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=** Beth Powers **= toc

=Integrating Technology into the Classroom - **Day 1**=






 * Day1ePortfolioCoverSheetBlabberizePOWERS**

To create this animation, I used the photo and the description of myself that I wrote in the above Cover Sheet. I then used "Blabberize" to turn the photo into a talking head. I recorded my voice with the computer's sound recorder and added the voice to Blabberize.

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=Integrating Technology into the Classroom - Day 2 =

Here you will find The Connected Classroom an incredible website that will give teachers the information the need to create a classroom which prepares their __#|students__ for the 21st century world. This information was videoed for you using Jing and uploaded to this wikispace. Please click on the play button below to hear some of the benefits of this website.
 * Day2SiteSharingPOWERS **

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Here is a screen capture of Larry Ferlazzo's website which is a site that evaluates other websites for educational value. This is a real time saver.
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=Integrating Technology into the Classroom - ** Day 3 **=


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 * Day3SiteSharingPOWERS **

Today I bring you a part of the "Education World" Website called "News For You." By using the capture video feature of Jing, I will show you the incredible value of using these kid-friendly news articles for practice in reading nonfiction__.__

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=Integrating Technology into the Classroom - ** Day 4 **=


 * Day4VokiDemoLearningPOWERS **

Voki.com provides an excellent source for creating video animations to record your voice and create a way to __#|offer__ directions to your __#|students__ and to add a little oomph to an otherwise blah wiki or Blackboard classroom.

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 * Day4GlogDemoLearningPOWERS **

Glogster.com provides a site to create an online poster for any __#|topic__. This poster program allows you to add hyperlinks, video, pictures, and more. In fact, it's probably harder to find items that are not compatible than to find items that are.

//My first Glog is an introduction to writing an essay. This is always a scary undertaking, so this is my way of showing them that it is doable.// media type="custom" key="19616008" // My second Glog is my own __#|resume__. It's a __#|sample__ of what I want to see my __#|students__ create as they tell me who they are at the beginning of the year. My goal is to have them create another one at the end of the year to see how much more they can add to it for the accomplishments for the year. // media type="custom" key="19616608" //My third Glog is just a visual poster detailing and defining the __#|steps__ of the writing process. We review it frequently in class. Perhaps I'll have the __#|students__ create one this year to keep in their notebooks.// media type="custom" key="19616936"

I have a really cool site to __#|share__ with you today. //__#|American__ Heritage Dictionary// has created a site called "You Are Your Words" which takes a picture of you and words that you type in to describe yourself and creates a picture of you with words. It is incredibly easy and so cool! I can't wait to use it this year as the portfolio cover for my students.
 * Day4SiteSharingPOWERS **

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=Integrating Technology into the Classroom - ** Day 5 **=


 * Day5SiteSharingPOWERS **

A fabulous site for this year's literacy focus is called "all about Adolescent Literacy." This site is displayed below using Jing to record my thoughts and guide you around one are of this incredibly comprehensive, easy-to-use, helpful, and __#|free__ site!

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=Integrating Technology into the Classroom - ** Day 6 **=


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 * Day6eduBlogsWordlePOWERS **

First, I visited various Web 2.0 sites and created a blog about each in my edublog site linked below.

Mrs. Powers' Class Blog

Next, I used some of the words from my blogs to create a Wordle. The small picture below is a link that will take you to my Wordle site.

media type="custom" key="19672738" This is my first Wordle design. Design #2 Design #3


 * Day6MakeASurveyPOWERS **

Here is just a little survey to determine the educational philosophies of the new families I will be working with this year.

Mrs. Powers' Parent Survey


 * Day6QuizletPOWERS **

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Here is the URL so that you can play games and other activities with these words.

