas State University, home of the WILDCATS! I am finishing my Master's degree this spring!
My experience with technology depends on the day. =) Some days I feel like I am pretty comfortable and can try to fix a lot on my own or figure out what I am doing. I help most of my staff with tech issues with our computers, projectors, Smartboards, etc. But today I have been frustrated with installing a new webcam and trying to figure out why I can't get the practice video to work! Ughhhh! My school district uses PC but they just pucrhase iPads for all the HS students and hopefully that will eventually trickle down to us in the elementary. All the teachers got an iPad to use in their classroom. I'm excited to find new things to do with mine on my Smartboard and with my little kiddos. We are currently updating our school computers to Windows 7. At home my desktop is running Vista but my laptop is Windows 7. We are currently having issues with our wireless at home so I am stuck on the desktop.
Why am I working on my Master's? I had thought about it for a long time, but never thought I could afford to go back and complete it. Then one of my friends at school told me about Peru's online program. Our district pays up to a certain amount for college courses and Peru comes in under their cap. So, I could get my Master's online with friends AND my school district would pay for my college hours! I was sold. I have to be honest and say I was most excited about the pay raise I would be getting when I finished. But the new knowledge I have and the skills I have improved are very powerful as well. I have enjoyed all of my classes and have found ways to use it in my classroom or during our professional development.
My experience with technology depends on the day. =) Some days I feel like I am pretty comfortable and can try to fix a lot on my own or figure out what I am doing. I help most of my staff with tech issues with our computers, projectors, Smartboards, etc. But today I have been frustrated with installing a new webcam and trying to figure out why I can't get the practice video to work! Ughhhh! My school district uses PC but they just pucrhase iPads for all the HS students and hopefully that will eventually trickle down to us in the elementary. All the teachers got an iPad to use in their classroom. I'm excited to find new things to do with mine on my Smartboard and with my little kiddos. We are currently updating our school computers to Windows 7. At home my desktop is running Vista but my laptop is Windows 7. We are currently having issues with our wireless at home so I am stuck on the desktop.
Why am I working on my Master's? I had thought about it for a long time, but never thought I could afford to go back and complete it. Then one of my friends at school told me about Peru's online program. Our district pays up to a certain amount for college courses and Peru comes in under their cap. So, I could get my Master's online with friends AND my school district would pay for my college hours! I was sold. I have to be honest and say I was most excited about the pay raise I would be getting when I finished. But the new knowledge I have and the skills I have improved are very powerful as well. I have enjoyed all of my classes and have found ways to use it in my classroom or during our professional development.
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