Line Diagram

Yo! What a day at school, the kiddos were very excited to learn school was cancelled for tomorrow. I've found it's a double edged sword for me. Do I enjoy a paid Friday off to spend with my family? Yes, but I miss my students, and often find myself being concerned with their safety and health when not at school which makes it hard to truly enjoy your time off. Nonetheless, should give me some time to keep up on course work. But I have embedded my line graph, and also provided a hyperlink. Thanks for checking my blog!

http://crappygraphs.com/user_graphs/?id=5320

Delicious tags!

I finally understand how these tags w/ Delicious work! And wow! Very cool Web 2.0 feature!

Added some new gadgets!

Taking a break from writing lesson plans, and added some new gadgets to my blog. Some pretty cool features are available, and very easy to add.

Read first chapter of Web 2.0 for Schools

I was able to catch up on some things today with the snow day here in Berkeley County. One of the things I was able to scratch off my to-do list was to read the first chapter of Web 2.0 for Schools. Very interesting, yet easy read. Looking forward to reading more, and grasping this Web 2.0 movement!

"Look at my drawing Mom!"

Sorry for the cheesy title, but I would always say this when I came home from school on days we had Art class. I put together a collage of our tools by snipping the images, and then posting them into Paint. I used several paint tools such as fill with color, paste from, text, etc. My file is a .jpeg file that opens with Windows Photo Gallery, and is 74KB in size. Also, from yesterday's activities, I believe I forgot to mention five tools that we may seem in an image program such as Paint. Without taking the easy route and looking at Paint, I would say copy, paste, cut, edit, undo, crop image, etc. Along with adding the actual image to this blog post, I added a link to my GoogleDocs as well. Another cool activity! Thanks for looking.

http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0Bym0ogu-aFsUY2RjOGY4NGItNWY0YS00MDI1LTg4MjgtODJkYjFmY2Y5ZDI2&hl=en

Created Graphic

I have posted an activity that I could utilize teaching a lesson on opposites with my elementary special needs students. I considered using any of the Microsoft Office programs, but as several of my fellow classmates mentioned, I felt most comfortable using Microsoft Word. Rather than saving as a .doc file, I chose to go out of my "box" and publish as a PDF file. The PDF file is 120 KB. This file would be a great tool to use with a Smart Board. I love utilizing graphics found on-line and in programs to incorporate into my lessons and assessments. Most students, especially elementary aged special needs students respond well to graphics and the inclusion colors more than the standard black type on white paper. The graphic file utilized in my document is SmartArt graphic found within Microsoft Office products (or at least Microsoft Word). This was the first team I've used this tool, so I'm very excited to have learned a tool to utilize. I felt this assignment was very purposeful as not only did I create a graphic that I can and will utilize with my students, but also discovered a new tool. http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bym0ogu-aFsUNDdjMTM5MWUtMTViYi00NTA3LWEwMzYtNWQ1ODZkMjAyNzJk&hl=en


Standards Covered:

2. A-D
3. A-D

Image of Snipping Tool

Here is an image that I snipped of my delicious webpage. This is a tool that I definitely feel I can use within my profession. Looking forward to learning more about the benefits of snipping. Thanks for looking!

Standards Covered:

2. A-D