I have learned so much from this course that I am integrating into the classroom and the lab. Our network has been upgraded so some of the programs I have used all the time are working again AND we have our rollout in January so there are lots of great things happening.
In my spare time I am trying to go a step beyond my comfort zone. For the course I could have used the SMART software, but instead I learned to use PowerPoint. Today I learned how a SMART presentation can be exported to PowerPoint. This is so very exciting :)
The grade 4s are creating picture books and I see endless ways that they can use technology to enhance the outcome. We are also heading into a research unit about Canada that excites me. I model what the students need to do using the province of Ontario and then they must follow the steps to discover the information about the province they are studying. Eventually we piece it all together and share the information. My goal this year is to have them each create a slide and then we can create a class PowerPoint presentation.
The grade 1 classes will be creating slides in Kid pix about Community helpers and then we can show the slide show and talk about the helpers.
The grade 2 class will use Plumo at the Zoo to show basic patterning: ABABAB, ABCABCABC and then use Kid pix to create and extend patterns.
All in all term 2 proves to be a very exciting term from a technological standpoint.
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