Storybird: Reading Literature 2nd grade

I loved using this tool Storybird. I thought it was a great way to really create something unique and still get a message across to your students. I think this tool would be best used by the students. Using this tool, you have all these resources to go in and make any type of story that you would want to. I feel like the students would really be able to let their creativity fly with this, and they could make up different stories to teach different messages to each other. I think it would be a great creative lesson, in which the students have to find a way to express an idea or a story. As a teacher I would also use this to teach different fables and other stories, with wonderful illustrations. 

UEN Reading: Literature Standard 7- Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

ED Tech Standard 5: Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

ISTE Knowledge Constructor: I critically select, evaluate and synthesize digital resources into a collection that reflects my learning and builds my knowledge. 

Padlet: 3rd Grade Health Educations

     
For my Padlet project I decided to focus on Health Educations. To best help the lesson really sink in, Padlet is a wonderful tool to use as an after class/lesson discussion tool. This helps the students be able to add their own thoughts and ideas into the discussion, and be able to have a healthy conversation with one another. I really loved using this tool, and as a teacher I think I could use it very well to bring in a discussion to see even how my students feel about a subject before I teach it. Students could use it to start their own discussions and help get their ideas out there in a healthy way. I highly recommend this tool.


UEN Standard Nutrition and Fitness Standard 6: The students will understand how a healthy diet and exercise can increae the likelihood of physical and mental wellness. 

ED Tech Standard 6: Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests. 


ISTE: Digital Citizen- I understand the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world. 

Padlet

Google Forms English Language Arts 4th Grade

Google Forms was a wonderful tool to use. I decided to use it as if we had just had a reading assignment in the book The Giver and the students had to take a reading assessment. I absolutely loved all the different ways to ask a question, and the way it is presented afterwards to see all the answers together. I think that the students will also like the opportunity it gives to let them take their time on the quiz, and to be able to take it home and do it. It is something also that the kids can make, and participate in. Taking class surveys, seeing what the class thinks about different things. Class elections could also be done on this sort of thing. It's a wonderful tool.

UEN Standard 4th Grade Reading: Informational Text Standard 2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.



ED Tech Standard 6 
Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests. 


ISTE CREATIVE COMMUNICATOR: I communicate effectively and express myself creatively using different tools, styles, formats and digital media. 

Answer Garden 6th Grade Fine Arts

I really enjoyed using Answer Garden, and I think it is a wonderful tool for classes. This tool lets you go in and answer a question that somebody else has posted, and so you can write whatever you want in a 20 character limit. I think as a student this is great to see what others see, and especially to really start the gears turning in your head. As a teacher I would use this to see the status in my class, how well they understand a concept, or to see how they feel about different topics. Students could use this to take polls and really start learning about statistics. I thought it would be great to help children understand about fine arts, and think more about why artists do what they do. The meaning that really goes behind all different forms of art. That is why I based mine on the following standards.

UEN Standard for 6th grade fine arts: Strand: RESPOND (6.V.R.): Students will understand, evaluate, and articulate how works of art convey meaning for the observer as well as the creator. 

ED Tech Standard 7: Use telecommunications and on-line resources (e.g., email, online discussions, web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. 

ISTE Standard: DIGITAL CITIZEN I understand the rights, responsibility and opportunities of living learning and working in an interconnected digital world. 


Answer Garden

ED Puzzle: 6th Grade Science

I rather enjoyed using ED Puzzle, and I would suggest it to anybody. I think it would work really well in the classroom, and help students get involved and a new approach to in class work and homework. I think this is a fantastic way to be able to evaluate a child's ability to retain knowledge, and be able to relay the information. As well as a way to make sure that they did the assignment, and really understand the material. The students would be able to use this tool as a homework assignment, or types of quizzes that they can watch at home and make sure that they understand the concept. I think it will keep the children involved and help keep their attention because it is so interactive. 

UEN 6th Grade Science Standard 2: Students will understand how Earth's tilt on its axis changes the length of daylight and creates the seasons.

ED Tech Standard 6: Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests. 

ISTE Creative Communicator: I communicate effectively and express myself creatively using different tools, styles, formats and digital media. 

Prezi- 5th Grade Science

Prezi was a relatively easy tool to use, and it really allows for creativity. The biggest pros of the tool were how user friendly it was, and the ability to really make any project your own. They have different themes and templates, but it lets you build upon those and really create something you love. I especially love the different levels that you can use, to zoom in on certain points, or so that you can literally "read between the lines". I think that the students would love using this tool, because you can make it unpredictable and it's a fun way to present information. They could use it to present a science experiment, or any other class project. I would use it as a student to really add a fun way to present to a class! 

UEN Science- 5th grade Standard 2 that is to help "students understand that volcanoes, earthquakes, uplift, weathering, and erosion reshape Earth's surface." 

Ed-Tech standard 5 to use technology for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and different activities to help create products for people inside and outside the classroom. 

ISTE Knowledge Constructor which says that students "critically select, evaluate and synthesize digital resources into a collection that reflects my learning and builds my knowledge."