Kindergarten Class Publishes eBook in the iTunes Bookstore
If you read this post then you know that my kindergarten class wrote a book in collaboration with another kindergarten class in Yokohama, Japan. We created an eBook using Book Creator for the iPad. While I'm not a super fan of this app it was simple to use and got the...
How I Use Evernote for Kindergarten Portfolios
I decided to try and build digital portfolios using Evernote in my Kindergarten classroom. I was thinking of doing this next year but though I'd give it a test run for the last trimester this year. That way if I found I didn't work for me I would have all summer to...
A Few “Techie” Tools I Use in My Classroom
I thought I'd share a couple things I use in my classroom on a daily basis. My hope is that as people read this post they will be inclined to leave a comment and share something they use regularly as well. I'm focusing on hardware but that's not to say everyone has...
Kinders Using Skitch to Develop Descriptive Words
My students have been loving Skitch so much that they have been trying to find ways to use it all the time. This past week we used it when we were working on developing descriptive words. Using descriptive words is something we have been discussing as a way to make...
Kindergarten Classrooms Around the World Use VoiceThread to Connect
I have been participating in a wonderful VoiceThread project called "Kindergarten Classrooms Around the World" which was started by #kinderchat star Nicole Cingiser (@ncingiser). So far four classrooms have participated. To get the project going we gave our students...
Kindergarten Students in Indonesia and Japan Leverage Technology to Collaboratively Write Story
This past fall my class and I participated in a Progressive Story. The basic idea behind project was that 4 classes would collaborate virtually to create a story. The project creators chose a wiki for the shared writing space. Classes were grouped and assigned to a...
Pinterest in Education
Oh no not another time sucking social networking site!! That's what the common comment was when I first started hearing about Pinterest. For me Pinterest will always be the site that I learned about from my wife. I'm usually the one who is considered a techie but on...
Connected Learning Infographic
I saw this on the Connected Learning website and had to share it out. I think it's so cool that right on top the webpage they have the embed code so you can easily share this. They also have a "share" and "download" button right at the top of the page as well. That's...
21st Century Conference Reflection
It's been almost two weeks since I returned from the 21 Century Learning conference in Hong Kong and I'm still digesting all the information I took in. This was the second year I attended this conference and the second time I left feeling energized even though I was...