Circumference and Area of circles

These videos were done using a doc cam. Students created circles and wrote the scripts to teach how to find the area and circumference of circles.

C-Forum 3/26/10

ScreenToaster.com

Allows you to capture screen shots and video. It looks good because you can embed the video right into the capture. It would have been good to use with the videos for skyward.

Line2

The new iPhone app that will allow you to merge two numbers into one phone. The app costs $0.99 and the service is free for the first 30 days, then $15.00 for each month thereafter. I am thinking that I want to do this. I have two iPhones now. I would like to be able to only have to tote one phone instead of two. I'm going to do more research on this.

There was interesting discussion from districts. A lot of budget cuts across each district.

Cory Little talked about his history wiki. He said he will never teach without a wiki again. He was using moodle but moved back to the wiki.

Saw a great video from Ocoee Middle School in Orlando.

Also learned photosynch. It is a PC based Win product. I like it, but I think photoshop and photobooth will do the same thing.

New Netsafe cards for all schools in UT

Smokescreengame.com

Company in England and they do creative internet applications. Designed to help facebookers understand the dangers out there.

GPS with Kindergartners 3/16/10

I had the pleasure of doing a GPS activity with kindergarteners last week. They were eager and had a great time. I had parent volunteer for each group of 4 kids. The parents helped the kids find two waypoints, but the kids took turns with the device. I instructed the kids to use the compass on the GPS. What surprised me about this is the number of parents who had no idea how to use a compass!

Reflections

Today was a great day. I had the pleasure to work with a first grade class this morning, reading a story to them, then was asked back into the classroom this afternoon for a math place value lesson. This teacher is EXCITED about using her document camera with her first grade students. I am very excited to be working with the teachers I get the opportunity to. I love my job!!

1st Grade Doc Cam

Here is a first grader showing place value using the doc cam.

Senteo Clicker Training

Today was a very productive day for me. I was able to get into a very reluctant teacher's classroom to work with her kids on a clicker activity. The kids loved it! She is now excited about using the clickers in her classroom. I am meeting with her later today to plan, and she is going to use the clickers for the next few weeks. Yea!

Podcasting in Ed Tech Meeting

We are divided into groups and creating Podcasts using Garage Band. We had a lot of fun with Wade. He decided he wanted out podcast to be about brownies, so our group each talked about our favorite brownies. That Wade is crazy! This was a fun activity.

I learned about ducking. It's not just for hunting or shooting anymore.