Final Evaluation
I am very excited and pleased to say that I have learned alot of new things in 5532. Even though this class did not come easy for me, the outcome was worth the frustration. A few of the things that my students enjoyed was Co-Writer, Wiki's and Podcasts(listening to me read Waiting for Wings). The sites that I created and use most often from class are from eblogger and ikeepbookmarks. Overall, I really enjoyed the class. The laid back atmosphere was comforting and the people were helpful.

Social Bookmarking
I created my own social bookmarking page through www.ikeepbookmarks.com and I use this everyday. It is such fast and convenient way to keep up with my favorite and most used sites.

YackPack
I thought that YackPack was really cool but it was hard to get the microphones to work. Since I teach 2nd grade and we only have 2 computer in the classroom, I do not think this would work well in my class.

Assistive Technology
I used co-writer and thought it was great. I used the standard template for intermediate dictionary and the sentence window. You could start a sentence and it would give you a list of words that could come next in your sentence. This would be a great sentence center idea.

Wikis
This was actually one of my favorite things that I learned in class. I used the Wikis in my classroom and my students loved it. As a Writing project, I put my students up into two groups. One group started an opening sentence and then the next group added the body of the paragraph. It took my students alot of time to type the sentences but they loved it!!!! It was LOTS OF FUN and I will definitely be using this in my classroom!!!!

KWHL Chart

Stat Counter
Tonight I went to www.statcounter.com and added this link to my blog. I am anxious to see how many people actually look at my blog.

Podcasts
If you click on the link below you will hear me reading, Waiting For Wings. Listen to the story and tell me what you think.
http://www.box.net/shared/nt25kddls1

Digital Texts
I had no clue about digital texts until this class. I think they are absolutely wonderful. My school is prodominately ELL so using digital texts in my classroom has been very beneficial.

Social Networking
I was never a big fan of the social networking sites until my friends set up a myspace account for me. I was quite impressed when friends from High School and College started contacting me. Now, I am pretty addicted to it!!! During this class I started a Facebook account and its okay. I think myspace is a little easier to use and I like that I have the choice to only let users over 18 view my profile.

Digital Photography & Video
I love taking pictures with my digital camera and so I took pictures of all of my students in the classroom and made a digital movie. I played the movie while the students and parents were in my classroom during PTA night.

Blogging
Before this technology class I had heard of a blog but really didn't know what it was. After getting help creating my blog, I think its pretty cool. I think it would be a good idea to create a blog that my students parents could look at to see whats going on in the classroom.

PTA Meeting
There will be a PTA Meeting at HWES December 13th.

Activities for Parents at HWES
English Classes~ Eery Monday and Wednesday from 6-9.
Family Literacy Classes~ Every Monday-Thursday from 10am - 12am in Mobile 7.
Parent Academy~ Every Thursday between 3:45-7pm.
Partners in Print~ Every other Friday from 5:30-7pm. Dates are November 16 and December 7.

Accelerated Reader Contest
Read, read, read!!!! That is what our students are doing at Hall-Woodward Elementary School. We are having a reading contest that will end on November 29th for students in grades 1st-5th. The students who have the most AR points will be taken to Barnes & Nobles on December 10th.

Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving break will Wednesday, November 21st. There will be NO school November 21, 22, 23.

I love teaching 2nd grade. I teach at Hall-Woodward Elementary School. It's lots of hard work but the reward sure is worth it.