Blog Topic for 1/28/09

What was most interesting, most useful about tonight's information and what do you want to explore further?

There was so much that I have learned about tonight.  I am so excited about the possibilities to use technology with my young students.  I am so excited to use podcasts as a way to document data collection on behaviors and have parent resources out there more accessible to families.

I would like to have as many resources as possible for podcasts, AT needs, and collaboration via technology.

notes from class 1/29/09

urls: storynory.com (early child, CAST.org,  teachertube,  smartboard (interactive whiteboard), WII mo use the WII's remote to make a smartboard.  cloud computing is posting (like facebook) or blogging.

digital native(under 25) a part of their being, digital alien(those that refuse to learn), digital immigrant( over 25) still has to keep learning about the computer and technology: Mark Crenske coined the phrases above.  John G showed research that gaming is helping children learn concepts faster, better, and retain them longer.

Student Response Systems (jeopardy)

Virtual Field Trips : Donorschoose.org (this will help with getting stuff for schools.  Fall is a registration for it for the West Coast); Monterey Bay Aquiarium web cams, San Diego Zoo has animal cams as well.

Podcasts: Download books from Itunes that kids have read and posted.

Google Docs:  Need to to do this for team members for our data collection and grant writing.

nivac and nimac: legislation to make all materials accessible to all people with disabilities.

Next week: plagarism certificate, research on UDL, and today's blog.

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