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Using Instagram to Encourage Writing in Kindergarten
I have recently created a class Instagram account. Since every student has their own iPad with the Instagram app installed I signed them all into the same account. I have made it a private account and accepted follow requests from … Continue reading
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Tagged community, instagram, kindergarten, literacy, online safety, pictures, shared writing, social media, writing
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Unpacking My Thoughts on Learning 2.012
I have never been to a conference that was so full on from the get go as Learning 2.012 in Beijing this year. WOW!! From the time I arrived in Beijing on Wednesday morning until I flew out at midnight … Continue reading
The Power of Connections
Jason Graham (@jasongraham) and I were giving an unconference at Learning 2.012 in Beijing about the power of “Twitter Chats” and in particular #kinderchat. I was talking about how increadibly meaningful and relevant chats can be and I just wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged #kinderchat, #Learning2, Collaboration, connection, education, PLN, presentation, social networking, testimonial, twitter, twitter chat, unconference, Video
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Breathing New Life Into an Old Lesson Using iPads
I’ve been using iPads in a 1:1 fashion in my kindergarten classroom this year. My students and I have been finding fun, interesting, and mostly useful ways to use the iPads everyday in all areas of the curriculum. I wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged 1:1, 1:1 ipad, Apple, creators, curriculum, early years, elementary, ELL, evernote, FOSS, iPad, kindergarten, Lesson, multimedia, one to one ipad, Pages, Science, second language learner, skitch, technology, technology integration, trees
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Kindergarten Students Help Build Evernote E-portfolios Using Skitch
At the end of last year I tested out using Evernote as a tool for building e-portfolios. You can read about it here. If you’re not super familiar with Evernote you might want to start with reading that post. After … Continue reading
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Tagged e-porftolio, eportfolio, evernote, iPad, kindergarten, notebook, ownership, pictures, skitch, student centered, student driven, tag, wet dry try
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