Apple Day!

We had a lot of fun comparing colored apples and frying pies! 

All About Me Posters

CoLoR DaYs!!!

Red Day

Blue Day

Green Day

 

Yellow Day

Brown Day

Black Day

Orange Day

First Day Of Kindergarten!!!

Google Reader

During my class, I have learned MANY new things about technology and resources that are on the internet. Part of this journey has been following blogs on Google Reader. I have enjoyed very much reading all of the blogs I picked to follow and learning so much from them. Many of them have all kinds of free resources that can be found on the web, most of which I would have never thought to even look for! The seven blogs I have been following are:

Free Technology for Teachers:  http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet:  http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
Elementary Teacher Resources, Get the Resources You Need:  http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/elementary-teacher-resources-blog.html
Larry Ferlazzo's Website of the day...For Teaching ELL, ESL, and EFL:  http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/
NEA-States Embracing PreK & Full-Day K Programs: http://www.nea.org/
Will:  http://willrichardson.com/

My favorite blog is Free Technology for Teachers. This website explains so many cool ways to be online and have a whiteboard, the Diigo accounts, and so many other technological advances that I didn't even know could be used in the classroom. My favorite blog this whole time was: "Video - The Last U.S. Veteran of WWI" via Free Technology for Teachers by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne) on 9/23/11. This is an amazing interview from the last live veteran of WWI. The veteran died in February of 201- he was 110 years old! I think it is so important to share historical information like this with our younger students. These students have no idea of what life was like during those times and it is amazing to have captured this veteran in a video interview explaining all of that to us. There are very few times in life where we can say,"I saw for myself a veteran from WWI talking about his experience"...that never happens!!!

Social Bookmarks

I LOVE using social bookmarks! I usually research so much material that when I do find great websites, I am too busy to remember what the URL was. With a social bookmark, it is so easy to just click the button and save the URL! I recommend using a social bookmark to anyone and for anything. I have personal items saved under my bookmark as well as school and career items. This is a website you can have access to from any computer. This is very helpful when you are away from home and need to know what website it is you use for a specific item. For example, I was at my mom's house one night and couldn't remember the website that had the labels I use for my son's snacks. I was able to log on to the social bookmark I use and the website was listed with a link to go straight to where I needed! You are able to list tags under your website links and this makes it much easier to search through your bookmarks when you are looking for a specific topic of information. I created and used a Delicious account for my social bookmark, and plan on using it for a very long time!

Here is my bookmark's URL:
http://www.delicious.com/heatherbarber?settagview=list

Good Digital Citizenship

It is very important for individuals to be good digital citizenships. All adults should be good examples to younger people. If every adult behaved online the way a good digital citizen would, then parents wouldn't have to worry about their kids getting online, sexual predators using alias ages and names to talk to young kids, or their kids identity being stolen. There are healthy boundaries set up to assure everyone enjoys their time online and gets the most out of it. A good digital reputation is very important for anyone that has a business online, works with other people in any area online, or just communicates online. A reputation online will carry over to the real world. Whatever someone does online, they are accountable for that action on the internet and in every day life. For example, if a student is being mean to others online, they should be held accountable for that action online, at school, and in the home. That child will also receive a bad reputation on the Internet that may discourage people from chatting with them; this reputation will carry over in day to day life at school. Being a good digital citizen is part of being a good citizen in every day life.