Reflections:After all the 11 Tools

WOW! I feels great to now be completed with all the 11 Tools assignments.
Digital Storytelling, Bookmarking and Video resources through TeacherTube and SchoolTube.

Since I am exploring storytelling this coming year, digital storytelling was of high interest to me. I hope to have my class create a story on the computer using their own illustrations and/or photos. Having them hear their own voices will be exciting to them I think.

My thinking about the learning to take place in my classroom has changed in that I now realize I have a much larger source of information to pull and use from.

Onward ho...with blogging!!

Tool #11

Final tool to blog about...oh...I'm looking ahead and I will need to blog on my reflections too....well ...close to the end!!

Being a good digital citizen to be will require the knowledge about being safe on the big internet, using good manners in correspondences and having the correct literacy also.

I would teach my young student by using the most effective way of teaching any thing.....
my example!

Tool #10

There were lots of free educational apps. I focused mainly on the ones appropriate for the age level of my students(4 year olds). A couple that I checked out were :
ABA FlashCards--Alphabet-Kindergarten.com
ABA Pocket PhonicsLite: Lettersounds and writing +first words
I could see some of my struggling students using these apps with added motivation.

I also checked out the apps that are free for SBISD to be used on ITouchs :
GoogleEarthApp and Photoshop.com
Both of these had info that will be useful.

Tool #9

Screencast along with Jing will be useful if a set of directions are needed for a specific activity which the students can view whenever they need to if I am busy with another group of students. Having the directions personalized by their teacher will assist the students in performing the specific activity. Skype will allow the students to carry on verbal conversations with other students in different schools here in Houston or across the USA. When a student moves away to a different town during the school year, it would be fun to keep contact with him and his new class through this tool.

Tool # 8

The 2 videos I selected will be used to hook the learners interest in various discussions such as sequences of events and comparing/contrasting the 2 stories.
http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/the-adventures-of-spot-spot-goes-on-holiday/Tl3x5peGU4-3eNTdjrO3IQ
http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/the-adventures-of-spot-spot-goes-to-school/ljHn2JKApINSB7ZLbRsoYA

Tool #8

The 2 videos I selected were about the friendly dog Spot who is a character in books I would have already read to my students. By viewing the 2 videos, various discussions could transpire (such as sequencing the events and also comparing and contrasting the 2 videos). Having the active videos will be a hook for the learners.

http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/the-adventures-of-spot-spot-goes-on-holiday/Tl3x5peGU4-3eNTdjrO3IQ

http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/the-adventures-of-spot-spot-goes-to-school/ljHn2JKApINSB7ZLbRsoYA

Tool #7

I think my students will enjoy viewing their own stories on the screen. Hearing their voices will also be an added joy for them. Having all the different things to add to the video was exciting. With more practice, I am sure the experience will be smoothier.