Cramberry.net

This is a great website to make flashcards. As a teacher you can put
vocabulary words for your class to review. The site keeps up with the problems
you miss and keeps reviewing those words. This would be faster than writing out
the note cards. You can give each student a user name and password. Cramberry
can be one of your centers or for struggling students. It would take time to
make all the cards but you can share them with the entire class at one time.
If I use this website in my classroom I would give the parent the screen name
and password so they can allow their student to work on the note cards at home.

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Google Email

Email is the best way to let parents know how a child is doing. Not all
parents have email but the ones that do it would be great to use. This can’t
be a teacher’s only way to communicate but it is fast and easy to just send a
note to a parent or a way for busy parents to contact you. Most schools will
assign teachers email accounts. A teacher could email newsletters to teachers
just letting them know what is up.

Teacher Website

Making my website was easy and fun to do. You can do so much with the site.
You could use this in a classroom as a way to communicate with parents. This
is a good way for them to know more about who is teaching them. Also, you can
put your classroom schedule, what you are going to teach, and who day it is to
bring snack. A teacher could put sites that would help students with math,
science, social studies, reading, and just good websites for fun. Doing this
site I found some websites that look like fun but also will help children
learn.

Google Group

I like the group google site. I am not sure what it is really used for but it
a different way to communicate with class mates. I do not think I could use
this in a classroom because it just talking with different classmates. Maybe
if I knew more about the site I could use it better. I just don’t see the
point of the site at this time.

Blogger

Blogging is a great way to have students turn in assignments. The only problem
is at most schools blogger.com is block. I would not use blogging in an
elementary classroom because it would take up to much time. It would be good
for students to learn how to use the internet by uploading videos and pictures
but not at an elementary. For this class blogging is perfect because all of
our work is in one place.

Second Life

This is a way to get to know people. It is need if you are into computer games but, this is to much for me. I can't get the tutorial to work so I can't do that part. I couldn't use this in the class room because it will be to complicated for the age I want to teach. I don't see how people get so addicted to games and "life" like this. I guess I get bored to easily.

Going Green

My idea for going green at University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Campus’s is to recycle old school supplies. At the end of each semester a drop-off box will be placed at each school in different locations. After you exam each student will be asked to place used but good school supplies in the boxes. This will help keep the schools clean as well as help other students. You may walk around the campuses now and see old school supplies just lying all over the place and not think about picking up the supplies. I believe with making a place on campus to put unwanted school supplies it would make the campus halls as well as the campus courtyards clean.
Also, students can trade in used books for other USM students to buy. Many students do not like to keep the books they buy and end up collecting on their shelves. This will help all students that attend USM. This gives students money and helping other students save on the cost of books. A lot of the books that students are asked to buy cost at least a hundred dollars.
After the supplies are taken up someone will organize the supplies and getting them ready for the next school semester. Instead of wasting money on new supplies the students will be allowed to look through the supplies and pick up anything they need. The old saying is “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. This will not only help the school look clean but also help those students that don’t have money get supplies. I know tuition for school is so expensive and this will help students save some money. I always need new school supplies and sometimes I do not have the money to buy the items I need. After a week or two is up for students to get all the supplies they need for the year, the rest of the supplies will be donated to local schools in need.
Texas A&M Business Student Council did a similar activity where they collected new supplies to donate help with Bryan ISD’s summer school needs. This event will help four at of sixteen schools. The school supplies will be given to students that come from underprivileged homes. According to free and reduced program reports, 94 percent of 601 kindergartens through fifth grade students come from underprivileged homes. Texas A & M students will bring the supplies to the local school. These A & M students will eat lunch with the children. At the end of lunch the A & M students will hand out juice pops and a book bag full of school supplies. There is also other websites that show schools doing “stuff the bus with school supplies” for needy schools. Sioux City suggested that a child spends at least fifty dollars on back to school supplies.
Websites:
http://www.uwiw.org/GIF%20files/STB-Logo.gif
http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2008/04/10/News/Mays-Students.Donate.Supplies-3314838.shtml
http://www.uwiw.org/Current%20Web/Stuff_Bus.htm
http://www.uwsepa.org/Programs_StuffTheBus.asp
http://www.pshhc.org/stuff_the_bus.html
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2008/08/09/news/top/88190e509b7b973d8625749f006dd48b.txt

ACU I Phone

I feel the I phone can be a good idea but also has it's flaws. Watching the video there was a lot of social interaction with not as much school work going on. If the school pays for the phone it should have more restrictions. It is a great idea not having all the paper work. The phones allows you to register for classes, sent papers and links to the class webpage, buy books, and research information while you are in class. The video didn't say what would happen if the phone broke. I always break my phone and would NEVER be able to replace and I phone.

Chapter 3

Depending on what grade I teach I will use word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications. They are easy to use and I already know how to use these applications. I would not use these programs with lower elementary students. Word processing would be the first applications I would teach in my classroom. It will be hard to teach these applications if there isn't enough computers for everyone. Spreadsheet would be a great way to for student to learn how to organize and make graphs. Concept mapping would be fun for students to organize thoughts and help develop skills.

How I feeel about technology in the classroom for samell children?--- twitter

I believe that technology for early elementary could be a good thing. Using the computer and other technology can help students understand concepts better. In elementary schools teachers can test students to know if they understand what is being taught or what book the child is reading. If a child starts at a young age leaning how the use the computer and technology they will have an easier time in life with technology and doing school work. Today technology plays a large part in being successful. Technology can become a problem with some children if it is not monitored. Video games and entertain need to be monitored and be a reward for a child. But overall technology is a great thing for early elementary to learn to be successful in life. I do not like twitter because it is confusing. Maybe as the class goes on I will like it better. I just don't know how to use it and what it is for.

Videoconferencing technology in K-12 instruction – Edited by Dianna Newman. (2009, January). British Journal of Educational Technology, Retrieved February 4, 2009, doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00925_16.x