Tool # 6

Wikis are a great place for students to post data that we could use when learning about different types of graphs and statistics. I visited http://mrsibrahim.wikispaces.com/ and was very impressed with all of the work the 2nd graders were doing on their wiki. I loved the word wall with math vocabulary and I also like that they were tracking how big a 1,000 was by asking people to enter their name. I edited their wiki and put in my info to help out! Wikis could be used in the classroom to collect data from all of the world!

Tool # 5

At first, I was a little confused as to when I would need a website that would bookmark all of my favorite sites, since I can easily access all of them from my computer. However, the more I read on Diigo, I realized what a great website this is! I can access all of my favorite bookmarks on any computer or my I-Touch, on vacation, on husbands, or if my computer was to die,God forbid, I would still have access to everything with Dingo! I also like that you can add sticky notes or highlight key points on specific sites and Diigo saves them for when your revisit. This will also be helpful in the classroom when I am using the activboard to show my students highlighted points from specific websites that are all easily accessable in one place!

I searched Diigo under the math tag and found 2 great website.
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
This site has tons on great math, language arts, and geography games. It will be the perfect place for my students to go and practice their math facts at home, in workstations, or as an early finisher activity.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
This site allows you to search for virtual math manipulatives by grade level and skill. This will be a great website to use when making flipcharts for your activboard. It also has puzzles you can download and play.

Tool # 4

I love Google Reader! It makes it so easy to follow all of your favorite blogs in one place! I think this one site will make it so much easier to stay up to date with new posts.

I have also enjoyed working with Google Docs. I love that you can share your documents with other teachers. I have already shared several math docs with the other math teacher on my team and she can edit it to work for her or make changes that I can view. I also uploaded all of my students' email accounts so I can share class notes with them or other important papers. Since google docs is available from any computer, students will have access to class notes even if they forgot their notebook at school. Parents will love this! This is also a great and easy way for students to work on group projects without having to all be in the same place at once.

Tool # 3

 I created a wordle with math vocabulary and used spell with flickr to add a cute message on my blog.  Both of the sites would be a great and fun way for students to practice their spelling or vocabulary words. You can also use wordle in any subject to introduce or review vocabulary words.

Tool # 2

        I think building a PLN is a great way to communicate with teachers and other professionals that you might not ever have a chance to sit down and meet. Blogging gives you the opportunity to have a conversation with someone that might live in another state or even country! This is a great way for teachers to share ideas or even problem solve on an issue you might be facing in your classroom.
    The main point that stuck out to me was don't be afraid to comment. Making one comment starts the converstation rolling. It encourages the blogger to learn about you and also comment on something you might have put on your page. I never thought about it but the more you comment, the more you feeback you will get on your blog.

The 5 blogs I commented on are:
http://dorothybean.blogspot.com/
http://bloggingbhe.blogspot.com/
http://seracentanni.blogspot.com/
http://laladylowdown.blogspot.com/
http://sciencerocksatbhe.blogspot.com/

Tool # 1

Just finished setting up my blog on blogger and it was much easier than I thought! I had a lot of fun creating my voki and I love that she can talk to people when they come to my blog. I think this blog will be a great place for my students to come and reflect and respond on a particular lesson, or ask questions about something they need extra help on.