Tool #7

PhotoStory is a great way of motivating children to make their own stories about family, friends and classmates. Children can narrate and display their stories electronically with other students. They can share with other students from: our own campus, other schools in/out of the district, and students from other states or other countries. Their work can be placed in the listening center for others to hear during center time. I see this as another tool of helping them develop more vocabulary and pronunciation in both English and Spanish. Note: music used was free to download.

Today is Aug. 5 and I was able to load the video. Hurrayyyyy!!!!!!!!!!

Tool #6

Wiki is a great way to introduce PK students to collaborate with each other by sharing, thus, building more vocabulary in both english and spanish. It is most useful for teachers when doing lesson plans, road maps, class newsletters, science units, etc. Everyone on campus can be working on the same document and be up to date with current info.

Tool #5

I chose http://prekinders.com/ and http://www.songsforteaching.com/ as my bookmarks. My tags were centers and songs.
Social bookmarking will enable me to research websites much faster and in an organized manner.
My team and I can share valuable information at a faster rate.

Tool #4

Google Doc is a great way for all of my colleagues and myself to enter information that can be used by all. I did a spreadsheet for Lang. Arts objectives. Teachers can contribute by adding to the document; thus helping us improve our teaching. I sent it to two of my fellow colleagues.
Google Reader will help me keep up to date with any new information there is out there regarding PK.

Tool #3

Kid-Friendly Image Generators which students can use to create cards, announcements, and notes for their parents, friends, and teachers.

Big Huge Labs (http://viterbivoices.usc.edu/kristensc/2009/10/19/where-the-wild-things-are/) for creating banners to encourage positive behavior.

Tool #2

I think building a PNL is a great way to interact with other colleagues from other parts of the country. I'm very interested in knowing what others are doing to improve their students learning and also learning new ideas/strategies that will enhance my teaching skills and improve the learning climate in my classroom.
Two things that stood out for me were the suggestions about having your comments being open ended so that there is more interaction with others and the importance of demonstrating our professional skills when posting comments by making them positive. There is no need to be rude with a blogger if you are in disagreement, just state why you disagree and move on.
I choose the following blogs: JiMr, Rainy Midnight, Baby Goat, Vicente, Bellas Orquideas and Mrs.Yollis' 3rd Gr. Classroom.