Sunday, April 7, 2013

Blog Post #11

Even a First Grader Can Do It
The first graders in Mrs. Kathy Cassidy's class have made a video showing what they are doing in the classroom at their school in Canada. They have their own blog's, and a classroom webpage where they can find different lessons for class during their center times. These tools can also be used at home. They have used wikis to share information and learn new information, and Skype to talk to other people.
Mrs. Cassidy has been involved with technology in the classroom for about ten years. When her classroom was given five computers, she set them up as one of her centers in her classroom. She was able to get some federal funding to help with setting them up. She has had a classroom webpage for about ten years, a classroom blog for five years, and videos for about two years. It has mainly been her pursuing the use of these tools in the classroom, but the administrative is supportive. To provide privacy to her students she only post first names and if she post pictures she does not match them to the names. The children love it and the parents enjoy the easy access to what their child is doing in the classroom. She advocates continuous learning and having a personal learning network to keep up with what is new. Start with what you are interested in and go from there. She advises all teachers to change with the world and learn as much as you can about what computers can bring to the classroom.I look forward to using all of these tools in my classroom, and possibly many others. I am sure that by the time I graduate that there will be much more available to learn and use.

2 comments:

  1. Hello Heather,
    I really enjoyed your blog post. You did a great job. Mrs. Cassidy's class seemed to be very interested in learning. I hope to be able to engage my future students so that they will enjoy learning. I agree with her that teachers should change with the world and learn as much as we can. Keep up the good work and good luck!

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  2. "She advises all teachers to change with the world..." And you re on board! I am delighted.

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