Thursday November 21st

Tonight's class went well. I really liked the word cloud and I think it is something my First Graders could do with some guidance. I would like to have them use them for our weekly vocabulary words. I was lucky enough to get a computer in class that worked with the PowToon.

Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants

I do not agree with the idea of Digital Natives. Many of my students have iPads, laptops, and smart phones. They can play games and listen to music, but I do not think that they understand the importance of internet safety or intellectual property rights. Students need to be assessed on their skills and taught at least the basic skills to be digitally literate.

Fair Use

Fair use is using copyrighted work to criticize, change, or parody it.

Copyright

I do not think that just by sighting the source it is ok to use information from the internet in the classroom. I think that the teacher or student needs to get permission to use ideas or images that belong to another person.

Word Cloud

5 Reasons to Use Technology in the Classroom

Welcome

Ms. Cassidy's Classroom

The blog that I found amazing is Ms. Cassidy's Classroom.  http://mscassidysclass.edublogs.org/
She has a great site that shows all the exciting ways her students use technology. I would love to be able to make a blog like hers one day. I got a lot of great ideas that I could use for my classroom. I am going to look for a First Grade class in Brazil that we can Skype with. It is inspiring to see her kids using technology in their every day lessons. I hope that I will be able to integrate some of her methods into my lessons this year.

First Blog Post

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