Tool # 7

It is truly amazing how technology has enriched, enhanced and grown teaching networks, giving educators tools, ideas, plans and much more, literally, to their fingertips. I looked at the web sites suggested on tool # 7 and found a lot of neat ideas to do in the classroom and extend to other classrooms as well. I already bookmarked (using Diigo :)   )some that I would like to try. There is a cute project in GlobalSchoolNet. org about writing letters to Santa. Here is the link if you would like to check it out: http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsnsanta . I liked iEarn because you can narrow your search to title, keyword, subject, age level and language. In the Education World site there is a page named “the lesson plan of the day” which gives you a lot of good ideas and shows the grade level that is intended to. This is where I got the idea for this tool’s assignment (I will be adding value and repurposing, of course :) ).

LETTER BOOKS

a)Content Objective:
Students will create an online Letter (ABC) Book by collaborating with their peers and using a variety of tools in the classroom.

b) When would it be implemented?:
October  2011

c) Tools that will be used:
Bookr, Wallwisher, Blogger, Wordle.

d) Description of the project:
Students will be paired with their bilingual pair. They will draw a letter from a container and work with their partner on brainstorming a list of words that begging with the given letter. Using Wallwisher,  their peers and students from another grade level class would be able to add words to their list. Each pair will then create their Letter Book using Bookr and posting it in the classroom’s Blog. They can even create a Wordle using the words they selected after they finish their book.