How I would use them:
I will use all three of these tools to create my lessons. First, I will create a PowerPoint showing my students how to use the Make 10 Strategy. I will then upload my PowerPoint to VoiceThread and narrate my voice throughout the slides. After the narration is complete, I will use Screencast-O-Matic to record the VoiceThread into a video file. The last step will then be to upload the video to Youtube. The students will be able to look at these videos to help them study the content and allow their parents to learn how to use this new strategy.
Go to Making 10 to Add page to see the lesson!
Reflection
I found the article to be very interesting because it divided web tools into different categories based on their uses in the classroom. I also liked being able to see the different tools that teachers are using within the different categories. There were several resources listed that I use every day in my room and several that I had never heard of.
Finding ways to use technology in my classroom has been a little challenging since I teach first grade and only have four computers in my classroom. Most of the Web tools I use are for behavior management, which the article stated as being a use for Web tools 2.0. I use ClassDojo daily to help manage behavior and reward students. I am able to project our Dojo page on the Smart Board and give students points based on their behavior. I also have the app on my phone and can give points in the hallway. Another tool I use is an app called Remind 101 to send mass text messages to the parents in my classroom about important events in our class.
Another Web 2.0 tool that was mentioned in the article that I use often in my classroom is BrainPop, YouTube, Starfall, and VoiceThread to support teaching and learning. I have not used social media in my classroom because I am not sure how to use it with my first grade students. I do think it would be neat to try using Club Penguin with my students, but I am not sure how to convince my principal that it is a good idea!
Standard: 1.OA.C.6: Add and subtract within 20
Tools (with links to their Web 2.0 sites)
VoiceThread: http://voicethread.com/
Screencast-o-matic: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
YouTube: http://YouTube.com/
How I would use them:
I will use all three of these tools to create my lessons. First, I will create a PowerPoint showing my students how to use the Make 10 Strategy. I will then upload my PowerPoint to VoiceThread and narrate my voice throughout the slides. After the narration is complete, I will use Screencast-O-Matic to record the VoiceThread into a video file. The last step will then be to upload the video to Youtube. The students will be able to look at these videos to help them study the content and allow their parents to learn how to use this new strategy.
Go to Making 10 to Add page to see the lesson!
Reflection
I found the article to be very interesting because it divided web tools into different categories based on their uses in the classroom. I also liked being able to see the different tools that teachers are using within the different categories. There were several resources listed that I use every day in my room and several that I had never heard of.
Finding ways to use technology in my classroom has been a little challenging since I teach first grade and only have four computers in my classroom. Most of the Web tools I use are for behavior management, which the article stated as being a use for Web tools 2.0. I use ClassDojo daily to help manage behavior and reward students. I am able to project our Dojo page on the Smart Board and give students points based on their behavior. I also have the app on my phone and can give points in the hallway. Another tool I use is an app called Remind 101 to send mass text messages to the parents in my classroom about important events in our class.
Another Web 2.0 tool that was mentioned in the article that I use often in my classroom is BrainPop, YouTube, Starfall, and VoiceThread to support teaching and learning. I have not used social media in my classroom because I am not sure how to use it with my first grade students. I do think it would be neat to try using Club Penguin with my students, but I am not sure how to convince my principal that it is a good idea!