Activity 7: Cloud Computing

Google Drive is great for sharing with your team members.  I chose to update our End of Year ABCs for May of 2014.  I changed the dates to match the new calendar, and I added our field trip to the Minnesota Zoo.  As a team we need to know to come up with a new activity for Q Day.  Google Docs is a great way for all of us to view and come up with corrections or suggestions for other activities.

Here is the link: End of Year ABCs

Activity 6: Quizlet

Quizlet was really easy to use.  I liked that I could use images for one side of the card.  When I finished my set.  I noticed that there was a speaker so the card could be read to the student which will be perfect for first graders!

Activity 6: Tagzedo

Tagzedo was really easy to make.  The first graders could have a lot of fun doing this during the second half of the year.  I could see using this for holidays (Mother's Day and Father's Day) and for end of unit assessments.

Activity 3: Digital Story Telling

I had fun making this pop up book.  I did not like the available clip art, but it was really easy to upload clip art from Google images.  This is a fun way to introduce a topic.  I feel first graders would think the pop up book was fun to look at and read.

Activity 2 Presentation

I felt that Prezi was fairly simple to use, but I am sure that I did not even start to use the many options that must be available.  I feet that this is not a tool I would use much as a first grade teacher.  I really like using Smart Notebook and know the tools really well.  I feel Prezi would be too difficult for first graders to navigate to make a presentation themselves.

Blog Reflection

I feel that a blog may be a good way to communicate with parents.  I especially like the translate option for parents.  This could really help make sure all parents feel included.  I do worry about trying to keep up to many forms of communication: communication sheet, web page and a blog.

I think students would find it fun, and it would be a good review, to be able to go to my blog to watch a video from class. 

Addition Focus

During the 2012-2013 school year, the first grade team at BelAir focused on basic addition fact knowledge.  This video was a favorite of my first graders!