tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77382975719199006652023-11-16T06:59:13.293-05:00Collazo CoveRipples and Splashes from a 5th grade 1:1 netbook classroom!Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-28533611282781816492014-07-16T17:41:00.001-04:002014-07-16T17:43:38.512-04:00Ripples and Splashes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This summer has definitely been a time of renewal. Like many of you, last year, although a wonderful year, depleted a lot of my energy. For the first time in 23 years of teaching, my teacher brain shut off right after the kids left that final day. Usually it takes me several weeks to wind down, but this year was different! Now finally, as summer speeds by, I am beginning to feel that new energy level rising!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obviously this poor blog has been ignored for a year! Pitiful! After thinking about it a lot this summer, I think I have figured out the reason I haven't blogged more. I read all these wonderful, lengthy blog posts from some of my favorite teacher bloggers, you know the ones, with lots of pictures and details! Well, when I think of writing something like that at the end of an energy-filled day with my 5th graders, I just shut down. I have never been a journal keeper, or prolific writer of any kind. However, I really do want to share the great things my students do each day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I thought more about it, I was reminded of my blog title and subtitle, Collazo Cove - Ripples and Splashes! So I've decided that's the kind of blogger I need to be. A sharer of short little ripples and splashes of things. Much less pressure (for me)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So thanks for visiting! I hope you'll come back and read about our journey in the educational river, and share some of your own splashes!</span></div>
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Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-67994980678087088782013-07-03T13:43:00.000-04:002013-07-03T13:54:46.801-04:00Lighting My Hair on Fire!I know many of you have probably already read<a href="http://hobartshakespeareans.org/" target="_blank"> Rafe Esquith</a>'s fantastic book, <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Like-Your-Hairs-Fire/dp/0670038156" target="_blank">Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire</a></u>, but until last week, I had not.<br />
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Some of my take-aways from this engaging read about Rafe and his fantastic Room 56:<br />
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<li>Although I don't assign the traditional book report, I do like my students to blog about the books they read. Occasionally they use a template as we learn how to write a good book summary. <a href="http://freepdfdb.org/ppt/writing-a-one-paragraph-summary-of-a-novel-6870498.html#" target="_blank">This powerpoint</a> is the one the kids liked and used most successfully. I really like the structure Rafe has his kids use when writing about a fiction novel. It includes the headings of: Protagonist, Antagonist, Conflict, Setting, Plot, Climax, Denouement, and Theme. Although I don't want to bog the kids down with having to use it often, it would be good for them to practice!</li>
<li>Similar to what Rafe does, I have a classroom economy in which the Cove Kids earn and spend Cove Cash. I LOVE the way Rafe instills the concept of rent versus ownership. His kids have to pay rent for their desks, keep their own ledger sheets of their accounts, and if they save triple their rent, they can purchase their seat (at which point it becomes a "condo"). Thrifty students begin buying up property, further learning the lesson that their disposable income increases as a result!</li>
<li>I also love the way Rafe has his kids prepare for standardized multiple choice math tests (something we all hate to do, but is a skill our kids will need at least for the near future). He provides a computation problem such as 63 + 28, and lists the letters A, B, C, D under it. He then asks the kids what answers the test makers might offer as choices and has them explain why. I like the way this strategy gets the kids really thinking about common misconceptions concerning math problems, so they will more likely avoid them when they sit down to take the test!</li>
<li>Rafe's thoughts on failure are so spot-on! "It's important to remember that we teachers individually define the word <i>failure</i>. In Room 56, a rocket that doesn't fly is not a failure. <b>Failure happens only when students stop trying to solve a problem.</b>" (p.103) Love that!!</li>
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Rafe's passion for education is contagious! I love the summer break so that I can take the time to read motivational books and "light my hair on fire" again for the coming year!</div>
Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-8822341214850793562013-05-07T10:26:00.000-04:002013-05-07T10:26:06.847-04:00Wowzers Day 1 Teacher Perspective!Today my 5th graders embarked on a math journey using the math program found at <a href="http://wowzers.com/">Wowzers.com</a> To say they liked it would be a large understatement. After 25 minutes of letting them know we were working past break time, I finally had to make them stop! Stop working math problems? What a wonderful dilemma!<br />
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You can check out my students' reactions to their first day with Wowzers on their blogs at <a href="http://kidblog.org/collazocove1213">http://kidblog.org/collazocove1213</a>. You'll see that they enjoyed the gaming atmosphere, quick pace, and often challenging pieces.<br />
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Here are just some of the reasons I am impressed from a teaching perspective:<br />
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<li>The site starts the kids off with a 60 problem placement quiz, which immediately, at each question, lets them know if they were right or wrong. My students thrive on immediate feedback like that. This also allows them to be placed at the point in the curriculum where they need more practice. Very individualized!</li>
<li>The use of an avatar and a vehicle called a Buzzpod that they get to "buy" items for with their coins is extremely motivational and allows them to maintain their own unique style while learning.</li>
<li>The program uses interactive tutorials throughout each new step so the kids aren't just running haphazardly through the materials. There are also built in character avatars who give advice and navigation tips which encourages the collaborative spirit.</li>
