Blog Assignment #7

 After watching the videos that were given to us this week, I learned that I have a lot to do in the next couple years to get me ready to start teaching. These videos show how advanced these children are and I want to be able to teach them the correct way to use different resources and for them to help me learn different things from them. Some of the strengths that I have are that I have already had some experience with using iMovie and Padlet in EDM310. Some of my weaknesses are that i am unfamiliar with a lot of these different resources that were talked about in the videos and how to use them.




How to make an audio QR Code
 On this video the viewer is being taught how to create an audio QR code. One of the websites that is provided is recordmp3. When using the recorder on this website, be sure to not start talking until it has rolled over to one second. Students can record themselves as much as they want to and then when they are happy with their recording they press save recording and the computer will generate an URL for their audio recording. Then the students will go to the website, qrcode-monkey and past in the URL that recordmp3 created and then create a qr code. Once the qr code is created, copy the qr code and paste it onto a word document and have the student put their name underneath their code.

iPad Centers
  The ipad videos the students while they are reading and once they finish they can go back and listen to their video. Being able to go back and listen to these videos helps the students see if they made any mistakes and if so they can go back and reread and correct their mistakes.

Poplet as a Center
 Poplet is a free app that one can download onto an ipad. In the center of the poplet, the student puts the title of the book and then the students take a picture of the book. The students then type text about the picture and this creates a book web.

Alabama Virtual Library as a Kindergarten Center
    The students download an app and create a login for the Alabama Virtual Library. The students go to the elementary school section and go to a search engine. The teacher gives the students many different words and they choose what to use and type it into the search engine. It has a picture come up and an introduction. After they watch the information given to them, they have to fill out a worksheet about what they learned.

Mrs. Shirley's 1st Grade Class: How to use and build a Board in DE for a Project Based Lesson
  The students login by using a username and a password to get access to Discovery Education. Once logged in the students go to the board builder and will choose a background and make a title. Once this is done they will add a new board. When they click on the top of the board, a  keyboard will come up and the students will type in the title of their board. Then the students can add texts, videos, and photos about the title of the board.

1.Students Sharing Board Builders
  This board builder being shared is from Joey and Cayden. Their board is about whales. They give many facts and photos. They used Safari to get their photos.

2. Students Sharing Board Builder
  This clip of board builder is from Mary E, Haven, and Rachel. Their board builder is about "The Haven". "The Haven" is a shelter for dogs and cats. They provide many facts and photos about "The Haven". They used resources like wordhippo and safari to help them.

Using imovie and Alabama Virtual Library in Kindergarten
 This video is between Dr. Strange, Mrs. Davis, and Mrs. Bennett. Kindergarten students use imovie to create their own book trailers about different books that they read. The students make these book trailers on their own without the teachers help. Using Alabama Virtual Library is free for anyone in Alabama. Alabama Virtual Library is perfect for elementary students and the teachers give the students lists of words and the students choose what they want to research from the list given to them.

We All Become Learners
 This video is between Dr. Strange, Mrs. Davis, and Mrs. Bennett. In using devices, everyone becomes learners. The students use Padlet as one of the many tools to help them with the learning process. Students contribute to the teacher's Personal Learning Network because the teacher is learning from the students.