technology with keeks

For my ILP I decided to do the digital storytelling.  I was able to make an online storybook with the website called Canva.  Canva allows you to design your own books and gives you access to different fonts, colors and pictures.  For a small fee you are able to access more pictures and other things but the free version was enough for me.  I decided to make a " Christmas alphabet book".  Its a book that has the letters of the alphabet relating to Christmas/winter.  I had so much fun making this book and I feel that it could be very beneficial for elementary classrooms.  It puts a new spin on just regular books and power points.  Here is the link to look at my book. https://www.canva.com/design/DACoFedUWXY/UZoHGw8kNqkM_IEfcg0xZQ/view?utm_content=DACoFedUWXY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton

I think excel is a great tool for teaching.  Most people think that it can only be used in a business setting but it can be a great tool to organize for teachers also.  My grade of choice would be second grade.  I can use excel to organize grades.  It will allow me to place each student in a spreadsheet with there grades on different assignments and total grade.  This could really help me stay organize.  I could also use it to organize parents information such as phone numbers and emails.  This is a way for me to have a contact sheet right in the palm of my hands.  Another use for excel is a allergy sheet.  Many kids now a days have multiple types of allergies.  This will allow you to see all allergies on one page when giving out snacks or doing different projects. I learned a lot from looking at peoples blogs.  It is crazy to see that we are all in the same class yet have different opinions on different things.  I was able to...

The " Flipped Classroom" is a very interesting and useful concept for students of all ages.  It allows students to watch videos to help prepare them for class the following day.  Class will then be spent answering any questions you may have pertaining to the video.  This allows students to learn not only from the teacher but also another source.  It limits the amount of talking the teacher has to do and allows for more questions to be asked.  It also allows for more classroom time to be used for more productive things.  Its a very cool because teachers have a choice between using videos from an already given site such as khan academy or, make there own videos.  A teacher is able to personalize these videos for his or her teaching them exactly what they want to teach them as appose to them retaining information they don't need to know.  This is also a great thing for students who miss class because it allows them to stay up to date without being th...