<li>All directions are dialogue that is spoken by a character in the program. The OK button to move on does not become active until the entire direction is given. I like this because kids tend to click past important directions just to get to the next part quickly and then don't know what to do once there. </li>
<li>Once the kids get into the actual sessions they take a five question pretest. Upon completion they are immediately rewarded with a handful of coins. In my teacher control panel I have set it so that if students master the pretest they are automatically taken to the game section, bypassing the lesson and practice (why waste time practicing a skill if you've already mastered it?).</li>
<li>The game and quest sections of the day's session require the kids to use the math skills from that session to be successful. The other thing I REALLY like about these two components is that they are timed (the game section plays for 7 minutes, and the career-oriented quest lasts for 13 minutes). This way kids don't spend an overabundance of time playing a game at the cost of moving forward, like so often happens in other math gaming sites.</li>
<li>The quest portion of the daily activities are career-oriented and the ones I saw today integrated science facts seemlessly! The kids really liked that part.</li>
<li>The final portion of the daily session is the quiz. I really like that, since this program was built on the Common Core standards, some of the final questions are multiple choice, while others are fill in the blank.</li>
<li>After all the work is completed for the "day", the teacher has the option of setting a certain amount of time for "Free Time". This allows the kids to spend their earned coins at the "mall" to buy items for their avatars. Very motivational for upper elementary kids! </li>
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Our first day using Wowzers was really awesome! I am looking forward to using the very detailed Teacher Dashboard to create some small groups according to the needs I see from their work in the program. Wowzers also has so many supplemental materials (that take the math off-line) you could never use them all! Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-30166474633267689292012-08-21T21:08:00.000-04:002012-08-21T21:08:02.832-04:00Nothing Else That Happened Today Matters!Today was our first mandatory workday for teachers (although I've worked the two optional days as well). These are some of the events that contributed to my building anxiety:<br />
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<li>I found out that although two students were removed from my roll, three were added, leaving me with 29 students this year.</li>
<li>When I went back and counted my chairs and chair bags I am one short now.</li>
<li>I went to sort out the 5th grade level supplies that we submitted orders for during the last weeks of school in May, and found out <u>none</u> of the 5th grade supplies were ordered.</li>
<li>We found out the agendas we use with our students to help them organize homework and other deadlines were never ordered either.</li>
<li>My assistant, whom I share with a kindergarten teacher, had to go to a Diabetes Case Manager training all afternoon so we didn't get my classroom library books labeled like we had planned.</li>
<li>My air conditioning is pretty much stuck on "ON" so I have to wear a sweatshirt until maintenance can come and unlock my control screen so I can regulate it.</li>
<li>We realized that the county has scheduled meetings the entire day Thursday, right up until an hour before our Open House begins.</li>
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But <u><b>NONE</b></u> of that matters because I got an email from one of the students I had last year asking me to read <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1352372847" target="_blank">THIS</a><a href="http://weareontherighttrack.wikispaces.com/My+Awesome+Fifth+Grade+Teacher%27s+Awesome+Fifth+Grade+Website" target="_blank"> addition she made to her anti-bullying website</a> (which she created on her own last year). PERSPECTIVE REGAINED!Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-70903739627510130572012-08-15T10:58:00.000-04:002012-08-15T10:58:59.391-04:00Expert BadgesYears ago when I first started teaching 5th grade I created various independent study activities that students could choose to explore on their own that related to the content we were covering, but at a deeper level. After they had completed all the activities with competence, they earned an "Expert Bead" which they put on their colored pipe cleaner (we had a whole display!). For whatever reason, I had not continued with this project until this year.<br />
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With all the blogs posts and tweets about "gamifying education" and awarding digital badges (<a href="http://blog.edmodo.com/2012/05/04/incentivize-students-with-badges/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> does an awesome job with this!) I decided that in addition to the online badges my kids can earn this year, I am going to also involve some challenging explorations after which they can earn a physical badge. Brad Flickinger does an awesome job explaining how he and his school will be using them on<a href="http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/blog_brad_flickinger" target="_blank"> his Digital Learning Environment Blog.</a> I love the idea of the tiny buttons kids will wear on their backpacks, but<a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=button+maker" target="_blank"> the machines that make these well are beyond my budget</a>!!<br />
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All of our 5th graders wear black cord lanyards with an ID (a program I'll explain in an upcoming post!). While trying to go to sleep one night this summer (isn't that when all the best ideas come?), I thought about using key tags that could be fastened onto the nylon lanyards for their Expert Badges this year. Here is a picture of what the first one they can earn will look like. It will be for some <u>challenging</u> work they will do, as Brad says in his video (Badges Part 2), "to show competence" in the area of Internet Safety and Research. I will post more about the criteria for earning the badge in the near future!<br />
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Also coming soon, a post about the cool Microsoft Word add on that Avery has to allow you to print labels that are not included in Microsoft Publisher (like the tiny one above)!<br />
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Are you using digital or other badges this year with your kids? I'd love to hear how!<br />
