January+28,+2009

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BubbleShare
[|BubbleShare] - This is an example of a Web 2.0 tool that anyone can use to create a photo album with captions. These albums can be embedded in web pages, blog, and wikis. How could you use this with your students?


 * Students create a unit related album that teaches a concept
 * Students create a timeline photo album based on photos from home
 * Students create and label an album of a class activity
 * Students take pictures of a field trip. Publish to class web page.
 * Share a sequencing story or steps in a process, such as your first trip to the cafeteria.
 * Students create a slide show of sign language
 * Students retell story in sequence.
 * Create math story problems.
 * Create problem solvers or slam dunk lessons based on photos.
 * Add your own ideas

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Wordle
[|Wordle]- Create word clouds from text pasted or typed into the text field.

The example below is a word cloud taken from a children's story. Can you guess what story this is?

media type="custom" key="3055964" How can you use Wordle with your students?
 * Practice spelling words
 * Introduce a story
 * After reading a story ask the students for key words in the story. Then create the wordle using their words.
 * Discovery lesson - why are some words larger than others? Can you create a wordle that makes a word of your choice larger than the others?
 * Teaching describing words (adjectives) Say your name each time and then the descriptive word. Your name will be the biggest word
 * Create a wordle of key words about a topic..
 * Add your own idea

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy
Bloom's New Digital Taxonomy uses verbs rather than passive nouns to describe levels of learning. Take a look at this Bloom's chart and notice the verbs you can use as you create learning activities for your students.

Andrew Churches created a chart that shows the relationship between different digital approaches to learning and Bloom's New Taxonomy. You may find this chart a useful starting place as you begin to think of how you might use technology with PreK to 1st grade students. Just substitute our age appropriate tools for similar tools listed in the chart.