Tie Blog 2

So now that I am completely finished with my voicethread project I have some time to reflect on what I have learned. First off I think that the voicethread idea is a very neat site. It is a great way for educators to communicate via lessons and to share ideas. My students were very excited that they would be on the internet whether it be just their comments or not. This lead to my lesson being a lot more engaging than some of my others. I did have some issues with this assignment at first but soon worked out the kinks and made it work. I think that in the long run  I am better for doing this assignment.  I have learned even more so through this lesson that as educators we must be flexible because not everything always goes our way. I am very satisfied with what I have worked on and my finished product. I am looking forward to seeing what you all think as well! I love feedback!So with that I will ask my peers to possibly answer these questions:

1. What other ways could I have implemented the voicethread into this lesson that would have been a bit more intriguing for my students?

2. How could I implement this lesson into another subject area?

3. What were your favorite parts of this lesson? I love feedback!

Voice Thread

I have finally uploaded my voicethread! Unfortunately I had to create my own account because the other accounts were full but I got it done! My students had some interesting things to say about the lesson and it was overall a great experience in the classroom! This was one of my favorite lessons!

Bloom's/Multiple Intelligences

Here is the link to my Bloom's and Multiple Intelligences google Doc!

Ancient Egyptian Lesson Plan and Powerpoint presentation!

Here is a link to my lesson plan and powerpoint pre- added comments from my students at school. I will have the finished product on voicethread up tonight I hope!

microburst doc!

I have finally finished my Microburst document for this lesson! It was a bit frustrating because I had finished and wa sready to upload the things I had prepared for my original lesson however this lesson was very well recieved by my students! Hope everyone enjoys!       

Also here are my pedigogical implications that go along with my lesson!

The Worst Lesson Which I Have Ever Taught!

So the entire semester I have been blogging about how I planned on doing my voicethread lesson on the topic of the 1st Thanksgiving and do a readers theatre to go along with it. Well with that said all I can say is that best plans of mice and men! This turned out to be a disaster of a lesson eventhough I put much time and effort into the outcome. I thought it would go great but my class was not as impressed. I was greeted with boredom and lack of cooperation. And then in the end my video died right before my reader's theatre was over! So I am gathering my eggs once again to start over and on Tuesday teach a lesson on the civilization of the Ancient Egyptians and include a powerpoint for the students to provide commentary on as well as think sheets which they will answer following our discussions. The questions that I will ask are going to be higher order thinking skills such as: Compare the life of the Ancient Egyptians to life today in our society. What are some simmilarities and differences. Once finished I will upload my finished product to voicethread and my documents to google docs and onto here! Here is hoping for success the 2nd go around! Until then Bon Voyage!

Tie Blog 1

I am going to be doing a reader's theatre about the first Thanksgiving with my 3rd grade class at Schanen Estates Elementary. I am very excited about this as is my CT, Ms. Rhamy. We will most likely be doing this the week before Thanksgiving break!

Lesson Plan

Bloom's/Multiple Intelligences palnning table

Pedigogical Implications

Story Board

Voice Thread

Tie Lesson Part 1

As I discussed in my previous blog I talked with my teacher about doing reader's theatre for the TIE lesson. She seems to be more and more excited about the idea of the voicethread the more I understand and share with her. I am actually starting to understnad what I am doing with a few instances where I am still a little lost. I uploaded the microburst framework but still need to fill  in the information. I intend on talking with the Kaylee and Christina since we are going to be working together and then filling in the information.

Tie Lesson Ideas

I am excited about my TIE lesson. It seems to be an interesting one and I have talked a bit with my CT about it as well as the other Kaylee and Christine who are also in the 3rd grade at Schanen Estates. We discussed the idea of doing a reader's theatre and I think it will be fabulous! My class has played with reader's theatre before so it should be a familiar concept for them as well as a fun one! I can't wait to see what happens!

ETEC Workshop

Today we familiarized ourselves with voice thread. The site is pretty neat and has a lto of great tools that can be used to collect information on using technology in the classroom. In order to familiarize ourselves with voicethread today we did a little activity where we viewed a voice thread and incororated Bloom's Taxonomy. This was a very interesting video because it shows a great activity in the classroom and I am really glad that they shared this with us on voice thread. I think that I am really going to like voice thread mainly because it seems to be a great tool of technology to use in the classroom to share with other colleagues and teachers across the world.

First Post!

This is my first post. I am fairly new to blogging but I am looking forward to learning all the features and great tools that are included in this. It may take me some time to figure out how to do everything correctly but I will figure it all out! I can't wait to dive in and get into the wonderful world of blogging!