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Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-77730419879698090422012-08-14T16:59:00.000-04:002012-08-14T16:59:59.996-04:00Great Reads!Thankfully, in late spring I had some left over grant money that could be used to purchase books for my classroom. I decided to purchase some titles that my kids could integrate with our social studies units. In North Carolina, the <a href="http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nces2010-socialstudies/7076" target="_blank">Essential Standards in Social Studies</a> are related to the time period from the Early Americans to Reconstruction. Many of the books I ordered I had not read, but had wonderful reviews and would certainly hit many of the historical elements, while also becoming strong additions to our Reader's Workshop classroom library.<br />
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In the past two days these are the fantastic titles I've read (the kids will LOVE them!):<br />
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This is a wonderful story about the journey of Lewis and Clark (with excerpts from Captain Lewis's journal) told from the point of view of his loyal Newfoundland dog. Fantastic descriptions and character development. The kids will get a kick out of what the dog was thinking and doing as the men struggled to make the arduous journey to the Pacific Ocean!<div>
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This humorous adventure of a young boy journeying to save his older brother from the battles of the Civil War also has many thoughtful moments and pieces of history that many kids don't know about the culture in America during the Civil War period. The non-stop adventures and action will keep the kids turning the pages, and the character development is a great model for Writer's Workshop.<div>
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Although a copy of this book has been in my classroom library for several years, I had never picked it up to read it. It is a collection of vignettes from 16 characters who experienced the Civil War in one fashion or another (ie. soldier, mother back home, doctor, photographer, general, etc.). It is a very graphic and powerful, well-written book that will expose the kids to the various opinions held on both sides of the horrendous war. Definitely a must read during our Civil War unit.<div>
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About 8 other new titles to go in my Barnes and Noble box! It is always so wonderful to read children's literature, wish I had started sooner in the summer!<div>
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Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-5094040853945098722012-08-06T21:12:00.000-04:002012-08-06T21:12:27.765-04:00Classroom AddictThat's pretty much how I describe myself whenever my family and friends say, "You were over there again?" I know many of you reading this are exactly the same...I've been reading your blogs too (and pinning your ideas to<a href="http://pinterest.com/kscollazo/" target="_blank"> my boards</a>)!<br />
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I promised myself this summer I would go through ALL my cabinets and bookshelves and WEED OUT! I am really not a pack rat, but after teaching for 20 years, there were things I had "collected". This clean out session was really necessary since my roster this year will again contain 28 wonderful names and I am in a 24 x 36 foot "cottage". I LOVE my cottage and have done several things over the last few years to maximize space. First, in order to gain space and more importantly promote collaboration, I ditched the desks for wonderful round tables. I started out with rectangular folding tables I bought myself, but found that the round tables really give the kids more elbow room while working and moving room while walking, so that has worked out great!! (Pics coming soon!)<br />
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Unlike many of you I don't have space for various centers so it was even more crucial that I part with things that weren't necessary anymore. As many of you know, we are a 1:1 netbook classroom, so we've been trying to become as paperless as possible over the last few years. However I still had these:<br />
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Yes, two of them, full of favorite lessons and units, many of which I had already re-created in digital format. And many more which I hadn't looked at in years. I am so proud to say that those two monstrosities, which took up a large corner of my small room, have been reduced to this:<br />
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And hopefully one day, these favorites will also be in the "cloud"! But for now I'm pleased! I even dragged the old file cabinets to the door myself so the janitor could get them OUT! I also went through all my bookshelves and organized them according to genre. I'd been wanting to do this for many years as well. Heading out tomorrow to buy about 20 mini crates for my neat piles! Tonight I created some Bin Labels (using PowerPoint) which I'll laminate and put on all the bins which will be <i>strategically</i> placed in the room. Feel free to <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/kcollazo/book-bin-tags" target="_blank">download the labels</a> and edit them if you'd like! (For some reason when they uploaded to Slideshare several of the pictures are larger and overlap several words...not sure why)<br />
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And finally, it's the little things that bring the most joy from teachers isn't it? I have two medium sized bookshelves in the room which house many literature sets, textbooks (which rarely get used), and other things that are randomly used throughout the year. I went out and bought two $5 cloth shower curtains and a few spring-style curtain rods at our new Roses Store. They were too long for the book cases, so I cut them at floor level and the leftover sections were sweetly sewn into curtains for my two windows by my son's girlfriend! My classroom has always been known as Collazo Cove and we have an ocean theme, so the pattern of soft colored shells, starfish, and sand give the room a nice calming effect. I'm thrilled!<br />