Day6QuizletPOWERS - Poetry Terms


 * Day6SiteSharingPOWERS **

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=Integrating Technology into the Classroom - ** Day 7 **=


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ISTE Presentation


 * Day7VoiceThreadDemoLearningPOWERS **


 * #1 ** This first voice thread is a reflection of the school year. The students were required to decide on five highlights of their school year and report on them with pictures and text using voice thread. This would be a great culminating project for my students if I introduced it at the beginning of the year. Then, hopefully, they would be looking for their learning highlights as the year progressed.

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Reflection of School Year


 * #2 **This voice thread is a culminating project for the end of a unit on Edgar Allen Poe. I teach Poe, and this would be so much better than a test at the end. This would require the students to use their creativity and share what they know. I would just have to decide on the parameters / rubric I would use.

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 * What Do You Know About Poe? **


 * #3 **This voice thread is a book review. This one is created by the teacher to provide some of the historical background of a historical fiction book to the class. I would use this idea for my students. I have my students give book talk presentations each marking period. Most students do well, but some are so afraid to stand in front of the class that they earn a poor grade. This would be a perfect alternative for those students. They could prepare the entire presentation in front of no one and then play the voice thread for the class.

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 * Book Review **


 * #4 **This voice thread shows a Spanish __#|teacher__ leading her students through this verbal exercise to recognize the importance of voice, inflection, and feeling. That is a difficult idea to get across to any students in any language. I could use this same idea to have my students read a story using voice thread to rate themselves on fluency and inflection. I look forward to trying this to see if it will improve the reading style of my eighth grade readers.

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 * Reading for Fluency and Expression **


 * #5 **This last voice thread is a group of students who share their original poems aloud for two reasons: 1) to practice the flow and sound of poetry and 2) to allow others to offer feedback. I think this would be a great idea with any writing project - essay, poem, short story. Allow students to create a voice thread, upload it, and then require other students to listen and offer constructive feedback during the revision process.

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Poetry Reading


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 * Day7SiteSharingPOWERS **

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=Integrating Technology into the Classroom - ** Day 8 **=


 * Day8PodcastPOWERS **

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 * Day8PhotoStoryPOWERS **

This is a Photo Story to introduce middle school students to Wyldlife Club. It is a club specifically designed to introduce unchurched youth to the Bible. I'm not sure when I can show this video of prior clubs, but I'm going to see if I can work it in sometime.

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 * Day8SiteSharingCyberAwarenessPOWERS **

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=Integrating Technology into the Classroom - ** Day 9 **=


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 * Day9CopyrightGlogPOWERS **

I was unable to fit all of the required pictures on this poster, but I think I created a learning tool that I will use in my classroom for my students.

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 * Day9SiteSharingPOWERS **

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Just wanted to embed this site to find again when I need it. media type="custom" key="19719262"

=Integrating Technology into the Classroom - ** Day 10 **=


 * Day10nbkRecorderPOWERS **

This lesson on Comma Sense was created using Notebook software. Students can open the notebook lesson and complete it. They can open this recording created with Notebook Recorder to listen to the teacher teach the lesson on the importance of punctuation. They then receive practice with the comma rules. For their assignment, they will practice using commas in one of their own writings.

Here is my original notebook file.

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 * Day10EnhancedTutorialPOWERS **

My enhanced video of my Notebook lesson on Why is Punctuation Important? - Comma Sense! would not upload because it was too large. I uploaded it to the Bb Wiki.

Here is my annotation.


 * Day10WMMVideoPOWERS **

This project with the video clips was also too large for this wiki. This can also be found on the Bb wiki.

Here is my annotation and explanation.


 * Day10AnimotoPOWERS **

I found pictures of Edgar Allan Poe, since we do a unit study on him and his writings. I saved them to a folder on my desktop and then opened and began an Animoto video. I chose a background and music, uploaded the pictures, and voila, my introduction to Poe.

media type="custom" key="19754512" Here is the link if it won't play from the wiki.Edgar Allan Poe

This animto is about the Underground Raiload - another mini-study we do as we read about Harriet Tubman.

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Finally, this animoto is about the 1960s - the setting of the novel, //The Outsiders//, novel we read at the end of 8th grade.

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