#6 SMART BOARD YAY

Classroom pages are pretty cool. I never had anything quite like them in elementary school, however I did use Edline and Edmodo in my high school days. When I was searching for classroom pages I came across St. Mary's Elementary School and found their classroom links! They offered links for every grade and every teacher and was well organized.




I clicked on 3rd grade (BECAUSE 3RD GRADE IS DA BEST) because it is the grade I hope to some day teach and found Mrs. O'Neill's 3rd grade class page. It had super cute banners, the school's event schedule, and their lesson outline for each subject.



The class page also included a link to their calendar which showed all of their homework, tests and events for that month!I believe that having a class page is extremely beneficial to both students and parents to stay organized and on top of things!

Professional development, includes professions like teachers attending further educational seminars and classes that give opportunities for he/she to build their knowledge about technology.  Types of activities allow  peers and experts to come together and share ideas at a click of a button. These include including blogs, twitter and diigo! These are sites that help professionals share their lessons ideas, organization strategies and classrooms tools. They can help teachers get up to date on new teaching tools or even help new teachers gain knowledge from experienced teachers.  I plan on using all of the tools I have leaned in this class including tools Class Dojo, Kahoot, Edmodo and informational media sites that teachers use to share ideas like the sites mentioned above. I believe it allows classrooms to be more interactive and organized!

AND WHO DOESN'T LOVE BEING ORGANIZED?!


I loved the Tech Sandbox was visited last week, it was a like seeing a whole new world. (Aladdin Reference for sure) I genuinely enjoyed the 2 Smart Boards they showed our group. The instructors showed us how it could be used to teach anatomy with 3-D images and pull up Smart board specific lesson plans that I thought was amazing. I also thought that the Smart table would be great for 1st and 2nd graders when leaning about the environment and weather. I really hope I get a chance to use all of these tools in my future career because they honestly took my breath away, just how innovative people are to even think of these amazing educational tools!