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Overall a very productive day! Now tomorrow I'm going to.........Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-89758443671683538792012-07-23T14:37:00.000-04:002012-07-23T14:37:17.168-04:00Common Core Assessment (Afternoon portion of Workshop)<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white;">NC using Race to the Top money to convert EOG into more similar format to Common Core assessments that will come in 2015.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Assessment is going to include how well kids collaborate to gain information and revise their previous thinking.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Smarter Balanced and PARCC are both writing assessments for CC. NC is going to use the one from Smarter Balanced.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">National Test Components for Math - <a href="http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Math-Content-Specifications.pdf">http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Math-Content-Specifications.pdf</a>
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<li>National Test Components for ELA -
<a href="http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ELA-Literacy-Content-Specifications.pdf">http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ELA-Literacy-Content-Specifications.pdf</a></li>
<li>NC State Test Information for 12-13 Math -
<a href="http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/assessment/math.pdf">http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/assessment/math.pdf</a></li>
<li>NC State Test Information for 12-13 ELA -
<a href="http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/assessment/ela.pdf">http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/assessment/ela.pdf</a> </li>
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<ul>
<li>Computerized testing will NOT take place this year in grades 3-5</li>
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<b>Hallmarks of the Core</b><br />
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<ul>
<li>Less is more - fewer standards that are more focused</li>
<li>Aligned with college and workforce expectations</li>
<li>Rigorous content and higher order thinking skills</li>
<li>Focus on the "end" result rather than the means to get there</li>
<li>Room for teachers to develop how they want to get the kids to the end goal</li>
<li>Reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language are to be taught across all disciplines</li>
<li>Upper elementary reading - 50% literature 50% reading for information</li>
<li>There are 3 appendices (900 pages) - Reading/Writing</li>
<ul>
<li>Research and evidence - glossary of key terminology</li>
<li>Reading text exemplars and sample performance tasks</li>
<li>Annotated student writing samples</li>
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<b>Common Core English/LA</b><br />
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<ul>
<li>Focus on complexity, quality and range of reading material (based on Lexile levels)</li>
<li>Reading across content areas</li>
<li>Anchor Standards - college and career readiness standards (by the end of high school) CCR's</li>
<li>Grade Specific Standards fall under the Anchor Standards - what students should be learning at each grade level to meet the Anchor Standards by end of high school - CCSS's</li>
<li>Reading, Writing, Speaking/Listening, Language are the 4 strands in ELA standards</li>
<li>Reading <b>Domains</b> (Overarching Idea)</li>
<ul>
<li>key ideas and details</li>
<li>craft and structure</li>
<li>integration of knowledge and ideas</li>
<li>range of reading and level of text complexity</li>
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<li>Balance between literature and informational text</li>
<li>Text complexity!!</li>
<li>Writing - emphasis on argument and informative/explanatory writing; writing about sources</li>
<ul>
<li>text types and purposes</li>
<li>production and distribution of writing</li>
<li>research to build and present knowledge</li>
<li>range of writing</li>
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<li>Speaking and Listening - formal and informal talk</li>
<ul>
<li>comprehension and collaboration</li>
<li>presentation of knowledge and ideas</li>
</ul>
<li>Language - general academic (ie. compare/contrast) and domain-specific vocabulary</li>
</ul>
<b>Common Core Math Standards</b><br />
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<ul>
<li><b>Math Practices</b> instead of Anchor Standards</li>
<ul>
<li>create solid foundation in whole numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and decimals</li>
<li>50% of 4th grade test will be fractions</li>
<li>8 important math practices</li>
<li>Domains - Standards make up Clusters - Each cluster begins with a Cluster Statement</li>
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Dropbox<br />
dropbox@lee.k12.nc.us<br />
newPassword123<br />
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<li>Based on Webb's Depths of Knowledge (only 4, but they correspond with Bloom's Taxonomy) DOK will appear in Level of Thinking Box on RESA document.</li>
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Have you had "the dream" yet? If so I'd be interested to know how similar/different they all are!<br />
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Alan stated that the second day in every classroom we should "teach the kids how to become awesome researchers and how to pull apart the Internet layer by layer." He then went on to share lots of ideas and examples (many Google search tips I didn't know!).</div>
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So I've decided to take his advice. In addition to the usual Internet safety activities in which my class participates (we are a 1:1 netbook classroom and the kids take their computers home each night, so this is especially important), I'm going to integrate more researching/analyzing website skills this year during our first week. I've decided to start with the <a href="http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/" target="_blank">Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus</a>. If you haven't see this site, it's hysterical. However, sadly, so are many sites our kids use as authentic research sources. I found<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/hoax-hoax-strategies-online-1135.html?tab=4#session1" target="_blank"> this wonderful unit plan on ReadWriteThink.org</a> with some great lessons that incorporate this hoax site. I think the activities will be a fun way to introduce my kids to effective Internet research. <a href="http://allaboutexplorers.com/" target="_blank">All About Explorers</a> is another wonderful site designed to teach kids these skills.</div>
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In addition here is <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/internetsafety" target="_blank">my page of Internet Safety sites</a>, many of which I use in activities during the first week of school. I would love to hear what kinds of Internet safety and research skill activities you introduce to your kids at the beginning of school. Please share!</div>
