Hi, this is the first blog I have used. I am excited to be working with blogs for this class. I am sure we are all trying to effectively engage our students. I have found technology to be a wonderful way to engage students. Having taught for 21 years, I was teaching before technology came into the classroom. Working in Fort Thomas, I have been very fortunate to have a great deal of technology available for my use. Every classroom at my school has a Smartboard. I love incorporating the Smartboard in my lessons. I have also used a software called Photostory with my students. It is an easy to use software that allows students to use photos to create a story that they can narrate by using a microphone. After we went on a field trip to a Naturalization ceremony, I downloaded the pictures to our network server, and the students created Photostory projects to show what they learned on the trip. Finally, I have used the epals program (www.epals.com) to connect my students to epals around the world. This connection then leads to many engaging writing activities.
For the past 5 years I have been teaching 5th grade. Next year I will be teaching 2nd grade. I am very excited to return to teaching primary students.
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