Flickr

I love Flickr!  I cannot believe I didn't know too much about it before.  This is a picture of some of my students after our chicks hatched.  This would be a great tool for classroom use in that I can post pictures on Flickr that I can share with parents.  It would also be good for Student of the Week.  I can archive each week the pictures that the parents upload.  First graders love to look at each others pictures and this way, I can store them for all to see at any time.  My next bit of time I am going to use organizing the pictures on Flickr.
My Flickr name is alisonanderson if you want to see the photos I have up.  Check back soon though because I am going to be working on this site!  :)

Google Reader....

I am a bit lost on Google Reader.........I did it to myself though!  :)  I started looking at everyone else's posts and the SJ-R post, several news posts, and many sports postings.  I went back to re-watch one of the videos just to see if I was doing it right.  Ahh....I forgot the "orange button" at the top of the page.  I have it all figured out now and I think that it could become addicting!  I am setting it as my home page.  The one concern that I have is that I am wondering if all the things I have on this page are usable under District Policy.  It would be so nice to have these at my finger tips when school starts again. I am saving all my 'favorites' to GReader so that when school does actually start again, it is right at my fingertips!!

Twit, twit, TWITTERING....

I have to admit that I am not an advocate- am not trying to be an advocate of Twitter.  I Facebook and I thought just adding another social network to an already packed life....would do me in!  I have tried it and found it to be interesting....to say the least.  I chose to follow Kristen Wilburn (because I know her), Mike Wisniewski (because I agree with him on the Twitter facts and he will have my daughter next year so I need to make friend with him (Ha!) ), Edublogger Vicki Davis, Steven Curtis Chapman (love his music and his story), and Larry Ferlazzo (he is an inner-city teacher and I spent 5 years doing the same).
I have to agree with Mike Wis in the aspect that Twitter will only help us when we are NOT at school as it is unacceptable and I do not have the app for it on my phone either.  I just don't think that by the time I get home (during the school year) that I will have to time to Twitter.  I am, however, finding it at least interesting though in the summer!
If I were in the business world (and Twitter was accessible from work), I could build a great customer base on Twitter.  I could find out info on my customers likes and dislikes, etc.

Google Docs, Double Trouble

I uploaded (correct word?) to Google Doc a document I have been working on for Classroom Placement of Multiples.  I have it shareable with several different people so that it can be adjusted as needed.  I love that it can be in one place and not have had to be sent from e-mail to e-mail.

Delicious

I have 15 bookmarks which I have moved into tags.  I cannot figure out how to add people though.

The sites I chose are condusive to lower elementary students.  However, many of them have higher level learning on them.  I took a gifted class last summer and put most of them together.  I used them all year and shared with many in my building.  This seems like a much easier way than sending each teacher a link they would have to click on for each different topic.

aandersonsummerfun is my account name.

About Me....

This is my family at Christmas Dec. 2010.  We were a family of 5.  Kiersten is a 7th grader at GMS, Cara is a 5th grader at GIS, and Adam is with me at Ball in the 1st grade.

My twins were born on March 14th.  Ethan is on the left and Elijah is on the right.

Following....

I am following Joan because she was on the IPI team with me, following Shea because she is going to be new to my building (Ball Elementary), and Chris because his page looked like he knows what he is doing! Maybe I can learn from him.
Since no one is lower elementary, I am just following different things. :)

The Great Kapok Tree (Readers Theater)

Introduction

Hi!  I'm Alison Anderson and I teach 1st grade at Ball.  I am starting from scratch and trying to become computer literate!  I am hoping at the end of the summer, I will have conquered my computer demons!