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<br />Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-41060080403736384882012-07-05T10:37:00.001-04:002012-07-05T10:37:28.716-04:00Welcome to our new home!<h4>
Thanks for coming to our new home! I am hoping this move will motivate me to let you know all the wonderful things that are happening in our 1:1 classroom. The kids are doing amazing things! Please come back often and leave us some comments!</h4>Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-25954010920303281092012-07-01T19:30:00.000-04:002012-07-04T23:20:41.623-04:00Sites From Today's Surfing! (weekly)<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/ultimate-simplified-guide-to-use-of.html#.T-qKyHvBEto.facebook">The Ultimate Simplified Guide to The Use of Evernote in Education</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Evermore explanation in plain English with lots of tutoorial videos.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/Evernote">Evernote</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://blog.simplek12.com/education/common-core-resources/">2a10 Must-See Common Core Resources – 3fSimpleK12</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Good resource. RT @NMHS_Principal: 10 Must-See #CommonCore Resources http://t.co/LJaR5abc #edchat #ntchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/CommonCore">CommonCore</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/edchat">edchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/ntchat">ntchat</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://googletreks.org">Dr. Alice Christie's GoogleTreks™ Site</a> </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/googletreks">googletreks</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/googlemaps">googlemaps</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo'>here</a>.</p>Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-27534608850189865482012-06-24T19:30:00.000-04:002012-07-04T23:20:41.624-04:00Sites From Today's Surfing! (weekly)<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools+-+Section+4?responseToken=3f6e08de95937ccbde26ec2755d64eed">ICTmagic - ICT & Web Tools - Section 4</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">http://t.co/RK4q0tay Create a QR code treasure hunt. Just enter your questions, answers & it makes codes for you to print. #edtech #edchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/edtech">edtech</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/edchat">edchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzjSNvx4JJ8AQVhBcFRzOUVYV1U/edit?pli=1">Reading Genre Wheels</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Awesome collection of genre wheels with Dewey Decimals system included!</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/readersworkshop">readersworkshop</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/genrewheel">genrewheel</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/2632209279220847/lib/2632209279220847/rt_scaf_silent_rdg.pdf">Scaffolded Silent Reading Research Article</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Great article describing the use of genre wheels and reader's workshop style teaching for student success in independent reading.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/reading">reading</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/readersworkshop">readersworkshop</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/genrewheel">genrewheel</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.screenr.com">Screenr</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Site that allows you to create a screencast online, without having to download software. Records audio and anything you do on your screen. Can then upload to your YouTube Channel or other places.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/youtube">youtube</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/screencasts">screencasts</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://viewpure.com">View Pure</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">A site that allows you to share a link that only shows the YouTube video, not the ads, comments and other extraneous info.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/youtube">youtube</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://tubechop.com">Tube Chop</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Allows you to share a YouTube link with students for just the portions of the YouTube video you want them to watch.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/youtube">youtube</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo'>here</a>.</p>Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-46210238491467440712012-06-17T19:30:00.000-04:002012-07-04T23:20:41.634-04:00Sites From Today's Surfing! (weekly)<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://kbkonnected.tumblr.com/post/10537378654/ultimate-list-of-printable-math-manipulatives-games">KB...Konnected • Ultimate List of Printable Math Manipulatives & Games — Jimmie's Collage</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Ultimate List of Printable Math Manipulatives & Games http://t.co/l6bb3vXJ #math #maths #mathchat #elemchat via @hilary35t</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/maths">maths</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/elemchat">elemchat</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo'>here</a>.</p>Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-74008647840425162552012-06-10T19:30:00.000-04:002012-07-04T23:20:41.648-04:00Sites From Today's Surfing! (weekly)<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/ictmagic/p/1902954884/dropcanvas">DropCanvas | ICTmagic | Scoop.it</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">http://t.co/5DdG1LDF Beautifully simple site for sharing files. Drag files into the window to upload & share link. #edtech</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/edtech">edtech</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://edtechideas.com/2012/06/01/49-cool-summer-sites-for-kids-and-teachers/">48 Ultra-Cool Summer Sites for Kids and Teachers « Ed Tech Ideas</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">48 Ultra-Cool Summer Sites for Kids and Teachers http://t.co/X1ks8yjI via @zite</p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo'>here</a>.