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Photography math problems

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This Slide Share was on Photography Math Problems and it explained story problems using pictures. The author is a kindergarten teacher but this could easily be adjusted for 1st grade use. I do not like the fact that there is no sound, but I do like the use of the pictures and the plastic animals and coins that are used. They are very easily seen and as long as you are a reader, you could utilize this presentation to the fullest. For those students who do not read, Slide Share will be very difficult.

Screenr

I made this so hard and it was actually very easy!  Arrgghh!  Now that I have it figured out, this could be a great tool for the classroom.  Since first graders LOVE seeing themselves and hearing themselves, we could do many, many lessons through Screenr.  My young students love sending books they have read or songs they have learned out over the World Wide Web for their grandparents to hear, their cousins that live in another state, etc.  I am going to start looking for ideas this week in order to start the year off with Screenr. 

Here is my first try:
http://screenr.com/Pq1s

Voicethread

I may be the only one, but I do not like Voicethread.  It will be hard to utilize in the lower elementary classroom.  I think I could set it up for Art Outreach and it would work.  I guess I am doubting that my students could work with it and be successful.  I know that I could set a lot of things up and do them FOR the classroom, I just think my students may be too young to do Voicethread by themselves. 

Wiki's

Wiki's are not a new thing for me.  My daughter's 5th grade teacher used a wiki the entire year so that we could (as parents) do the things we needed to without sending massive amounts of e-mails back and forth....holiday parties, homework assignments involving more than one child, classroom news, etc.  I think they are a great tool for the classroom and through this class I can also tell my team how the wiki can help us - and save time- if we all utilize it. 

Kiersten J!

Kiersten J!

I love this site!  Matter of fact, when I showed my other kids this video they wanted to know how come I didn't do one for them.  So...now I am going back to do a few more.  My students will love this.  I need to subscribe to this site just because!

Creative Commons

I had no idea that this website even existed!  I will definately investigave further for classroom use.  However, my students at the 1st grade level probably won't use this site.....maybe my more advanced students at the end of the year but definately not before April.  I love that there is no concern about the copyright laws.  It makes it just that much easier!  :)

Blog Additions...

I added a slideshow, a text box (a favorite quote of mine), and a page count to the bottom.  I just wanted the swimming pictures of my daughter and worked at that for a while.    This is way easier, in my opinion, than putting pictures on a classroom website!

Grant Middle School Math Rap

Here is a math rap done on Teacher Tube by some friends of mine that teach Math at Grant in Springfield.  It was their first Teacher Tube.  It is pretty good! 
http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=31041&title=Crank_That_GMS&ref=Aandersonsummerfun