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Capstone 8-14

Capstone 8-14 Lesson Plan-Final (1) Rubric for Geography of MIchigan Brochure For my capstone project I choose to create a lesson plan for a PBL that I would like to do with my kids in June.  This semester I had … Continue reading

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Thing 15- Professional Learning Networks

I was fortunate enough to attend MACUL last year in Detroit and I loved it!  It was such a great time!  I joined the Elementary Education special interest group. From the MACUL journal I read an article from the Summer … Continue reading

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Thing 14-Presentations

Blendspace WOW!  That is all I can say!  I’ve used prezi, google slides and powerpoint before but never have I seen something as user friendly and fun to use as Blendspace.  The possibilities are so endless and the resources are … Continue reading

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Thing 13-Digital Images

Voki-Talking Avatar- I intitally was not thrilled with Voki, but after about 30 minutes of playing around, I stumbled upon some more faces and felt that the free verision was ok.  Not my favorite, but I love the idea behind it. … Continue reading

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Thing 12-Interactives

Part 1: Google Maps Part 2: Quizlet Geometry Vocabulary Unit 6 Set 1 Using quizlet for vocabulary words follows the Augmentation level, because before students would have created their own flashcards using index cards or they would have tried to … Continue reading

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Thing 11-Content Area

Part 1: Video Resources & Audio Resources School Tube: I love school tube for a multitude of reasons.  The first being that it is super user friendly.  I can easily type in a topic and search and find a ton … Continue reading

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Thing 10-Search Strategies

I started by comparing and contrasting the elementary level resources because that’s the age group that I teach.  I didn’t find that the elibrary Elementary to be very useful in the classroom at all because my kids wouldn’t have access … Continue reading

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Thing 9-Copyright, Fair Use, Creative Commons

When I first started teaching about 10 years ago, I had my eyes opened to the great resources of Teachers Pay Teachers.  I loved this website and frequently purchased items off it and constantly share it with my co-workers.  It … Continue reading

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Thing 8-Digitial Citizenship

One of the areas that I really wanted to focus on for my Digital Citizenship activity in my classroom was that of Digital Etiquette.  One of the biggest issues I see in our school having 1 to 1 ipads is … Continue reading

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Capstone for Thing 1-7

I had a lot of fun with this capstone project for a couple of reasons.  We are tweaking our grade levels next year and I looked at what I taught this year and how I could take it up a … Continue reading

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