</p>Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-35731008124636322432012-06-03T19:30:00.000-04:002012-07-04T23:20:41.629-04:00Sites From Today's Surfing! (weekly)<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/06/world-wonders-new-flipped-classroom.html">Cool Cat Teacher Blog: World Wonders: A new flipped classroom tool for teachers</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">World Wonders: A new flipped classroom tool for teachers http://t.co/yeIIyi3a via @zite #flipclass #edchat #edtech #5thchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/flipclass">flipclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/edchat">edchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/edtech">edtech</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/5thchat">5thchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.classroominthecloud.net/2012/05/10-pd-books-for-teachers.html?m=1">Classroom in the Cloud: 10 Professional Development Books for Teachers</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">10 Professional Development Books for Teachers http://t.co/qFeRqBTR via @zite</p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/udl-and-the-flipped-classroom-the-full-picture/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">UDL and The Flipped Classroom: The Full Picture « User Generated Education</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">via @jackiegerstein UDL and The Flipped Classroom: The Full Picture http://t.co/EJtnRbjx #edtech</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/edtech">edtech</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/journals/smithsonian_siyc_fall06.pdf">Smithsonian Introduction to the Nature Journal</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Smithsonian Introduction to the Nature Journal http://t.co/iHwqd0ll #4thchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/4thchat">4thchat</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo'>here</a>.</p>Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-70934809069265395012012-03-25T19:30:00.000-04:002012-07-04T23:20:41.646-04:00Sites From Today's Surfing! (weekly)<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.postermywall.com/?utm_source=dlshare&utm_medium=onlineposting&utm_campaign=refer">PosterMyWall | The Best online Custom Poster and Photo Collage Maker. Free Downloads!</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">PosterMyWall | The Best online Custom Poster and Photo Collage Maker. Free Downloads! http://t.co/6UKkoabN via @addthis</p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo'>here</a>.</p>Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-4450382964600303092012-03-18T19:30:00.000-04:002012-07-04T23:20:41.633-04:00Sites From Today's Surfing! (weekly)<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://classroomtalk.com/?p=839">The 40 Best iPad Apps for Young Learners | Classroom Talk</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">RT @maggiecary: 40 BEST iPad Apps for Young Learners: http://t.co/NcvVg7fH #edapp #elemchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/elemchat">elemchat</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.herkimercsd.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=7923&&PHPSESSID=611cf69b8d6c1372322fb57638286422">Library - Web 2.0 Tools</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">RT @nharm: Great web 2.0 math and reading list aligned with Common Core- click on PDF to see the tools; http://t.co/HgHILiIv</p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo'>here</a>.</p>Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-15637150287913918392012-03-11T19:31:00.000-04:002012-07-04T23:20:41.619-04:00Sites From Today's Surfing! (weekly)<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/historytunes/the-rev-up-to-revolution">The Rev Up! (to Revolution). by HistoryTunes on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">@cybraryman1 #elemchat Many of our songs can be usef at the 5th gr lvl ie: http://t.co/nsgOYbaz I think they should make videos!!</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/elemchat">elemchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.sweetsearch.com/socialstudies">' We've curated hundreds of social studies primar</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">'@Ron_Peck @pioneer_susie We've curated hundreds of social studies primary sources, here: http://t.co/uTKILx37 #elemchat #sschat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/elemchat">elemchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/sschat">sschat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.e-luminate.org">E-luminate - Home</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Books of Hope is one way to get kids sharing what they learn, make global connections & do community service http://t.co/Rt858RjA #elemchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/elemchat">elemchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://mgraffin.edublogs.org/tag/hello-little-world-skypers">A Relief Teacher's Journey - Hello Little World Skypers</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">@kcollazo Hello Little World Skypers and Global Classroom http://t.co/DATVBMjB #elemchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/elemchat">elemchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://cybraryman.com/skype.html">Cybraryman Internet Catalogue</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">My Skype page http://t.co/JnHlqASM I enjoy connecting with students around world. So far Honduras, Canada... #elemchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/elemchat">elemchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://education.skype.com">Welcome to Skype in the classroom | Skype Education</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">http://t.co/btJ1WqVP RT @kcollazo: Best resource to find global classrooms with whom to Skype? #elemchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/elemchat">elemchat</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.alline.org/euro/esocials.html">Elementary: Social Studies Websites</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">RT @AlanTenreiro: Elementary social studies websites http://t.co/u3T3SSUA #elemchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/elemchat">elemchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://web.scarsdaleschools.org/esl/socialstudies.html">Social Studies</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Elementary social studies essential questions #elemchat http://t.co/30gTKDXC</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/elemchat">elemchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://mrsd5107.tumblr.com/post/19080001634/interactive-weather-for-kids-the-weather-channel-kids">Mrs. D's Classroom, Interactive Weather for Kids - The Weather Channel Kids</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Interactive Weather for Kids - The Weather Channel Kids - Via Scoop.it - All Elementary The Weather