I was reading the information from Polly about Thing 4 today and I am very excited to get started. I know I need to find more time to check out the other blogs. I found some great ideas from checking out the blogs before the holiday break. One idea is keeping a jar of positive comments on my circulation desk. Students can take one when they need one. Love that idea. I am actually creating a blog with my Mother and 8 year old daughter. We are creating a food blog. Very excited. Ava will be writing her own articles. She is really looking forward to it. Ava has experience blogging with her third grade teacher. I am spending 30 minutes this evening reviewing blogs. Off to get started.
Happy Reading and Blogging!!
Mrs. Alden's Cool Tools for School
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
StoryBird
My daughter and I created this StoryBird together. I had such a great time working on this with her. I shared this tool with my faculty and staff before break. I am looking forward to using this with my students. I haven't figured out which class or how I will use this tool but I plan on using it soon.
Happy Reading and Blogging!!
A Day at the Zoo by LibraryStories0729 on Storybird
Happy Reading and Blogging!!
A Day at the Zoo by LibraryStories0729 on Storybird
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Christmas Break!!!
It is time to get back to work. I had a wonderful Christmas break. I plan on doing some work this evening and creating a story to share on my blog. I will also spend some time checking out my classmates blogs. Happy New Year!!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Storytelling
Very excited about our new Cool Tools topic this week. I am creating a story right now using Storybird. The illustrations are beautiful. I have a first grade class coming to library soon and I know they will love this. I will have them help me complete the story. I will post it here on my blog when we are finished. My daughter, Ava, is eight and loves to write. I will show her this great tool this evening and I know she will enjoy using it. Looking forward to learning more this week.
Laurie
Happy Reading and Blogging!!
Laurie
Happy Reading and Blogging!!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Busy Time of Year
I find myself saying "this is the busiest time of the school year" throughout the entire school year. I now have many of my classroom teachers collaborating with me on inquiry units. I read an article recently about using QR codes in education. I am planning a unit on genres for my 3rd-5th grade students using QR codes. I am very lucky to have an entire set of iPads to use with my classes. My incredibly awesome Computer Lab Aide is finding an app for QR codes for me. I am ready for our next cool tech tool. I am enjoying posting to my blog and viewing other blogs. I think I will add a few photos to my blog soon.
Happy Reading and Blogging!!!
Laurie Alden
Happy Reading and Blogging!!!
Laurie Alden
Friday, December 9, 2011
Bloggin and Inquiry
I attended another great inquiry workshop at BOCES this week. My second grade team and I created an inquiry unit for Black History month. Very excited to get started. My third grade students are starting their second inquiry unit very soon. We just completed a desert inquiry unit and now we will start polar regions. I have been thinking about creating a blog to use with my third graders to use as an assessment piece. Here is my question? Is it safe to use a blog provider like blogger.com with my students?
I would appreciate any responses.
Happy Reading and Blogging!!
I would appreciate any responses.
Happy Reading and Blogging!!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Week 2 - Cool Tools for School
I am really enjoying reading the blogs. I am writing down ideas for my own library blog. My plan is to work on it over the holiday break. I have been using all of my free time in the evenings at home and on my lunch break at school reading the Hunger Games. I know I am way behind everyone else but I had so many other books to read. Well now I am hooked. Once I make it through all three books then I will focus some of my evening time on my blog. I have been talking to my students about this online course. They love when I go to workshops and learn about great new tech tools. I have a great group of teachers in my school who also love when I share these tech tools with them. Looking forward to continuing this online course.
Happy Reading and Blogging!!
Happy Reading and Blogging!!
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