Channel... http://t.co/x6YGJgr2</p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/mmcguire/web">Storypath: A Problem-Solving Approach to Teaching Social Studies</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">StoryPath: A Prob Solving Approach to Social Studies http://t.co/Y6F0MSZv & http://t.co/69i6tami #elemchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/elemchat">elemchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/connected-learning/p/1388680517/free-technology-for-teachers-9-ways-students-can-publish-slideshows-online">Free Technology for Teachers: 9 Ways Students Can Publish Slideshows Online | Connected Learning | Scoop.it</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Free Technology for Teachers: 9 Ways Students Can Publish Slideshows Online | @scoopit http://t.co/odKEL5tl</p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://blog.web20classroom.org/2012/02/everyone-needs-classroom-champion.html">Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Everyone Needs A Classroom Champion</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Hey #ncties12! Here is a great project that everyone should check out: http://t.co/mv400Vgw</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/ncties12">ncties12</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://boyslife.org/hobbies-projects/funstuff/2859/weather-experiments">Weather Experiments -- Boys' Life magazine</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Four weather experiments. http://t.co/bgUEMmZD</p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.jellycam.co.uk">JellyCam - Stop Motion</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Jellycam-Quick and easy to create Stop-Motion video creation. http://t.co/155QnQbM #ncties12</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo/ncties12">ncties12</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo'>here</a>.</p>Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-7296962430981109672012-03-09T12:15:00.000-05:002012-07-04T23:20:41.647-04:00Richard Byrne at NCTies 2012Richard Byrne - Best of the Web<br/>I hate to just blog a list of sites without live links, but if I don't share this with you now, we all know what will happen! It will sit here on my iPad forever. Hopefully you will get some time to find these sites and check out the ones that interest you!<br/><br/>Socrative - responding without remotes<br/>QR treasure hunt generator on classtools.net<br/>Bee tag QR reader<br/>INaturalist -observe and share nature<br/>History Pin<br/>Sweet Search - a search engine for students<br/>Sweet Search for Me - elementary kids<br/>Wolfram Alpha<br/>Goofram - combines google and wolfram<br/>Twurdy -search engine that ranks results according to readability<br/>Magzinr - bookmark and tweet at the same time<br/>Thinglink - helps you create interactive images<br/>Studyblue - flashcards collaboratively<br/>Classconnect - build and share lessons can search common core<br/>woodlands Junior School - good collections of touch screen stuff<br/>Sharendipity - create games using drag and drop!<br/>Wikimindmap - creates mind maps of search terms<br/>Wikisummarizer - refine research<br/>Qwiki - multimedia encyclopedia very cool!<br/>Mashpedia - pulls from twitter and other social networking items - good for current events<br/>Fotopedia - photo encyclopedia, many are cc<br/>Announcify - text to speech app (chrome) skips adds, only reads article<br/>Smithsonian Wild - collection of webcams from around the world<br/>Wevideo - web-based video editor<br/>Jellycam - easy way to make stop-motion video<br/>Dragontape - can mix video and sound clips<br/>Aviary - online creation tools, sound editor/creator<br/>Soundation - create music on the web<br/>Kinkast - app for private sharing of video clips (30 min limit)<br/>Next vista for learning - share and find video content<br/>Snag learning - over 3000 documentaries<br/>Open Culture - a blog about culture and educational media<br/>22 frames - allows you/students to sub-title videos<br/>Online-convert.com - free tool for downloading video clips<br/>Clea.nr - browser add on that strip all junk except the YouTube clip<br/>TED talks<br/>Screenr - make screen cast videos/can use it to talk over slides<br/>Digital vaults.org - can do lots of things with national archive collection<br/>World digital library - resources plotted on world map<br/>Museum of obsolete objects <br/>Helloslide - will narrate your slides from you speaker notes for you<br/>Gooru - math and science stuff<br/>Big marker - web-based app for screen sharing<br/>Vodburner - records vid conference<br/>Chill - Pinterest for videos<br/>Todaysmeet - back channel tool<br/>Synchtube - watch videos together<br/>Linoit - great for exit ticket<br/>Popplet<br/>Conceptboard - collaborative white boarding<br/>Draw it live - collab drawing<br/>Text the mob - text polls<br/>Blogbooker - can download the collection of blog posts into one doc<br/>Wordia - videos that give meaning to the context of words<br/>Vocabahead - vocab stuff<br/>books should be free - free ebooks and audio books<br/>Amathsdictionary for kids - glossary of math terms written for kids!<br/>Maths maps - using google maps to teAch math concepts<br/>Scribble maps - draw on top of google maps!<br/>moon base alpha - role playing for kids<br/>In class app - note recorder<br/>Brainstorm - app where you can swipe notes from one device to another<br/>Show me app on iPad<br/>Kathy schrock's website FULL of apps based on Blooms Revised<br/>International children's digital library<br/>Joliprint - browser extension that let's you clip whateveryoudont want printed on the page<br/>Dropittome - sts can pass things in to you dropbox account. They can only see their files, not anything else<br/>Flubaroo - multiple choice quizzes add on for google forms<br/>Vocaroo - use for messages to the kids on the websiteKim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-10888406635188730202012-03-08T17:11:00.000-05:002012-07-04T23:20:41.618-04:00My Treat for the Day - Patrick Crispen's Useless Session!Sitting in Patrick Crispen's session! Woohoo!<br/><br/>http://netsquirrel.com - Patrick's site<br/><br/>http://agoogleaday.com - each day they ask one trivial question which tests your search skills to find the answer; includes a clock that tracks how long you've been trying to find out the answer! Includs a Hint? button that provides a search hint by Google.<br/><br/>http://miceage.com - tons of articles about what is going on at all the Disney parks; Disney trivia; photos of people at the part, what the rest. are serving that day, etc.<br/><br/>http://www.lodgenetmobile.com - Turns your android phone into a TV remote while you're at your hotel!<br/><br/>http://popplet.com - mind-mapping, collaboration tool (my problem is that they wouldn't give me more than 5 popples!) Go to snowflake icon - labs - show timewarp<br/><br/>http://grc.com/haystack.htm - shows you how to create a more difficult password to hack. Shows you how long it would take a hacker to guess it.<br/><br/>http://zombo.com - FUNNY!<br/><br/>http://blog.lifehacker.com - Site full of tips and sites to make life better.<br/><br/>http://camelcamelcamel.com - tracks the prices of every item on Amazon and what is on sale; also shows trends of prices and recent price drops.<br/><br/>http://speedtest.net - tests your internet speed; can run on iPhone, iPad too.<br/><br/>http://gethuman.com - type in company and it will give you the number to talk to an actual HUMAN!<br/><br/>http://gametrailers.com - video game review site done by professional reviewers in depth. Reviews include video clips of game.<br/><br/>http://hipmunk.com - searches for flights by price and AGONY<br/><br/>http://seatguru.com - features all airplanes' layout and what the seats are like.<br/><br/>Just plain fun!<br/><br/> <br/><br/> Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-28872439785261884632012-03-05T20:50:00.000-05:002012-07-04T23:20:41.625-04:00Permission to PinI admit I am a newby when it comes to <a href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>, but it is quickly becoming a wonderful addiction and huge tool in organizing sites and ideas I can use in my classroom.<br/><br/>Not that I post anything "pin-able" on this blog, but you certainly have permission at any time to do so! I have placed a badge on my sidebar alerting anyone who visits my blog of this permission. Please also read <a href="http://corkboardconnections.blogspot.com/2012/03/permission-to-pin-revisited.html" target="_blank">this blog post by Laura Candler</a> to better understand why this badge is important.<br/><br/>Happy pinning!Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-33184381713937603742012-03-05T20:17:00.000-05:002012-07-04T23:20:41.626-04:00Day 1 With Discovery Education Techbook!I am very lucky to have supportive administration. After returning from this year's <a href="http://www.ncsta.org/" target="_blank">NC Science Education</a> conference, I raved about <a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/administrators/curricular-resources/science-techbook/" target="_blank">Discovery Education's Science Techbook</a>. My Superintendent of Curriculum, Dr Bryan, set up a demo meeting with their sales reps who made a great presentation. I was given permission to pilot the Techbook with my 1:1 5th graders for the remainder of the school year.<br/><br/>Well, today was our first day with our new "Science Book" (a huge understatement of what this product offers). We are currently involved in a unit on weather, so I chose a DE Techbook lesson (<strong>already set up</strong> with leveled reading materials, including an ebook, several short video clips, and links to glossary weather terms). The directions (<strong>already created</strong>) told my students to research the answers to three essential questions pertaining to weather systems using the materials list I have mentioned above. The list of materials of course included live links to everything (approx.10 items) they could choose to use.<br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_704" align="aligncenter" width="160" caption="Engaging list of materials from which to choose!"]<a href="http://kcollazo.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/techbook-kids-2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-704" title="Techbook Kids 2" src="http://kcollazo.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/techbook-kids-2.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="120" /></a>[/caption]<br/><br/>They went to work! They were watching video clips, reading short factual passages, and taking notes/drawing pictures in their science notebooks. The more I told them how impressed I was at their independent researching skills (while taking pictures, of course), the more engaged they became.<br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_703" align="aligncenter" width="160" caption="First day with the Discovery Ed Techbook."]<a href="http://kcollazo.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/techbook-kids-1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-703" title="Techbook Kids" src="http://kcollazo.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/techbook-kids-1.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="120" /></a>[/caption]<br/><br/>When the period came to an end, I asked them what they thought of the activity today. Overwhelmingly, comments were positive. Some mentioned enjoying having different materials to explore along with <strong>the choice</strong> of which ones to look at. Some mentioned how watching the video clips helped them picture what they later read in a short passage or one of the ebooks. They all asked when they'd be able to share what they learned because they were so excited about it! Now that is what gaining background knowledge should look like!<br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_705" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Into the Science Notebook!"]<a href="http://kcollazo.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/techbook-kids-3.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-705" title="Techbook Kids 3" src="http://kcollazo.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/techbook-kids-3.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>[/caption]<br/><br/>Yes, we will go on to have several discussions, and yes, we will be working on some inquiry-based labs to support our learning, but what an exciting way to front-load the content! Thank you Discovery Education Techbook and Dr. Bryan!!<br/><br/>Check out this <a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/Collazocove/Discovery%20Education%20Techbook%20Day%201/?albumview=slideshow" target="_blank">slideshow of the kids experiencing their new "Science Book"</a>Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738297571919900665.post-39530990257885852122012-03-04T18:31:00.000-05:002012-07-04T23:20:41.630-04:00Sites From Today's Surfing! (weekly)<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2012/02/1000-recommended-apps-sorted-by-subject.html?spref=tw&m=1">Apps in Education: 1000 Recommended Apps Sorted by Subject Area</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Apps in Education: 1000 Recommended Apps Sorted by Subject Area - http://t.co/QaiJnIlS</p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/kcollazo'>here</a>.</p>Kim Collazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02309771363162175279noreply@blogger.com0